Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Based on the network diagram in the chart, the resource working on activity G is replaced with another resource with 50 percent of the productivity of the previous resource. How long will this project take?

1. 44
2. 51
3. 52
4. 36

Q3. A software development project team has determined that the best way to mitigate the risk of not having the computational resources to complete all bug testing on schedule is to add three more servers to the test bed. However, the network may not have enough capacity to handle the extra load of those three servers and could fail. This type of risk is a _______________ risk.

1. Secondary
2. Simulation
3. Bottleneck
4. Hidden

Q4. Which of the following is incorrect regarding a bidders conference?

1. Questions from each seller should be handled confidentially and not shared with other sellers.
2. No bidders should receive preferential treatment, even if they are part of the company's existing list of approved suppliers.
3. Bidder conferences should not involve individual face-to-face meetings.
4. All prospective sellers should be allowed to have a common understanding of the procurement.

Q5. Lee is the project manager of a project, and he is planning responses to a set of risks. As a direct result of implementing these risk responses, he anticipates certain other risks to arise. These are:

1. Secondary risks
2. Primary risks
3. Planned risks
4. Workaround

Q6. Seven non-random data points that are still within the upper and lower control limit of a control chart are:

1. Specification limits
2. Out of control
3. In control
4. Gold plated

Q7. To define the logical relationship among dependencies accurately, a project manager is determining which ones require a lead or a lag. Which of the following correctly describes leads or lags?

1. A lead allows a successor activity to be delayed.
2. A lag directs a delay in the predecessor activity.
3. A lag allows acceleration of the successor activity.
4. A lead allows an acceleration of the successor activity.

Q8. During project executing a project team member informs the project manager that based on her observations; the project cannot meet the quality standards set for it. The project manager meets with all parties concerned to analyze the situation. Which part of the quality management process is the project manager involved in?

1. Manage Quality
2. Quality analysis
3. Perform Quality Control
4. Plan Quality

Q9. You are the project level manager with several project activities underway. In the executing process group, you begin to become concerned about the accuracy of progress reports from the projects. What would BEST support your opinion that there is a problem?

1. Quality audits
2. Risk quantification reports
3. Regression analysis
4. Monte Carlo analysis

Q10. If the optimistic estimate is 1, the pessimistic is 9, and the mostly estimate is 8, what is the PERT estimate?

1. 9
2. 7
3. 8
4. 3