Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The work breakdown structure provides you with a structured vision of what has to be delivered, and the WBS dictionary provides you with detailed deliverables, activities, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS. Which of the following information cannot be found in the WBS dictionary?

1. Work description
2. List of assumptions
3. Resource requirement
4. Critical risks

Q3. Your project team works in two different buildings across the city. The team has been struggling to perform effectively and has a difficult time resolving problems. What would be the BEST team development technique to resolve this issue?

1. Mediation
2. Rewards
3. Co-location
4. Training

Q4. As the project manager of a project, you had estimated certain activity durations before acquiring all project team members. On acquisition, you find that their actual competency levels are much lower than what you anticipated. In such a case, you will:

1. Make no changes to the schedule
2. Ask the project team members to meet the original schedule by putting in overtime, if required
3. Make changes to activity duration and schedule incorporating the changed competency levels
4. Inform the customer that the project is behind schedule

Q5. You want to let your team know that the weekly project status is now officially due by 4:00 pm on Thursdays. Which type of communication would you use?

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

Q6. During a cost performance review with certain senior officers from the finance department, you discover there are certain inconsistencies in the way cost performance reporting is done, and you obtain data that shows these officers are deliberately misleading senior management. What should you do?

1. Write an anonymous letter to senior management about these activities.
2. Bring this to the notice of senior management even though there are no formal policies in place for whistleblowers.
3. Do nothing but make sure that the data for your project is clean.
4. Do nothing. The corrupt behavior of the finance department officials has nothing to do with your project.

Q7. Which of the following is NOT part of the Define Scope process?

1. Facilitated workshops
2. Identifying alternatives
3. Product analysis
4. Inspection 11

Q8. You have been assigned as project manager for a large project. This project has a very large numbers of stakeholders and you have to identify and analyze each of them. What is the best time to identify the project stakeholders?

1. Before developing the project management plan
2. After developing the project management plan
3. Before starting the executing phase
4. Before the collect requirement process

Q9. Which of the following techniques can help clarify the structure, requirements, and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement between a buyer and a seller can be reached prior to signing the contract?

1. Independent estimates
2. Advertising
3. Bidder conferences
4. Procurement negotiations

Q10. Ben is the project manager for a mobile application development project. Due to a recent technological development, a significant change in the product design is required. This change would require a 25 percent increase in the project budget. Ben prepares a detailed report and emails it to the project sponsor, and the sponsor acknowledges the receipt of the report. What should Ben do next?

1. Update the cost management plan
2. Update the project budget
3. Update the project schedule
4. Wait for the formal approval of the new budget