Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques will generate the MOST lasting solution?

1. Forcing
2. Smoothing
3. Compromise
4. Problem solving.

Q3. During risk planning, a team member comes to you and informs you about a risk. This risk was not important; therefore, you tell him to just note down the risk and you will manage this risk if it occurs. What risk response strategy you are using here?

1. Mitigate
2. Accept
3. Avoid
4. Exploit

Q4. You provide a project cost estimate for the project to the project sponsor. He is unhappy with the estimate because he thinks the price should be lower. He asks you to cut 15 percent off the project estimate. What should you do?

1. Start the project and constantly look for cost savings
2. Tell the team members to cut 15 percent from their estimates
3. Inform the sponsor of the activities to be cut
4. Add additional resources with low hourly rates.

Q5. A project manager may use _________ to make sure the team members clearly know what work is included in each of their work packages.

1. The project scope statement
2. The product scope
3. A WBS dictionary
4. A schedule

Q6. If a project manager wants to report on the actual project results vs. planned results, he should use a:

1. Trend report.
2. Forecasting report.
3. Status report.
4. Variance report.

Q7. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role regarding project changes?

1. Discover changes as early as possible
2. Prevent changes that affect the project scope
3. Prevent the addition of profit in sellers’ changes
4. Have the sponsor approve all changes

Q8. You are beginning a new project that has been attempted, but unsuccessfully, several times in the past few years. Previous projects were cancelled because e of “politics” (differing views and direction by key stakeholders on the project). This is an example of:

1. Stakeholder analysis.
2. Scope management.
3. Historical information.
4. Risk identification

Q9. While visiting the country where a new branch office is being built, you are told that you must pay a US $5,000 fee to the government permit office to obtain the facility permit required by law to start construction. The construction company tells you this is standard practice and is required by law. What should you do?

1. Pay the fee
2. Refuse to pay the fee
3. Have the construction company pay the fee
4. Have the customer pay the fee

Q10. You have just returned from the weekly change control board meeting at which you presented the requested changes to the employee move project. You had five change requests approved and one request rejected. These are outputs of what process?

1. Control Quality
2. Control Scope
3. Monitor Risks
4. Perform Integrated Change Control