Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The sponsor assigns you to be the project manager of a project that crosses functional lines and is designed to operate a 6 sigma levels. The sponsor has given you cost and schedule requirements. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate action on your part?

1. Accepting the requirements
2. Evaluating the project risks
3. Creating a detailed estimate
4. Working with the team to come up with a project management plan

Q3. Analogous estimating:

1. Uses bottom-up estimating techniques
2. Is used most frequently during the executing processes o the project.
3. Use top-down estimating techniques
4. Uses actual detailed historical costs

Q4. 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

Q5. The installation project has a CPI of 1.03 and an SPI of 1.0. There are 14 team members and each team member had input into the final project management plan. The customer has accepted the three deliverables completed so far without complaint and the responsibility assignment matrix has not changed since the project began. The project is being completed in a matrix environment and there are no contracts needed for the project. Though the sponsor is happy with the status of the project, one of the team members is always complaining about how much time his project work is taking. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Review the reward system for the project.
2. Try to improve schedule performance of the project
3. Meet with the customer to try to extend the schedule.
4. Gain formal acceptance in writing from the customer.

Q6. Project risks should be identified by:

1. Those invited to the risk identification process only
2. Key project stakeholders only
3. The project manager only
4. All project personnel

Q7. Which parts of the risk management process use the project scope statement as an input?

1. Plan Risk Management and Control Risks
2. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Management
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Responses
4. Plan Risk Responses and Control Risks.

Q8. The project is mostly complete. The project has a schedule variance of 300 and a cost variance of -900. All but one of the quality control inspections have been completed and all have met the quality requirements. All items in the issue log have been resolved. Many of the resources have been released. The sponsor is about to call a meeting to obtain product verification when the customer notifies the project manager that they want to make a major change to the scope. The project manager should:

1. Meet with the project team to determine if this change can be made.
2. Ask the customer for a description of the change
3. Explain that the change cannot be made at this point in the process
4. Inform management

Q9. Paul has recently been asked to manage an office refurbishment project. He finds out that the chief financial officer of the company is resisting the project. The chief financial officer is a key project stakeholder. What must Paul do first?

1. Conduct a team meeting to discuss this issue.
2. Seek support from the project sponsor to force project decisions.
3. Analyze options that might change or influence the chief financial officer's perception.
4. Seek expert judgment from the project initiator.

Q10. A RACI chart is an example of a _________________.

1. Network
2. Flowchart
3. Responsibility assignment matrix
4. Hierarchical-type organization chart