Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification

Q3. Project A has had ineffective project meetings since its inception. There have been complaints that information does not get to the right people, some people are talking too much during meetings, and the right people are not there to resolve the issues. What is MOST likely missing from this project?

1. A scope management plan
2. A staffing management plan
3. A communications management plan
4. A process improvement plan

Q4. You are performing an audit of one of your project manager’s projects and notice that she did not consider the network diagram as part of the Identify Risks process. As a result, the project manager will probably do which of the following?

1. Forget some activities in he risk evaluation
2. Forget activity precedence in her risk evaluation
3. Forget some path convergence issues in her risk evaluation
4. Forget some stakeholders in her risk evaluation.

Q5. Based on the chart that shows activities on the critical path, which activity(s) would you crash to save exactly four weeks?

1. Activity F
2. Activities A and E
3. Activities C and E
4. Activities A and C

Q6. Your project team members have just started to work together and are now adjusting their work habits and behaviors to support each other. Which stage of the Tuckman ladder has your team just entered?

1. Norming
2. Performing
3. Forming
4. Storming

Q7. A project has a schedule reserve of 28 days when the customer adds scope not previously planned for. The change has a 40 percent chance of delaying the project by an additional 14 days. What should be done?

1. Add more resources to the project.
2. Look for ways to cut 14 days of work from another activity.
3. Add 5.6 days to the schedule reserve.
4. Plan to add 14 days of overtime to the project.

Q8. As the project manager, you are preparing your methods of quality management. You are looking for a method that can demonstrate the relationship between events and their resulting effects. You want to use a method to depict the events that cause a negative effect on quality. Which of the following is the BEST choice for accomplishing your objective?

1. Histogram
2. Pareto chart
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Control chart.

Q9. 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

Q10. Formal written correspondence with the customer is required when:

1. Defects are detected.
2. The customer requests additional work not covered under contract.
3. The project has a schedule slippage that includes changes to the critical path.
4. The project has cost overruns.