Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You are the project manager for a Fortune 100 IT company, and you are currently engaged in an important project. You want to choose the best contractor for a specialized task. What should you do to evaluate potential contractors?

1. Create a lessons-learned document
2. Conduct a performance review
3. Evaluate proposals
4. Perform a Make-or-Buy analysis

Q3. Although the business value is unique to each organization, each organization strives to attain business value for its activities. Which of the following does NOT create value for an organization?

1. Escalation of commitment on projects involving significant sunk cost
2. Effective management of ongoing operations
3. Strategic alignment of project objectives
4. Successful management of nonprofit business-related activities

Q4. Midway through the Collect Requirements process, a project manager finds there are many unresolved issues regarding product requirements. Which of the following is usually the best way to discover and resolve issues?

1. Interviewing
2. Use of a stakeholder register
3. Questionnaires
4. Workshops

Q5. Which of the following BEST describes what co-location does for the project?

1. Saves cost
2. Reduces communication problems
3. Accelerates schedule
4. Improves opportunities

Q6. While preparing a resource management plan, a project manager designated one of the senior programmers on the team to make decisions on whether the quality of deliverables met the project's documented standards. Which of the following aspects of a resource management plan does this address?

1. Competency
2. Responsibility
3. Authority
4. Role

Q7. Which of the following statements about team-building activities is incorrect?

1. It can be a five-minute agenda item in a status review meeting.
2. It can be a professionally facilitated experience designed to improve interpersonal relationships.
3. The objective of team-building activities is to help team members work individually and effectively.
4. Informal communication and activities help in building trust and establishing good working relationships.

Q8. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk?

1. Nothing
2. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate is correct
3. Standard deviation tells you how unsure the estimate is.
4. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate includes a pad.

Q9. The Human Resources department wants to hire a new project manager from within the company. They can choose from the following candidates: Candidate A has good management knowledge; Candidate B has good project management knowledge; Candidate C has solid technical knowledge; and Candidate D has general management, project management, and technical skills. Who is the BEST candidate?

1. Candidate A
2. Candidate B
3. Candidate C
4. Candidate D

Q10. A project manager wants to make sure his plans for meeting the training needs of resources, and plans for releasing resources are complete. All of the following are inputs to this activity EXCEPT:

1. Enterprise environmental factors
2. Historical information
3. Project organizational charts
4. Activity resource requirement.