Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project status report is an example of which form of communication?

1. Formal written communication
2. Formal verbal communication
3. Informal written communication
4. Informal verbal communication

Q3. You just completed a cost estimate on the project, and you’re assuming there is a 15 percent chance you will exceed this estimate. You are:

1. Below the mean
2. Above the mean
3. Above the median
4. Below the median.

Q4. During which project management process group are budget forecasts created?

1. Monitoring and controlling
2. Planning
3. Initiating
4. Executing

Q5. Kate’s project is in execution. During an internal project review meeting, Kate learns that the stakeholder engagement plan needs an update. The last update was done two weeks earlier. According to the stakeholder engagement plan, the plan must be reviewed and updated on a monthly basis. The nature of the required update does not require following the formal change control process. What should Kate do?

1. Wait for a couple of weeks to do the required update
2. Update the plan review procedure first before making the required update
3. Go ahead and do the required update
4. Seek the project sponsor‘s guidance

Q6. Which of the following inaccurately describes a prototype?

1. A prototype is tangible and allows stakeholders to fine-tune their expectations.
2. Requirements from a prototype are usually insufficient to move to the design phase.
3. Prototypes support the concept of progressive elaboration.
4. A prototype is a working model of the expected product.

Q7. Your project has successfully completed; the deliverable is handed over to the client, and you are in the close phase or project process. Which of the following activities will you not perform in the close phase or project process?

1. Update lessons learned
2. Release the resources
3. Acceptance of deliverables
4. All of the above

Q8. If the optimistic estimate for an activity is 12 days, and the pessimistic estimate is 18 days, what is the standard deviation of this activity?

1. 1
2. 1.3
3. 6
4. 3

Q9. You are managing a six-month project and have held bi-weekly meetings with your project stakeholders. After five-and-a-half months of work, the project is on schedule and budget, but the stakeholders are not satisfied with the deliverables. This situation will delay the project completion by one month. The MOST important process that could have prevented this situation is:

1. Monitor and Control Risks
2. Control Schedule
3. Define Scope
4. Control Scope

Q10. A project manager has put in place rules covering who will have access to controlled documents, how changes to these items will be recorded and approved, and how everyone will know what the current version is. The project manager is therefore creating a:

1. Work authorization system
2. Change control system
3. Configuration management system
4. Project management information system