Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. When entering into procurement, it is BEST to assume there will be disputes about the performance of the work as specified, and to:

1. Include a procedure in the contract describing the means for dispute resolution
2. Track claims to ensure the best position during litigation
3. Make sure disputes are never brought to public knowledge
4. Include a change order provision in the contract.

Q3. You are developing the project management plan. Management asks you to provide them with information on the chances of completing the project under different circumstances. The project is important and so management does not want to delay the schedule. You compile the data and use a tool and tell management that there is a 90% chance you can complete the project within the schedule, however, if you are given three weeks of extra time, the chance of completing project rises to 98%. Which of the following statements is true about the tool you have used to come up with this information?

1. It is a perform qualitative risk analysis process technique
2. It is a perform quantitative risk analysis process technique
3. It is a control quality process technique
4. It is a technique of the determine budget process

Q4. The project is not going well and many changes are being made. Which of the following should you do FIRST to gain control of the project?

1. Review the project scope with the stakeholders
2. Create a new change form
3. Remind everyone of the change procedures
4. Ask the sponsor to review the project charter

Q5. In addition to a project management plan, the project team must create plans for each component of the project. These plans are called:

1. Sub-plans
2. Process plans
3. Component plans
4. Management plans

Q6. A project manager is trying to manage a complex project at a 6 sigma level with 5 people. The project manager decides to use a trend report because it will help him:

1. Evaluate earned value.
2. Examine project results over time
3. Analyze the level of project complexity.
4. Determine the level of quality.

Q7. Project stakeholder management is an integral part of project management. The effectiveness of stakeholder analysis carried out early in a project can decide its fate. Which of the following is the least important consideration during stakeholder analysis, especially when analyzing stakeholders who are also decision-makers?

1. Prior experience
2. Expectations
3. Interests
4. Influence

Q8. You take over a project that is in a lot of trouble. There are apparently problems with the team dynamics, project scope, sponsor, and timeline. The project has a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.75 and schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.2. The FIRST action you should take is to:

1. Meet with the project sponsor
2. Review all the project deliverables
3. Meet with the team
4. Meet with each team member individually

Q9. The acceptable range of variation of a process is the ________ on a control chart.

1. Mean
2. Specification limit
3. Rule of seven
4. Upper and lower control limit.

Q10. Which of the following is NOT a measure that determines if a business if a business practice used by another country is an unfair business practice?

1. It hurts the right to physical movement
2. It is a common practice in the other country
3. It does not supply a decent wage for the country and the type of work
4. It discriminates against women 3