Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. In your project you identified a risk; there is a chance you may lose a critical employee. You have identified an employee from another project to bring into your project if your team member leaves you. However, this employee is known for his bad behavior and creating trouble for other employees. In a monthly risk review, a stakeholder asks you what your strategy will be if this new team member creates a problem for you. You assured him that you are aware of it and you also have a plan for it. What kind of risk is the stakeholder discussing with you?

1. Residual risk
2. Secondary risk
3. Uncertainty
4. Primary risk

Q3. All of the questions are common outputs of risk management EXCEPT:

1. Contract terms and conditions
2. A risk response plan
3. Schedule reserves
4. An approved project management plan.

Q4. A functional manager in your organization has recently filed a complaint against a junior project manager regarding his project management certification. The functional manager claims that the PMP certification claimed by the junior project manager is invalid and needs to be checked. What should be your response as a senior project manager?

1. Report to PMI
2. Suspend the junior project manager
3. Ask your project manager to provide evidence for his/her PMP certification
4. Ask your functional manager to provide evidence for his argument

Q5. Communications management plans should include all of the following except:

1. Stakeholder communication requirements
2. Reasons for information distribution
3. Escalation process
4. Risk Register

Q6. Two team members are having a big disagreement over the type of computer hardware to use on the project. Who should resolve this dispute?

1. Two members and their project manager
2. Project manager
3. Management
4. System supervisor

Q7. Which process is concerned with providing forecasts to update current cost information?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Project Management Information System
3. Close Project or Phase
4. Direct and Manage Project Work

Q8. During the middle of the project, things have been going well. The work authorization system has allowed people to know when to start work and the issue log has helped keep track of the stakeholders’ needs. The benefit cost ratio has been improving and the sponsor has expressed his appreciation for the team members’ efforts by hosting a milestone party for the team. The project manager gets a call from a team member saying that the results from the completion of their activity’s predecessor is two days late. Which of the following reasons would BEST describe why this occurred?

1. The project manager was focusing on the sponsor’s needs.
2. Functional management was not included in the communications management plan.
3. The successor activities should have been watched, not the predecessors.
4. The right people were not invited to the milestone party.

Q9. Which of the following is not an input to the Develop Project Charter process?

1. Agreements
2. Business Case
3. Benefits management plan
4. Stakeholder register

Q10. You have been given a project to develop some gaming software for the client. You have developed many similar games in the past and possess the knowledge and skills that are needed to build the game. You have recruited your team and many of them are new, however all of them respect you a lot. What kind of power are you showing here?

1. Coercive power
2. Positional power
3. Expert power
4. Referent power