Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project has been challenging to manage. Everyone has been on edge due t pressure to complete the project on time. Unfortunately, the tension has grown to the point where team meetings have become shouting matches and little work is accomplished during the meetings. One team member asks to be excused from future meetings, as all the shouting upsets him. Meanwhile, the sponsor has asked to attend team meetings in order to better understand how the project is going and issues involved in completing the project, and the customer has started discussions about adding scope to the project. In this situation, it would be BEST for the project manager to:

1. Ask the sponsor if the information needed could be sent in a report rather than have him attend the meeting
2. Inform the team member who asked to be excused from the meeting of the value of communication in such meetings
3. Create new ground rules for the meetings and introduce them to the team
4. Hold a team building exercise that involves all the team members.

Q3. Which of the following tools helps you to determine whether the subcontractor’s work is meeting the quality requirements?

1. Quality control
2. Quality audit
3. Inspection of deliverables
4. Delphi technique

Q4. The management theory that all people can direct their own effort is:

1. Theory Y
2. Herzberg’s theory
3. Maslow’s hierarchy
4. Theory X

Q5. A change control system should be created:

1. As needed on the project
2. By management
3. As a formal documented procedure
4. By the team 4

Q6. Mary is a project manager for an infrastructure upgrade project in a government agency. She realized recently that a critical scheduled task exceeded its deadline, and the stakeholders are aware of it. The resource manager has permitted Mary to use three more resources to work on and complete the delayed task. Although the three additional resources prove helpful, Mary is still concerned about the task because:

1. Allocating more resources may result in rework
2. Allocating more resources may shorten the duration but results in increased risk or cost
3. Resources may need training to complete the task
4. Allocating more resources needs stakeholders approval

Q7. Paul has recently been asked to manage an office refurbishment project. He finds out that the chief financial officer of the company is resisting the project. The chief financial officer is a key project stakeholder. What must Paul do first?

1. Conduct a team meeting to discuss this issue.
2. Seek support from the project sponsor to force project decisions.
3. Analyze options that might change or influence the chief financial officer's perception.
4. Seek expert judgment from the project initiator.

Q8. If a project has a 60 percent chance of a US $100,000 profit and a 40 percent chance of a US $100,000 loss, the expected monetary value for the project is:

1. $100,000 profit
2. $60,000
3. $20,000 profit
4. $40,000 loss

Q9. You are in a process whose objective is outlining and guiding team selection and responsibility assignment to obtain a successful team. Which of the following is an output of this process?

1. Virtual team
2. Human resource management plan
3. Project staff assignments
4. Change request

Q10. The degree to which a particular stakeholder may be able to positively or negatively affect a project is his or her:

1. Level of engagement.
2. Level of interest.
3. Level of commitment.
4. Level of influence.