Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager meets with a resource manager and asks to move resources from project A to project B. What is the MOST likely reason for this request?

1. A problem has caused delay beyond the project manager’s ability to control
2. Project A has become higher priority within the organization
3. An activity has taken longer than planned
4. An activity was missed because a work breakdown structure was not created.

Q3. Two team members come to you with a dispute regarding their roles and responsibilities. To resolve the dispute, which document will you refer to?

1. Resource histogram
2. RAM matrix
3. Scatter diagram
4. Stakeholder register

Q4. The project manager has worked closely with the team to come up with contingency plans. Which of the following BEST describes contingency plans?

1. Planned responses to risk events
2. Planned risk control procedures
3. Planned workarounds
4. Planned responses based on probability analysis.

Q5. While constructing a new drug manufacturing plan, you discover a leak in a pipe which has released chemicals into the ground. It was difficult to acquire the necessary government approval and community support for the plant, and management has told you to be particularly careful to not upset the community. You are uncertain of whether the chemicals could leak into the groundwater or cause any damage. What should you do?

1. Follow the instructions to avoid upsetting the community and do nothing
2. Start to write articles in the local paper about how poorly treated the local drinking water is.
3. Wherever possible, communicate all the great benefits of the plant to the community.
4. Inform local officials and ask for their help 0

Q6. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk?

1. Nothing
2. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate is correct
3. Standard deviation tells you how unsure the estimate is.
4. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate includes a pad.

Q7. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques will generate the MOST lasting solution?

1. Forcing
2. Smoothing
3. Compromise
4. Problem solving.

Q8. The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?

1. The project management team does not need to develop a quality policy since the performing organization does not have one.
2. The project management team needs to obtain the quality policy from the customer.
3. A quality policy is nice to have but is not required for every project.
4. The project management team will need to develop a quality policy for the project.

Q9. A Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) breaks down the project by type of resources. The RBS is an example of a:

1. Linear chart
2. Matrix chart
3. Flow chart
4. Hierarchical chart

Q10. Two months into a design project, the customer requested a modification to the product. The change was made without notifying the project manager. During the final testing phase, results were different then what was planned for. This scenario is BEST thought of as an example of which of the following?

1. Poor scope control
2. Poor adherence to the communications management plan
3. Poor development of the quality management plan
4. Poor definition of the test plan