Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A new store development project requires the purchase of various equipment, machinery, and furniture. The department responsible for the development recently centralized its external purchasing process and standardized its new order system. In which document can these new procedures be found?

1. Project scope statement
2. WBS
3. Staffing management plan
4. Organizational policies

Q3. Which of the following would BEST prevent cultural problems on your international project?

1. Training in the project management process to be used
2. Training in the language of one of the countries involved in the project.
3. Training in cultural differences between the other countries
4. Training on mannerisms of the other countries

Q4. Two team members come to you with a dispute. Since you are very busy, you briefly listen to one member, agree with him, and support his view. What kind of problem-solving technique is this?

1. Withdraw
2. Compromise
3. Force
4. Problem Solving

Q5. A control chart shows that the last eight pipes produced were all less than average weight. You need to inform management that there is a problem because the situation violates the:

1. Rule of seven
2. Rule of eight
3. 50/50 rule
4. 3 sigma rule.

Q6. Mary is currently drafting a stakeholder engagement plan for her new website development project. Her organization has strict communication guidelines. Mary wants to ensure that her stakeholder engagement strategy aligns with the organizational communications guidelines. Where can she find these guidelines?

1. Corporate knowledge base
2. Stakeholder register
3. Project contract
4. Lessons learned library

Q7. Stanley's project is in execution. Stanley has a monthly stakeholder update meeting scheduled in which he presents the project's progress and current issues to the key stakeholders. During the last stakeholder update meeting, the stakeholders requested Stanley to provide bi-weekly project updates instead of monthly updates. The communication management plan has been broadly framed, and it does not restrict Stanley from doing bi-weekly updates. What should Stanley do?

1. Start providing bi-weekly updates instead of monthly updates
2. Update the communication management plan prior to providing the biweekly updates
3. Disregard the stakeholders' request and continue with the monthly updates
4. Request that the stakeholders submit a change request

Q8. During the Control Procurements process, a number of documents might get updated due to various reasons. Which of the following components of the project management plan is least likely to get updated during this process?

1. Quality management plan
2. Procurement management plan
3. Schedule baseline
4. Cost baseline

Q9. During project executing, a new project manager is assigned to the project and finds that the activity cost estimates for the project have rarely been accurate. Which of the following was MOST probably not done?

1. Obtain a cost constraint from management, create a work breakdown structure, and develop a project management plan.
2. Obtain a cost constraint from management, perform a risk assessment, and form a team.
3. Form a team, create a work breakdown structure, and use historical records from previous projects.
4. Form a team, develop a project management plan, and perform a risk assessment.

Q10. One of the senior team members, who is the best performer in your project, plays favorites. A few of the other team members who work closely with this team member have gotten exceptionally good appraisal reports in the past, even though they may not have deserved them. As the project manager, what do you need to actively do?

1. Ask all the members of your team who are appraisers of other team members to be liberal in their appraisals. This will help compensate for the appraisals the senior team member does.
2. Speak to the senior team member and ask him or her to do appraisals fairly, in accordance with the appraisal guidelines.
3. Ignore the matter since you would otherwise lose a senior team member who is key to your project.
4. Ensure that the senior team member does not get to appraise anybody.