Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. How many types of relationships between activities can be found on a precedence (AON) diagram?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1

Q3. The float of an activity is determined by:

1. Performing a Monte Carlo analysis
2. Determining the waiting time between activities
3. Determining lag
4. Determining the amount of time the activity can be delayed before it delays the critical path

Q4. Dave, a first-time project manager, was of the opinion that all training activities need to be planned. He discussed this with an experienced project manager who understood that some training was necessarily unplanned. Which of the following are good candidates for unplanned training?

1. Training by observation, conversation, and project management appraisals
2. Training by mentoring, on-the-job training, and online courses
3. Training by conversation, coaching, and classroom training
4. Training by mentoring, observation, and coaching

Q5. All of the following are outputs of the Control Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Change requests
2. Updated organizational process assets.
3. Updates to the project management plan
4. Accepted deliverables.

Q6. You have signed a contract to have a customer care support system built for your company. In this contract, you have mentioned that you will pay all costs incurred plus a monetary benefit if you are happy with the work and the contractor fulfills some conditions set in the contract. What type of contract is this?

1. Cost plus incentive fee
2. Cost plus award fee
3. Time & material
4. Fixed price incentive fee

Q7. The project manager has just received a change from the customer that does not affect the project schedule and is easy to complete. What should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Make the change happen as soon as possible.
2. Contact the project sponsor for permission.
3. Go to the change control board.
4. Evaluate the impacts on other project constraints.

Q8. You are forming a virtual project team that includes members from four different countries around the world. What is NOT an obstacle you must overcome to build an effective team?

1. Different time zones
2. Communication issues
3. Cultural differences
4. Members wanting to work from home

Q9. A first-time project manager is advised by an experienced project manager to plan for cost of quality. The first-time project manager is not sure which costs are included in the cost of quality. What would your advice be?

1. Cost of quality only includes cost of nonconformance.
2. Cost of quality includes cost of conformance and cost of nonconformance.
3. Cost of quality only includes prevention costs and internal failure costs.
4. Cost of quality only includes cost of conformance.

Q10. You are a project manager for one of many projects in a large and important program. At a high-level status meeting, you note that another project manager has reported her project on schedule. Looking back on your project over the last few weeks, you remember many deliverables from the other project that arrived late. What should you do?

1. Meet with the program manager
2. Develop a risk control plan
3. Discuss the issue with your boss
4. Meet with the other project manager