Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have been assigned as the project manager for a construction project that has had two previous project managers, when you discover that a deliverable will be late. Your analysis shows that the item can be purchased from another seller at a higher price without affecting the schedule. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Evaluate the impact of the decision
2. Discuss the impact with the customer and ask for a decision
3. Crash or fast track the project.
4. Change the project management plan to reflect the new due date.

Q3. Your project sponsor has asked you to present your project’s high-level risk register to him in the next project update meeting. To create your high-level risk register, which of the following processes must be performed?

1. Plan Risk Management
2. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
3. Identify Risks
4. Monitor Risks

Q4. The business case documents the business need and the cost benefit analysis that justify the project. The summary of how the project has achieved the business needs identified in the business case is document in the:

1. Project charter
2. Project WBS
3. Project Scope Statement
4. Project final report

Q5. The construction phase of a new software product is near completion. The next phases are testing and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. What should the project manager be MOST concerned with before moving on to the final phase?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Quality Control
3. Performance Reports
4. Control Costs

Q6. Which of the following items needs to be kept in mind when relying on risk identification checklists?

1. They are biased.
2. They are not exhaustive.
3. They are often inaccurate.
4. They are easy to prepare.

Q7. You are in the middle of your project and working on a deliverable which is 90% completed. It is time for the yearly audit. A team of auditors are about to come and verify if you are following the process as defined or not. However, as the deliverable is about to be completed, you check it and measure all dimensions to find any possible dimensional defects. What process is this?

1. Control quality
2. Manage quality
3. Plan quality management
4. Control scope

Q8. During the completion of project work, the sponsor asks the project manager to report on how the project is going. In order to prepare the report, the project manager asks all the team members what percent complete their work is. There is one team member who has been hard to manage from the beginning. In response to being asked what percent complete he is, the team member asks, “Percent complete of what?”. Tired of such comments, the project manager reports to the team member’s boss that the team member is not cooperating. Which of the following is MOST likely the real problem?

1. The project manager did not get buy-in from the manager for the resources on the project.
2. The project manager did not create an adequate reward system for team members to improve their cooperation.
3. The project manager should have had a meeting with the team member’s boss the first time the team member caused trouble.
4. The project manager does not have the work packages.

Q9. A project manager has a project team consisting of people in four countries. The project is very important to the company, and the project manager is concerned about its success. The length of the project schedule is acceptable. What type of communication should he use?

1. Informal verbal communication
2. Formal written communication
3. Formal verbal communication
4. Informal written communication

Q10. Which of the following best describes a control chart?

1. A bar chart showing project activities and their schedule
2. A chart showing the upper and lower control limits
3. A chart showing potential causes of issues
4. A chart showing loops between activities