Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following statements BEST describes how stakeholders are involved on a project?

1. They help to determine the project schedule, deliverables, and requirements.
2. They help to determine the project constraints and product deliverables.
3. They help to determine the resource needs and resource constraints on the project.
4. They approve the project charter, help provide assumptions, and create the management plans.

Q3. A project manager created a resource histogram. On the histogram, some bars extended beyond the maximum available hours. What does this usually signify?

1. This means that the resources on those bars are being underused.
2. This means that a resource optimization strategy needs to be applied.
3. This means the resources are producing outputs at a rate faster than the average rate.
4. This means that resources need to be reduced from the project.

Q4. The project is being completed faster than planned. Which of the following would NOT account for why this has occurred?

1. Trend analysis was used to eliminate the need for some testing
2. A pre-made item was purchased instead of the team creating it.
3. A critical path and a noncritical path activity were fast tracked.
4. A critical path activity was compressed

Q5. A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four weeks earlier than planned. What activity is BEST described here?

1. Resource leveling
2. Schedule compression
3. Critical chain
4. Adjusting leads and lags

Q6. You are responsible for IT maintenance in your organization. The head of the IT department comes to you with an internet security expert and tells you to disable auto login and force authentic login based on a new password. The password will be 15 characters long and consist of letters, numerals, and one special character, and this password must expire after every 30 days. This is an example of:

1. Operation
2. Project
3. Maintenance
4. None of the above

Q7. You are collecting requirements for your project. For a few requirements you are having difficulty reaching a consensus, so you decide to vote and select the choice which has the largest number of votes. What voting technique is this?

1. Minority
2. Unanimity
3. Majority
4. Plurality

Q8. David was required to investigate a business problem and describe the higher-level needs of the business as a whole. David’s final reports describes in detail the features, functions and characteristics of the product that will meet the business and stakeholder requirements. What is wrong with David’s report?

1. David was asked to analyze the solution requirements, but he focused on the business requirements.
2. David was asked to analyze the business requirements, but he focused on the solution requirements.
3. David was asked to analyze the functional requirements, but he focused on the non-functional requirements.
4. David was asked to analyze the non-functional requirements, but he focused on the functional requirements.

Q9. You are building a mansion that will have copper roofs. The duration of the project will be approximately three years. You have built into the contract that, as the price of copper increases, your price increases as a percentage of the cost of the copper. However, all other costs are fixed. This is an example of what type of contract?

1. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment
2. Fixed Price Incentive Fee
3. Unit Price
4. Time and Materials

Q10. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role relating to changes?

1. Serve the customer and do what the customer wants.
2. Monitor and track changes to ensure they benefit the project.
3. Influence the factors that cause changes
4. Deny change requests whenever possible 9