Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following is one of the most prominent features of a project following agile approach for product development?

1. Produce defect-free deliverables
2. Zero tolerance for rework
3. Deliver incremental value to the customer
4. Delivery of the product in a single sprint

Q3. Project knowledge management is concerned with managing which type of project knowledge?

1. Both “explicit” and “tacit” knowledge
2. “Explicit” knowledge; as this can be readily codified
3. “Tacit” knowledge; as this is difficult to express
4. “Tacit” knowledge; as this involves beliefs, insights, experience and “know-how”

Q4. A project manager has scheduled technical training for his or her project team members to increase their skills. During which of the following processes will the team member receive this training?

1. Manage Quality
2. Acquire Resources
3. Develop Team
4. Plan Resource Management

Q5. Two very important stakeholders are having a conflict which may affect your project. They come to you but you are very busy. In this case what kind of conflict resolution technique should you select?

1. Problem solve
2. Force
3. Avoid
4. Smooth

Q6. Your project has a medium amount of risk and is not very well defined. The sponsor hands you a project charter and asks you to confirm that the project can be completed within the project cost budget. What is the BEST method to handle this?

1. Build an estimate in the form of a range of possible results.
2. Ask the team members to help estimate the cost based on the project charter.
3. Based on the information you have, calculate a parametric estimate.
4. Provide an analogous estimate based on past history.

Q7. You are about to begin negotiations with people from another country. Which of the following should provide guidance on what business practices are allowed and not allowed?

1. The company code of conduct
2. The project charter
3. The scope management plan
4. The negotiation plan

Q8. Your project has a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.1, and a schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.03. All the deliverables to date have been completed to the customer’s satisfaction. Getting formal acceptance of the project management plan was difficult because the schedule was compressed beyond reason. Actvity B has float of 2 weeks, activity C has float of zero, activity D has zero float and activity E is being done by a new employee and has a float of 3 weeks. The hardest part of the project is about to start and even the project management office has asked you to increase your management oversight and report more often on the status of the project. In preparing your report you find out that the team member completing activity D reports a one day delay, the team member completing activity D reports that the material needed t o complete the activity has not arrived. The team member for activity B tells you his activity will be delayed by two days because the customer has delayed formal acceptance during the Validate Scope process. Another team member reports that the earned value-related trend report is favorable. What would you do if you were the project manager?

1. Investigate why it was difficult to get formal acceptance of the project management plan and whether that problem added any risks to the project.
2. Hold a meeting to walk through the upcoming difficult activities with those doing the work.
3. Investigate the reason for the delayed material and the effect on the project
4. Reassign resources from noncritical path activities to critical path activities and meet with the customer about activity B.

Q9. When checking the calendar of a team member to schedule a meeting, you see she has scheduled a meeting with a key stakeholder that you were not informed of. The BEST approach would be to:

1. Avoid mentioning it to the team member but continue to watch her activities.
2. Notify your boss about the problem
3. Address the concern with the team member’s boss
4. Address the concern with the team member

Q10. A seller has withdrawn from a project midway through the project executing processes, and another seller is taking over. The project manager meets with the replacement seller and his crew. In this meeting, what should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Introduce the team members, and identify the roles and responsibilities.
2. Communicate the objectives of the project.
3. Review the schedule.
4. Create a communications management plan.