Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Based on the chart that shows activities on the critical path, which activity(s) would you crash to save exactly four weeks?

1. Activity F
2. Activities A and E
3. Activities C and E
4. Activities A and C

Q3. During the planning phase, you have created the WBS for the work that you are about to complete. However, because of a lack of information you are not able to create the WBS for the rest of the work, so you leave it until you get the correct and detailed information. This is an example of:

1. Progressive elaboration
2. Improper collecting requirement process
3. Rolling wave planning
4. Improper scope statement

Q4. Measuring the quality of items in a sample on a pass/fail basis is:

1. Biased sampling
2. Variable sampling
3. Stratified sampling
4. Attribute sampling

Q5. One of the stakeholders on the project contacts the project manager to discuss some additional scope he would like to add to the project. The project manager asks for details in writing and then works through the Control Scope process. What should the project manager do NEXT when the evaluation of the requested scope is complete?

1. Ask the stakeholder if there are any more changes expected.
2. Complete integrated change control
3. Make sure the impact of the change is understood by the stakeholder
4. Find out the root cause of why the scope was not discovered during project planning.

Q6. As part of the Risk Response planning for your project, you are trying to come up with a strategy to deal with negative risks or threats. In order to eliminate the impact of a particular risk, you relax the objective that is in jeopardy by extending the project schedule. This is an example of:

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

Q7. You are working in Lab-X, a laboratory experimental project to research the effect of a virus on human male bodies. This project needs local government approval for carrying out tests on living people. However, the local authorities informed you were informed it would take at least three weeks to obtain authorization for such approval because of the documents involved in the review and approval process. You consider this a risk to the project and would like to send the paperwork in advance to reduce the approval time to one week. Which of the following describes the risk response techniques being employed in this scenario?

1. Risk mitigation
2. Risk transfer
3. Risk accept
4. Risk avoid

Q8. RACI stands for______________, ________________, ___________, _______________.

1. Review, Analyze, Calculate, Implement
2. Responsible, Actual, Complete, Informative
3. Roles, Activities, Costs, Instructions
4. Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform

Q9. Which of the following defines things the project manager needs to do regarding cost?

1. Never just accept constraints from management, periodically recalculate the estimate to complete, meet any agreed-upon estimates
2. Meet any agreed-upon estimates, estimate larger-sized work components, accept constraints from management
3. Periodically recalculate the estimate to complete, increase estimates by eliminating risks, re-estimate when changes are requested
4. Never recalculate the estimate to complete, never just accept constraints from management, and only use historical records for accurate estimates.

Q10. Three items from the issue log have been assigned to a team member. However, no action has been taken by the agreed-upon due date. After three calls to the team member, the work is finally completed. Which of the following is the BEST preventive action to take NOW?

1. Remove the team member from the team if possible
2. Meet with the team member to uncover the reasons why there were problems
3. Make sure the action item list is distributed to all the right parties
4. Make sure items assigned in the action item list are accepted by the team members they are assigned to.