Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Two team members are having a big disagreement about how to accomplish an activity. The project is low risk and is taking place in a strong matrix environment with 34 team members. To resolve this dispute, the project manager should:

1. Make the decision
2. Send the team members to their managers for advice on resolving the dispute
3. Ask for a benchmark analysis
4. Have the team member’s compromise.

Q3. You are a project manager for your company. Part of the project requires producing 10,000 widgets, which your company will outsource. The company has agreed to pay all related costs and 5 percent of the estimated project costs. What type of contract has been negotiated?

1. Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee contract
2. Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contract
3. Time and Material contract
4. Fixed-price contract

Q4. Which chart allows a project manager to indicate the number of resources used each month?

1. Responsibility assignment matrix
2. Resource histogram
3. Project organizational chart
4. Pareto chart.

Q5. In which of the following contract types does the buyer have the most cost risk?

1. Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
2. Time and material (T&M)
3. Cost plus award fee (CPAF)
4. Cost plus percentage of costs (CPPC)

Q6. You are discussing strategies to be used to manage and engage stakeholders in your project. Which process are you in?

1. Plan stakeholder engagement
2. Develop stakeholder management strategy
3. Manage stakeholders engagement
4. Plan communication management

Q7. Which of the following statements regarding Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing is correct:

1. Resource Smoothing can cause the original critical path to change, while Resource Leveling doesn’t alter the project’s critical path.
2. Both Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing can alter the project’s critical path.
3. Neither Resource Leveling nor Resource Smoothing alters the project’s critical path.
4. Resource Leveling can cause the projects’ critical path to change, while Resource Smoothing doesn’t alter the project’s critical path.

Q8. Who is primarily responsible for the dissemination of the approved project charter and for ensuring that all key stakeholders have a common understanding of the project’s key deliverables and milestones?

1. Project sponsor
2. Project team
3. Project manager
4. Project client

Q9. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques will generate the MOST lasting solution?

1. Forcing
2. Smoothing
3. Compromise
4. Problem solving.

Q10. In a small office construction project, the following activities are scheduled in sequence. i) Digging and pouring footings: five days. ii) Working on the slab and pouring: three days. iii) Framing the floor: five days. iv) Wall framing: four days. v) Roof framing: six days. vi) Insulation and drywall: seven days. vii) Interior doors and trim: three days. viii) Hardware and fixtures: two days. What is the minimum time to complete the project if all activities are on a critical path except activity viii, and activity iii is delayed by one day?

1. 32 days
2. 33 days
3. 34 days
4. 35 days