Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. When do stakeholders have the MOST influence on a project?

1. At the beginning of the project
2. In the middle of the project
3. At the end of the project
4. Throughout the project

Q3. A new project manager is planning a complex hardware installation project. The team consists of 13 people who are experts in their fields. The project manager does not want to micromanage the project. How far should he decompose the work?

1. As small as possible because the work is complex.
2. As large as possible because he is dealing with experts
3. To 1000-hour work packages because he is dealing with experts
4. To about 80-hour work packages because it will make the work less complex 8

Q4. All of the following are needed to create the WBS EXCEPT:

1. Organizational process assets
2. Quality measurements
3. Requirements documentations
4. Project scope statement 01

Q5. Giving a team member a corner office is different than giving him health benefits because a corner office is a (n):

1. Perquisite.
2. Fringe benefit
3. Use of the expectancy theory
4. Example of formal power.

Q6. During the execution of the project, a new ISO version of standard 9000 is issued and the project team is meeting with the quality department to determine how the standard will apply to the project. This is part of which quality process?

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

Q7. A project manager meets with a resource manager and asks to move resources from project A to project B. What is the MOST likely reason for this request?

1. A problem has caused delay beyond the project manager’s ability to control
2. Project A has become higher priority within the organization
3. An activity has taken longer than planned
4. An activity was missed because a work breakdown structure was not created.

Q8. A seller submits an invoice that is outside the funding limit reconciliation completed during project planning. What is the LEAST likely cause?

1. An activity has taken longer to complete than planned.
2. The critical path was fast tracked during project planning
3. Equipment was received earlier than planned
4. There was a cost increase to the successor activity of a critical path activity.

Q9. A problem occurs on an activity with free float and the project manager has extended its duration. What is MOST likely to be affected?

1. Project duration
2. Resource schedules
3. Project scope management plan
4. The latest start for the successor activity

Q10. Mark is in the middle of a software development project. So far, the project has incurred a total cost of $50,000. If it is determined the project is no longer required, what would we call the cost incurred to date?

1. Opportunity cost
2. Return on investment
3. Breakeven cost
4. Sunk cost