Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A team member complains to the project manager that another team member has once again failed to provide necessary information. The project manager meets with both team members to uncover the reason for the problem. This is an example of:

1. Withdrawal
2. Confronting
3. Compromising
4. Smoothing.

Q3. Which of the following BEST describes an opportunity on a project?

1. Team members will learn more about spy satellites, and will be able to use that information on future projects.
2. The requirements might need updating later.
3. The quality requirements are hard to achieve.
4. Additional engineering may be needed in order to get the satellite to meet the customer’s requirements.

Q4. Joe has been managing a project for Exton Oil Corp. This project involves redesigning filling stations across the state. The redesign involves new gas pumps, security cameras, convenience stores, and use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction. While the redesigning work proceeds, Joe’s design engineer suggests a secondary alarm system for gas pumps to alert the attendant in case of a spill. Although this suggestion is not in the project requirements, Joe is impressed with the engineer’s recommendation. What should be the next step for Joe with regard to the engineer’s suggestion?

1. Initiate the formal change control process to find the impact of his recommendation
2. Approve his recommendation and allocate resources and funds
3. Create an issue log to document the engineer‘s suggestion for future use
4. Reject his recommendation as it requires additional funding

Q5. You are a project manager working on a project that requires 100 items to be tested, spaced evenly over five weeks. You have just begun week three, with an overall budget of US $10,000. To date, you have spent US $2,000 with 40 items tested successfully. What does the cost variance (CV) tell you in this circumstance?

1. The project is proceeding at 100 percent of the expected rate.
2. The project is $2,000 under budget
3. The project is on budget
4. The project is getting $2 of work for every dollar spent.

Q6. Which of the following processes belong to the planning process group?

1. Identify Stakeholders
2. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
4. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Q7. The seller tells you that your activities have resulted in an increase in their costs. You should:

1. Recommend a change to the project costs.
2. Have a meeting with management to find out what to do.
3. Ask the seller for supporting information.
4. Deny any wrongdoing.

Q8. Which motivational theory is based on ideas about hygiene factors?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q9. You are using a technique involving the project’s risk and uncertainty to find the probability of completing the project under different situations. What process is this?

1. Estimate activity duration
2. Perform qualitative risk analysis
3. Develop schedule
4. Perform quantitative risk analysis

Q10. You have a large, multi-year project. Because of the large scope and duration, you decide that you will plan near term work in detail, and for the rest, you will make a high-level plan. Once you move ahead you will plan, in detail, for that work. This is an example of:

1. Rolling wave planning
2. Ball park planning
3. Near wave planning
4. Just in Time