Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager is using a Risk Diagramming technique that is a graphical representation of situations showing causal influences, time ordering of events, and other relationships among variables and outcomes. This would be:

1. A system flow chart
2. An Influence Diagram
3. A Pareto chart
4. Histogram

Q3. In planning your project, which would generally have the highest priority; quality, cost, or schedule?

1. Cost is most important, quality next, and then schedule
2. Quality is more important than cost or schedule
3. Schedule is most important, quality next, and then cost
4. It should be decided for each project.

Q4. An obstacle to team building in a matrix organization is that the:

1. Team organization is technically focused
2. Team members are borrowed resources and can be hard to motivate.
3. Teams are too centralized
4. Teams are too large and therefore very hard to handle.

Q5. What is the name of the process required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, and disposal of project information?

1. Quality management
2. Communications management
3. Procurement management
4. Scope management

Q6. You have been managing a construction project in a developing country, and now you are closing the project. The tools and equipment that were used on the project have to be returned to your company’s European headquarters. A nongovernmental organization that builds and repairs medical facilities in this country has come to you to request that this equipment be donated to them. What should you do?

1. Donate all tools and equipment
2. Refuse the request
3. Donate only the tools and equipment whose value is below your purchase approval limit
4. Notify the appropriate management

Q7. A team member determines that the scope for her activity is no longer valid. She comes to you for advice on making the change. To which of the following documents should the project manager refer to make this change?

1. The project management information system
2. The scope management plan
3. The cost management plan
4. The work authorization system

Q8. A project manager has assembled the project team, identified 56 risks on the project, determined what would trigger the risks, rated them on a risk rating matrix, tested their assumptions, and assessed the quality of the data used. The team is continuing to move through the risk management process. What has the project manager forgotten to do?

1. Simulation
2. Risk mitigation
3. Overall risk ranking for the project
4. Involvement of other stakeholders

Q9. Who determines the project scope requirements of a new project?

1. The customer
2. The stakeholders
3. The project manager
4. Senior management

Q10. Which of the following MUST be an agenda item at all team meetings?

1. Discussion of project risks
2. Status of current activities
3. Identification of new activities
4. Review of project problems.