Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have just been assigned as the project manager for a project that is in the middle of the executing process group, and you are determining how you will control the project. The BEST way to control the project is to:

1. Use a combination of communication methods.
2. Hold status meetings because they have worked best for you in the past.
3. Refer to the bar chart weekly.
4. Meet with management regularly.

Q3. Greg’s project is in the initiating stage. The sponsor of the project has asked Greg to present a list of the identified project stakeholders at the next project update meeting. The sponsor has also asked Greg to present the project stakeholders’ current and desired engagement levels so they can brainstorm on the stakeholder engagement strategy. Which of the following is a presentation tool that can help Greg summarize all this information in a tabular format?

1. Communications management plan
2. Stakeholder register
3. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
4. Stakeholder engagement plan

Q4. Which of these tools and techniques is common to all seven Project Integration Management processes?

1. Meetings
2. Data analysis
3. Data gathering
4. Expert Judgment

Q5. The project sponsor has asked you to prepare a summary level description of each phase of the project, and also include a summary of the validation information for the final project deliverables. Which document is the sponsor asking you to prepare?

1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project final report
4. Project scope statement

Q6. Which of these items are important to address when determining each person's role in the project team?

1. Role, authority, responsibility, and competency
2. Role, responsibility, and competency
3. Role and responsibility
4. Role, authority, and competency

Q7. The organization’s strategy provides a strategic direction and performance parameters for identifying, selecting, and delivering the right mix of projects. If it is determined that some of the CEO’s favorite projects do not fully align with the business objective, the PMO manager must:

1. Recommendation a realignment of the strategy
2. Terminate the project
3. Recommend a realignment of the project objectives
4. Honor the CEO’s desires and execute the project

Q8. The installation project has a CPI of 1.03 and an SPI of 1.0. There are 14 team members and each team member had input into the final project management plan. The customer has accepted the three deliverables completed so far without complaint and the responsibility assignment matrix has not changed since the project began. The project is being completed in a matrix environment and there are no contracts needed for the project. Though the sponsor is happy with the status of the project, one of the team members is always complaining about how much time his project work is taking. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Review the reward system for the project.
2. Try to improve schedule performance of the project
3. Meet with the customer to try to extend the schedule.
4. Gain formal acceptance in writing from the customer.

Q9. You are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team in a weak matrix environment. None of your project team members report to you functionally and you do not have the ability to directly reward their performance. The project is difficult, involving tight date constraints and challenging quality standards. Which of the following types of project management power will likely be the MOST effective in this circumstance?

1. Referent
2. Expert
3. Penalty
4. Formal

Q10. Which of these is not an established Estimate Activity Durations technique?

1. Three Point Estimating
2. Parametric Estimating
3. Analogous Estimating
4. Critical Path Estimation