Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which motivational theory is based on ideas about hygiene factors?

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

Q3. To create the status report, you have collected the data for value of completed work, actual duration, actual completed work, etc. These data are examples of:

1. Work performance data
2. Work performance information
3. Work performance measurement
4. Performance data

Q4. What does a staffing management plan describe?

1. When and how resources will be added and taken off the team
2. How resources will be leveled
3. What resources will be used on the project
4. The responsible organization for each work package

Q5. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about a risk rating matrix?

1. It should be changed for every product
2. It should never be used on a large project
3. It should be standardized between projects
4. It should be developed by the project manager.

Q6. You have just learned that one of your team members has not been adequately trained to complete project activities as assigned to him. How will you handle this situation?

1. Replace this team member with someone more qualified
2. Request proper training be provided and paid for by the functional manager
3. Revise the schedule to account for the decreased effectiveness on this resource.
4. Mentor this resource during the remainder of project duration.

Q7. What is the purpose of a decision tree?

1. It determines what events may take place
2. It demonstrates the path of events in a project.
3. It calculates the probability of an outcome
4. It takes into account future events for today’s choices

Q8. What is the best way to show, at a glance, all the work packages or project activities assigned to a specific organizational department?

1. Organizational Breakdown Structure
2. RACI chart
3. Work Breakdown Structure
4. Roles and Responsibilities Chart

Q9. If the team cannot identify a suitable response to identified risk, which risk response strategy, would they apply?

1. Transference.
2. Acceptance.
3. Mitigation.
4. Avoidance

Q10. You are in the process of reviewing bids from various vendors for work on your project. One of the bidding vendors has a history of delivering on time and within budget, and you have personally worked with this company successfully on previous engagements. You receive a call from the manager submitting the bid inquiring about how the process is going. He asks to have lunch with you to discuss the bid. What is the BEST response?

1. Do not mention the other bidders but simply inform him that based on past experience, he has a good chance of winning the business.
2. Inform him that it would be inappropriate to discuss the matter at all and document the conversation.
3. Inform him that it would not be appropriate to discuss the matter over the phone during business hours, but that an informal lunch discussion would be more appropriate.
4. Politely avoid continuing the conversation and disregard the bid.