Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Crashing is an effective schedule compression technique at times when a project is struggling behind schedule. However, increasing the number of resources to twice the original number of the resources does not always cut the time by half. This is due to:

1. Fast tracking the project
2. Risk mitigation due to crashing the project
3. The law of diminishing returns
4. Critical path analysis

Q3. Which of the following tools helps in determining the gaps between the current and desired stakeholder engagement levels?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Monte Carlo analysis
3. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
4. Fishbone diagram

Q4. Quality on your project must be as high as possible, yet this type of project is new for your company. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do?

1. Audit work as it is being completed to look for any needed improvements
2. Improve your work authorization system
3. Use cause and effect diagrams when there is a defect
4. Make sure your staffing management plan is up to date.

Q5. Project Team A has been hired to manage a transportation project very similar to dozens of projects the team has managed successfully in the past. The team has determined that the probability of achieving project objectives is 94 percent. What part of the risk process is the team in?

1. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.
2. Plan Risk Responses.
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis.
4. Identify Risks.

Q6. Where should a new project manager look to determine resource requirements?

1. Resource leveling chart
2. Resource bar chart
3. Activity list
4. Project schedule

Q7. Communications under a contract should tend toward:

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

Q8. Different types of contracts are appropriate for different types of purchases. Which of these is not one of the three broad categories of contracts?

1. Cost-reimbursable
2. Time and Material
3. Fixed-price or lump sum
4. Fixed assessment

Q9. A project manager has just finished the risk response plan for a US $387,000 engineering project. Which of the following should he probably do NEXT?

1. Determine the overall risk rating of the project
2. Begin to analyze the risks that show up in the project drawings
3. Add work packages to the project work breakdown structure
4. Hold a project risk assessment 06

Q10. The customer wants to expand the project scope after the project performance measurement baselines have been established. The customer will need to follow which procedures?

1. Scope control
2. Integrated change control
3. Integrated management
4. Document control