Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Project success is all about managing stakeholders efficiently and fulfilling their requirements. To keep them satisfied you will have to compare the current engagement level of all stakeholders with the planned stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle. As per the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition, which option is not an engagement level of stakeholder classification?

1. Resistant
2. Neutral
3. Aggressive
4. Supportive

Q3. A project manager can BEST resolve the differences between the requirements of one stakeholder and those of another by making which of these statements?

1. There are many points on which we agree. I am certain if we focus on them, we will find a solution.
2. Let’s look at why there is a difference of opinion on the requirements.
3. This discussion is getting too heated. Let’s regroup to solve the problem tomorrow.
4. I have made the decision to resolve the problem this way.

Q4. What is the BEST method of estimating the time for an activity that has never been done by your company before?

1. Analogous estimating
2. Three-point estimating
3. Monte Carlo analysis
4. Parametric estimating 60

Q5. What does “resource leveling” mean in project management?

1. Shortening the time it takes to complete the project
2. Making the most efficient use of the available resources
3. Hiring contractors to fill in during “peak” times on the project schedule
4. Reducing the project costs

Q6. You are working on a big project and team members are located in different geographic locations. Your team has encountered some issues while communicating. During phone calls, some voices get lost and members also face difficulties in understanding the problems. So, you decide to find a better communication method to discuss issues. Which of the following is the most effective communication method?

1. Intranet site
2. Email
3. Fax
4. Video conferencing

Q7. A RAM diagram shows the relationship between ______________ and _____________ in a tabular format.

1. Cause and effect
2. Risks and mitigation plans
3. Deliverables and costs
4. Work packages and project team members

Q8. The client has given you a project to install a new kind of elevator, so you start designing it from scratch. The planning phase is completed and you are now about to install the elevator. Suddenly a team member comes to you and asks for a change in the quality management plan as he has identified a flaw in the process. In which process can you perform the integrated change control?

1. During the monitoring & controlling phase
2. During the execution phase
3. Throughout the project
4. During the executing, and monitoring & controlling phase

Q9. A project team member tells you that she went to her project manager with a good idea for a useful change to the project. Instead of giving her approval to make the change, the project manager asked her to write a report describing the benefits of the change. What is the MOST appropriate advice for the situation?

1. The project manager is being unreasonable and should do that kind of work herself
2. Remind the project manager that the benefit cost analysis for the project was done during project planning
3. A project manager must be able to weigh the benefits of the change versus the costs and compare them to other possible changes. The team member should do what was asked.
4. The team member should do what was asked because this sort of information must be given to the project sponsor to make the change.

Q10. A company is attempting to select the BEST project from a list of possible choices. If the information they have includes the following benefit cost ratios, which project should they pick?

1. 2.2
2. 1.3
3. 0.8
4. 1.6