Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. 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

Q3. The Risk Register contains details of all identified risks and their current status. It is a document containing the results of:

1. Plan Risk Responses
2. Identify Risks
3. Monitor Risks
4. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, and Plan Risk Responses

Q4. Which of motivational theory use the concept of Theory X?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q5. Configuration management 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 configuration management consideration while selecting an appropriate configuration management tool for a project?

1. Identification and selection of configuration items.
2. Recording and reporting of configuration item status.
3. Configuration item verification and audit.
4. Procedures for accepting and rejecting change requests.

Q6. Cause-and-Effect diagrams are used to illustrate how various factors might link to potential problems or effects. They are also called:

1. Taguchi diagrams
2. Pareto diagrams
3. Ishikawa diagrams
4. Process diagrams

Q7. During the Define Activities process, the team discovers that they do not know enough to define the activities for 30 percent of the work packages. What would be the BEST course of action?

1. Redo the Define Scope process
2. Review the project charter with the sponsor and the team
3. Continue on to Sequence Activities process and define the activities at a later date.
4. Include this problem as a part of risk identification

Q8. An activity can be completed in 5 days if the conditions are favorable; however, if the conditions are unfavorable, it will take 10 days to complete. The most likely time for this activity to be completed is 6 days. Determine the PERT estimate for this activity.

1. 6.5
2. 7
3. 5
4. 3.5

Q9. If earned value (EV) is US $300,000, actual cost (AC) is US $350,000, and planned value (PV) is US $375,000, what does the schedule performance index (SPI) indicate?

1. You are only progressing at 86 percent of the rate originally planned.
2. You are progressing at 125 percent of the rate originally planned.
3. You are progressing at 116 percent of the rate originally planned.
4. You are only progressing at 80 percent of the rate originally planned.

Q10. During a walk-through of a work package, you discover that a team member is completing the work differently than stated in the WBS dictionary. How should you deal with this?

1. Replace the team member
2. Determine if the alternative way is acceptable to the functional manager
3. Ask the team member if the changes are necessary
4. Determine if the changes also change the scope of the work package.