Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The morale of the team members of a project is very low. The team members feel they were not given opportunities to participate in the organizational team development activities due to over-allocation to project tasks, and so, they missed opportunities to develop. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this situation?

1. Use of zero-sum rewards in the project
2. A poorly defined resource calendar
3. Too many senior team members
4. Poor interpersonal skills in the team

Q3. The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?

1. The project management team does not need to develop a quality policy since the performing organization does not have one.
2. The project management team needs to obtain the quality policy from the customer.
3. A quality policy is nice to have but is not required for every project.
4. The project management team will need to develop a quality policy for the project.

Q4. You are analyzing whether the stakeholders are resistant, neutral, or supporting and noting down all the information in a table. What tool is this?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Stakeholders engagement assessment matrix
3. RACI chart
4. RAM

Q5. You are asked to select tools and techniques to implement a quality assurance program to supplement existing quality control activities. Which of the following would NOT be appropriate for this purpose?

1. Quality audits
2. Statistical sampling
3. Pareto charts
4. Focus groups.

Q6. The networking vendor has contacted the project manager to inform her that the recent earthquake will impact the delivery of critical components. The project team meets to determine the impact on the overall project and determines that staffing will not be affected, but that changes will need to be made in the areas of risk and cost management. It is too soon to tell if quality baselines will be affected by this schedule change. What is the project team involved in here?

1. Configuration management
2. Work authorization analysis
3. Status review meeting
4. Integrated change control

Q7. Though it was difficult, the project manager received agreement to the project charter from all four sponsors involved on the project and the US $400,000 project was approved. Now the cost variance for the project is -$500 and the last performance review was positive. Just when the project entered its second phase, a team member on a noncritical path activity announced she was leaving the company. The float of activity L changed from two to four days. Only one unidentified risk has occurred with a minor impact. The last quality review showed that the project has made use of the results of the last design of experiments. Based on this information, what should the project manager do NEXT?

1. Complete closure of the first phase
2. Fast track the project to add more float
3. Review the management plans
4. Investigate additional risks caused by the difficulty with the senior managers.

Q8. All of the follow are correct statements about a project manager EXCEPT:

1. He or she is assigned after the project chart is created.
2. He or she may initiate changes to the project
3. He or she manages changes and factors that create change
4. He or she is held accountable for project success or failure.

Q9. A team member notifies the project manager that a quality requirement for the project cannot be met. What is the LEAST effective thing for the project manager to do?

1. Notify management
2. Hold a team meeting
3. Look for alternative ways to meet quality level.
4. Ask management to come up with options.

Q10. The formula for Cost Variance is:

1. CV=EV-AC
2. CV=AC-EV
3. CV=BAC-(AC-EV)
4. CV=SV-BC