Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Early in the life of your project, you are having a discussion with the sponsor about what estimating techniques should be used. You want a form of expert judgment, but the sponsor argues for analogous estimating. It would be BEST to:

1. Agree to analogous estimating as it is a form of expert judgment
2. Suggest life cycle costing as a compromise
3. Determine why the sponsor wants such an accurate estimate.
4. Try to convince the sponsor to allow expert judgment because it is typically more accurate.

Q3. You are forming a virtual project team that includes members from four different countries around the world. What is NOT an obstacle you must overcome to build an effective team?

1. Different time zones
2. Communication issues
3. Cultural differences
4. Members wanting to work from home

Q4. Which of the following is true of the Estimate Activity Durations process?

1. Estimates should always indicate the range of possible results
2. Estimates should be made by resource managers in order to increase the accuracy of the estimates.
3. Historical information is too old to use in estimating
4. Critical paths should be taken into account when an activity is first estimated.

Q5. All of the following are tools of Perform Quality Control EXCEPT:

1. Cost of quality
2. Inspection
3. Control charts
4. Flowcharting

Q6. If a project manager is completing detailed estimating, which type of estimating is MOST likely being used?

1. Bottom-up
2. Analogous
3. Parametric
4. 50/50 rule 20

Q7. The performance reports produced during the Control Procurements process are then provided to which project management process for further processing?

1. Monitor & Control Project Work in the form of work performance information
2. Direct & Manage Project Work in the form of work performance data
3. Perform Integrated Change Control in the form of a change request
4. Performance report is not an output of the Control Procurement process

Q8. A project manager is assigned to a new, high priority project. There are only five available resources because other resources are already committed to projects. The time available to complete the project is less than half the time needed, and the project manager cannot convince management to change the end date. The project manager should:

1. Coordinate with team members the overtime necessary to complete the work
2. Provide the team with opportunities to produce acceptable quality on the work that can be accomplished
3. Look for any scope that can be cut from the project.
4. Use more experienced resources to complete the work faster.

Q9. Dina, the project manager of a hardware project, is performing a structured review of the procurement process. She would like to examine each document from the Plan Procurement Management process through the Control Procurements process to identify failures. What tool should Dina use?

1. Procurement audits in the control procurements process
2. Performance reports in the conduct procurements process
3. Negotiated settlements in the control procurements process
4. Procurement audits in the conduct procurements process

Q10. Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Develop Team process?

1. Organizational charts
2. Co-location
3. Acquisition
4. Influence diagrams