Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are developing the project management plan. Management asks you to provide them with information on the chances of completing the project under different circumstances. The project is important and so management does not want to delay the schedule. You compile the data and use a tool and tell management that there is a 90% chance you can complete the project within the schedule, however, if you are given three weeks of extra time, the chance of completing project rises to 98%. Which of the following statements is true about the tool you have used to come up with this information?

1. It is a perform qualitative risk analysis process technique
2. It is a perform quantitative risk analysis process technique
3. It is a control quality process technique
4. It is a technique of the determine budget process

Q3. You are carrying out a project for an external customer. Most of the project’s scope of work is outsourced and distributed among many subcontractors. What would be the role of the Direct and Manage Project Work process in this scenario?

1. Inspect and verify the adequacy of the seller’s product
2. Authorize the seller’s work at the appropriate time
3. Assure that the changes are properly approved and communicated
4. The Direct and Manage Project Work process will become redundant in this case

Q4. When planning risk responses, the strategy of changing the project management plan to eliminate the risk is known as:

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

Q5. You have signed a contract with a contractor which states that you will pay for the entire contractor’s legitimate costs, plus a fee based on the subjective evaluation of his performance; this will not be subject to an appeal. What kind of contract is this?

1. CPIF
2. CPFF
3. FPIF
4. CPAF

Q6. The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle as the basis for quality improvement is usually attributed to:

1. Deming
2. Crosby
3. Juran
4. Pareto

Q7. You have a project with four activities as follows: Activity 1 can start immediately and has an estimated duration of one. Activity 2 can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of four. Activity 3 can start after activity 2 is completed and has an estimated duration of five. Activity 4 can start after activity 1 is completed and must be completed when activity 3 is completed. The estimate for activity 4 is 10. What is the SHORTEST amount of time in which the project can be completed?

1. 10
2. 9
3. 18
4. 11

Q8. A project manager estimates the work to be accomplished in the near term in detail at a low level of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). He estimates work far in the future as WBS components that are at a relatively high level of the WBS. What is this technique called?

1. Decomposition
2. Rolling wave planning
3. Scope Creep
4. Earned value planning

Q9. Which chart allows a project manager to indicate the number of resources used each month?

1. Responsibility assignment matrix
2. Resource histogram
3. Project organizational chart
4. Pareto chart.

Q10. Another project has had a major defect, and the project manager has gotten the project team and the process engineers involved in analyzing how this might affect their project. Which of the following would BEST describe what the group is involved in?

1. Quality Analysis
2. Plan Quality
3. Manage Quality
4. Perform Quality Control.