Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Ben is the project manager for a mobile application development project. Due to a recent technological development, a significant change in the product design is required. This change would require a 25 percent increase in the project budget. Ben prepares a detailed report and emails it to the project sponsor, and the sponsor acknowledges the receipt of the report. What should Ben do next?

1. Update the cost management plan
2. Update the project budget
3. Update the project schedule
4. Wait for the formal approval of the new budget

Q3. Which motivational theory defines the hierarchy of needs?

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

Q4. The client has requested a change in a deliverable which you have processed through a change request and it is approved. Now, you are in the process of implementing this change into the project. In which of the following processes do you implement the approved change?

1. Monitor and control project work
2. Direct and manage project work
3. Perform integrated change control
4. Control scope

Q5. A project manager needs team members that report to a functional manager. What technique is the project manager most likely to use to obtain these resources?

1. Pre-assignment
2. Authority
3. Negotiation
4. Coercion

Q6. In order to shorten the project duration, you want to look at fast tracking the project. Based on the chart, which activity(s) would you consider fast tracking?

1. Activity B or E
2. Activity C or F
3. Activity H
4. Activity D or I

Q7. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
2. Re-compute the project schedule
3. Re-estimate the activity attributes
4. Calculate the cost performance index

Q8. A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project management procedures and has decided to start improving the company’s project management by obtaining a project charter. Which of the following BEST describes why the project charter would help the project manager?

1. It describes the details of what needs to be done.
2. It lists the names of all team members.
3. It gives the project manager authority.
4. It describes the project’s history.

Q9. During a project, a team member tells you that a major risk identified by the team has occurred. However, it is not as serious as previously thought. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

1. Increase the quality standard
2. Present this finding to the project team and ask them to verify the team member’s finding
3. Investigate changing the contingency plan
4. Notify management

Q10. Which of the following is not a basic input required to develop an effective project stakeholder engagement plan?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Enterprise environmental factors
3. Organizational process assets
4. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix