Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. What is the MAIN reason for controlling the project scope?

1. To enable scope creep
2. To prevent changes from affecting the project
3. To ensure timely closure of the project
4. Preventing scope creep

Q3. Barrier can influence communication when sending or receiving information. Which of the following is NOT a barrier?

1. Prejudices
2. Attitudes and emotions
3. Personality and interests
4. Feedback

Q4. A system development project is nearing project closing when a previously unidentified risk is discovered. This could potentially affect the project’s overall ability to deliver. What should be done NEXT?

1. Alert the project sponsor of potential impacts to cost, scope, or schedule
2. Qualify the risk
3. Mitigate this risk by developing a risk response plan
4. Develop a workaround.

Q5. The key difference between Validate Scope and Control Quality is:

1. Validate Scope is concerned with meeting the quality standards specified.
2. Validate Scope is concerned with the acceptance of deliverables.
3. Validate Scope does not apply in projects that have been cancelled.
4. Validate Scope can never be performed in parallel with Control Quality.

Q6. In managing project communications, what should the project manager keep in mind?

1. Communication skills are most important during project executing.
2. The receiver is responsible for making sure communications are clear.
3. Only the team members need to be concerned about communication with each other.
4. A choice must be made about how to communicate properly.

Q7. The project you are working on has an increase in cost effectiveness, increased productivity, and increased morale. What might be the reason for these changes?

1. Project objectives are in line with those of the performing organization
2. Increased quality
3. Management’s focus on cost containment
4. Rewards presented for individual efforts

Q8. Your project is currently scheduled to take 117 months. Based on the chart, you could crash the project by five months at a cost of US $20,000.

1. 55 months
2. 25 months
3. 112 months
4. 117 months 74

Q9. You are currently managing an urban development project for a municipal authority. You and your team are managing the project and have outsourced most of the project work to specialist contractors. All the contracts awarded were FFP contracts. The project is almost 50 percent complete, and most of the contractors have requested amendments to their contacts. Work specifications were not clear at the time of contract awards, and as a result, new work requirements have come up. What is your lesson learned?

1. Never award FFP contracts in the future since they usually result in disputes and contests
2. Cost-plus contracts are ideal types of contracts for construction projects
3. Do not award FFP contracts unless the scope of work and specifications are precisely articulated.
4. Good and credible contractors were not selected for the project at the time of award

Q10. Inputs to the Plan Communications Management process include all the following EXCEPT:

1. Communications requirements.
2. Stakeholder management strategy.
3. Company culture.
4. Forecasts.