Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A dependency requiring that design be completed before manufacturing can start is an example of:

1. Discretionary dependency
2. External dependency
3. Mandatory dependency
4. Scope dependency

Q3. The sponsor and the project manager are discussing what type of contract the project manager plans to use on the project. The buyer points out that the performing organization spent a lot of money hiring a design team to come up with the design. The project manager is concerned that the risk for the buyer be as small as possible. An advantage of a fixed price contract for the buyer is:

1. Cost risk is lower
2. Cost risk is higher
3. There is little risk
4. Risk is shared by all parties.

Q4. The work breakdown structure provides you with a structured vision of what has to be delivered, and the WBS dictionary provides you with detailed deliverables, activities, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS. Which of the following information cannot be found in the WBS dictionary?

1. Work description
2. List of assumptions
3. Resource requirement
4. Critical risks

Q5. Which of the following is the WORST way to resolve conflict?

1. Compromising
2. Forcing
3. Smoothing
4. Withdrawal.

Q6. You are working for a large project organization with several project managers working on 15 projects. All project managers submit their status reports at month’s end. One of your fellow project managers, Jane, has reported an error in the past two months. From discussions with one of her project’s team members who is also working on one of your projects, you realize Jane is deliberately misreporting the project’s status to inflate her performance for the annual performance appraisal next month. The monthend review meeting is in two days, and you are preparing your own presentation for it. What should you say about her status report?

1. Investigate and verify the blame before reporting the incorrect status to the appropriate management.
2. Since there is no direct relationship between your project and hers, there is no need to intervene in this issue.
3. Prepare a brief of what you have discussed with her team member and report the inconsistency in the meeting
4. Send an email to her boss asking to check the contents of her report

Q7. As a project manager, you are responsible for determining and delivering the required levels of both grade and quality. Select which of the following statements you disagree with.

1. Grade relates to the product's characteristics.
2. Grade relates to the customer requirements.
3. Quality relates to the customer requirements.
4. Quality and grade of a product must be carefully managed.

Q8. The project manager has a team scattered across four countries. The team members are experts in their fields and a few are certified project managers. To deal with the distance, the project manager creates ground rules with the team, and has virtual meetings to deal with the cultural differences. Which of the following additional activities would have the GREATEST impact on the project?

1. Plan Communications
2. Acquire Project Team
3. Define Scope
4. Sequence Activities

Q9. A watch list is an output of which risk management process?

1. Plan Risk Responses
2. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
3. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
4. Plan Risk Responses.

Q10. A project manager has just taken over the project from another project manager during the executing process group. The previous project manager created a project budget, determined communications requirements, and went on to complete work packages. What should the new project manager do NEXT?

1. Coordinate completion of work packages
2. Identify quality standards
3. Begin the Identify Risk process
4. Execute the project management plan.