Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. As project progress is tracked according to the project management plan, the project manager discovers that final deliverables will be completed two months after the deliverable dates imposed by management. What should the project manager do?

1. Look for options with stakeholders using some combination of scaling back work, re-evaluating discretionary dependencies, and adding resources
2. Evaluate the impact on the company of completing this project late.
3. Drive the project team to work faster to make up for lost time
4. Recalculate the project schedule and distribute it according to the communications management plan

Q3. Allocating ownership of a risk to a third party who is best able to capture the opportunity is an example of ________ the risk.

1. Sharing
2. Enhancing
3. Exploiting
4. Accepting

Q4. Which motivational theory uses the concepts of esteem and selfactualization?

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

Q5. Which of the following is a type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions:

1. Transactional
2. Servant leader
3. Transformational
4. Laissez-faire

Q6. A company is looking for an experienced project manager to manage a large construction project. You meet all the requirements for the position except for one: The organization is looking for a certified PMP with five years of experience, but you have just four years of experience managing similar projects. What is the best way to fill out your application?

1. Show how you meet the requirements but include your actual years of experience
2. Do not fill out that particular section.
3. Explain why years of experience should not matter.
4. Since you have plenty of experience, embellish your actual years of experience.

Q7. You have two activities with Finish to Start sequences. The duration of the first activity is 10 days, and the duration of the second activity is 8 days. The estimated time completed for these activities is 18 days. The client asks you complete these activities within 15 days; you review his request and agree to do so at no extra cost. Now, you plan to start the second activity three days before the first activity completes so that both activities can be completed in 15 days. This process is known as:

1. Schedule modification
2. Fast tracking
3. Crashing
4. None of the above

Q8. A manufacturing project has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.89 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.91. Generally, what is the BEST explanation for why this occurred?

1. The scope was changed
2. A supplier went out of business, and a new one needed to be found
3. Additional equipment needed to be purchased
4. A critical path activity took longer and needed more labor hours to complete.

Q9. Which of the following indicates the required cost performance in order to complete the project on budget?

1. TCPI
2. CPI
3. EAC
4. SPI

Q10. You are beginning a new project. When should you use the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

1. Throughout the entire project
2. Only when closing out the project
3. Only after the project is completely funded
4. Only after the project scope is clearly defined