Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. In order to facilitate project configuration and change management on complex projects, a project manager relies on configuration and change management tools. Such tools:

1. Can be manual or automatic; the selection depends on the project’s environment and requirements.
2. Must be manual; a complex project requires all change requests to be manually signed.
3. Must be automatic; a complex project requires complex change control procedures.
4. Change control must be manual, but the configuration control may be automatic.

Q3. A project has several teams. Team C has repeatedly missed deadlines in the past. This has caused team D to have to crash the critical path several times. As the team leader for team D, you should meet with the:

1. Manager of team D
2. Project manager alone
3. Project manager and management
4. Project manager and the leader of team C

Q4. Though it was difficult, the project manager received agreement to the project charter from all four sponsors involved on the project and the US $400,000 project was approved. Now the cost variance for the project is -$500 and the last performance review was positive. Just when the project entered its second phase, a team member on a noncritical path activity announced she was leaving the company. The float of activity L changed from two to four days. Only one unidentified risk has occurred with a minor impact. The last quality review showed that the project has made use of the results of the last design of experiments. Based on this information, what should the project manager do NEXT?

1. Complete closure of the first phase
2. Fast track the project to add more float
3. Review the management plans
4. Investigate additional risks caused by the difficulty with the senior managers.

Q5. During which stage of risk planning are risks prioritized based on their relative probability and impact?

1. Perform Qualitative risk analysis
2. Identify Risks
3. Perform Quantitative risk analysis
4. Plan Risk Responses

Q6. Which of these types of precedence relationships is least commonly used in the Precedence Diagramming Method?

1. Start to Start
2. Finish to Finish
3. Finish to Start
4. Start to Finish

Q7. Increasing the number of resources in order to crash a project schedule does not always cut the time by the same factor. In worst cases, too many resources assigned to an activity may actually increase the activity duration. This is because:

1. Decrease in cost budget
2. Required additional coordination
3. Funding limit reconciliation
4. Additional risk introduced due to crashing

Q8. You have just been assigned as project manager for a large telecommunications project. This one-year project is about halfway done. The project team consists of five sellers and 20 of your company’s employees. You want to understand who is responsible for doing what on the project. Where would you find such information?

1. Responsibility assignment matrix
2. Resource histogram
3. Bar chart
4. Project organization chart.

Q9. You are building a mile-long bridge on a T&M contract. During the excavation activity, you learned some telephone cables are crossing the alignment where you have to construct the bridge. You need to relocate these telephone cables, but there is no provision of such an activity in the contract. Further, the relocation of the cables is a costly task, and you need to do a lot of government paperwork, as well. You requested an amendment in the contract, but the buyer rejected it. Despite many efforts, you both could not resolve this issue. What should you do next?

1. Terminate the contract following the termination procedures mentioned in the contract.
2. File a judicial petition in accordance with the state’s law.
3. Seek arbitration following the ADR procedures in the contract.
4. Relocate the cables at your own expense since the contract does not cover this activity.

Q10. A project is considered out of control and the previous project manager has quit. You are assigned as the new project manager and have been asked to verify the quality level of the project and to recommend corrective action. What do you do FIRST?

1. Review the project management plan
2. Meet with the team
3. Draw a control chart
4. Create a risk mitigation plan.