Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The objective of a transformation project is to move an organization from one state to another state. Before the project begins, the organization is commonly referred to as being in the:

1. Hot State
2. Ready State
3. Historic State
4. Current State

Q3. Rina and Gimo are the senior developers in a website development project. They have argued about the best web design product to use in developing the new website. As the project manager, you use a forcing approach to make a decision and reduce the conflict. What is the main characteristic of this approach?

1. Forcing to close the project
2. Highlighting areas of agreement rather than areas of disagreement
3. Asserting one‘s viewpoint at the expense of others
4. Withdrawing from the actual conflict

Q4. What type of method uses a weighting ranking system for quantifying qualitative data to minimize the effect of personal bias during the process of selecting a seller?

1. Independent estimates
2. Source Selection Criteria
3. Vendor audits
4. Sourcing workshops

Q5. Change control tool selection should be based on the needs of the project stakeholders, including organizational and environmental considerations and/or constraints. Which of the following is not a key change management consideration while selecting an appropriate change control tool for a project?

1. Identifying and selecting a change item
2. Configuration item verification and audit
3. Documenting the change into a proper change request
4. Tracking change requests

Q6. If the team cannot identify a suitable response to identified risk, which risk response strategy, would they apply?

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

Q7. You are making some changes to the scope and schedule baseline because you have identified a high-impact risk and management does not want to take a risk. What process is this?

1. Plan scope management
2. Plan risk response
3. Develop schedule
4. Control scope

Q8. The client asks you for some minor changes to the project and you discuss this matter with your team members. One of your team members told you that he thinks that it will not affect any other project objective. What will you do now?

1. Review the request according to integrated change control process
2. Since the team member thinks it will not affect any project objective, implement it
3. Ignore it
4. None of the above

Q9. A critical resource is on another project team. It is essential that you get his time for your project. You have contacted the resource’s team manager several times but have received a poor response. What should you consider doing next?

1. Plan for an alternate resource since this resource is not available.
2. Try to use management influence to obtain the resource's time.
3. Contact the manager once again to see if he can help.
4. Train another resource within your project.

Q10. When should a schedule baseline be created and used?

1. At the beginning of the project and used to compare schedule performance on status reports
2. At the end of the project and then used to measure team performance
3. At the end of the project and included in the archive
4. At the beginning of the project and used during the project to measure performance