Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Ground rules are established to set clear expectations regarding acceptable behavior by the project team members. Whose responsibility is it to enforce ground rules?

1. The project manager
2. All project team members share the responsibility for enforcing the rules once they are established in the Team Charter
3. The HR team
4. The project manager and senior team members

Q3. A project manager has put in place rules covering who will have access to controlled documents, how changes to these items will be recorded and approved, and how everyone will know what the current version is. The project manager is therefore creating a:

1. Work authorization system
2. Change control system
3. Configuration management system
4. Project management information system

Q4. A project manager says to a team member, “If you cannot complete this activity according to the quality standards you set in place, I will remove you from the team that is going Venezuela for the milestone party with the customer.” What form of power is the project manager using?

1. Reward power
2. Formal power
3. Penalty power
4. Referent power

Q5. Which of the following could happen during project executing as a result of fast tracking the project?

1. A problem in a successor activity could affect more activities
2. All successor activities will have more float
3. Subsequent activities will have additional risk
4. Subsequent activities will lose resources 1

Q6. A project manager is trying to settle a dispute between two team members. One says the systems should be integrated before testing, and the other maintains each system should be tested before integration. The project involves over 30 people, and 2 systems need to be integrated. The sponsor is demanding that integration happens on time. What is the BEST statement the project manager can make to resolve the conflict?

1. Do it my way.
2. Let’s clam down and get the job done.
3. Let’s deal with this again next week after we all calm down.
4. Let’s do limited testing before integration and finish testing after integration.

Q7. Which of the following is not an input to the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

1. Approved Change Requests
2. Consultants
3. Project Management Plan
4. Project files from prior projects

Q8. What would be the BEST explanation for the following: Both the cost variance and schedule variance are negative, but the cost variance is lower than the schedule variance.

1. The project underspent because all work was not completed, but overspent for work that was done.
2. The project overspent due to increased costs and yet completed some activities faster.
3. The project activities took longer than expected, but costs were lower.
4. The project underspent, because costs were lower than planned and activities were easier to complete than planned.

Q9. You have just learned that one of your team members has not been adequately trained to complete project activities as assigned to him. How will you handle this situation?

1. Replace this team member with someone more qualified
2. Request proper training be provided and paid for by the functional manager
3. Revise the schedule to account for the decreased effectiveness on this resource.
4. Mentor this resource during the remainder of project duration.

Q10. Nate is the project manager for a research and development project. According to the project communication management plan, Nate has to call in weekly project progress update meetings. The last few meetings were a disaster since more time was spent in arguments and less on decisions. Which of the following techniques does Nate need to quickly acquire?

1. Presentation techniques
2. Listening techniques
3. Writing style
4. Meeting management techniques