Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which motivational theory says that working conditions, salary, and relationships at work do NOT improve motivation?

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

Q3. Dina, the project manager of a hardware project, is performing a structured review of the procurement process. She would like to examine each document from the Plan Procurement Management process through the Control Procurements process to identify failures. What tool should Dina use?

1. Procurement audits in the control procurements process
2. Performance reports in the conduct procurements process
3. Negotiated settlements in the control procurements process
4. Procurement audits in the conduct procurements process

Q4. Jijo and Stefan are two employees of your organization. Jijo is working in an office and Stefan is on a site so their working conditions are different. During the project execution, both of them have some kind of conflict and come to you. You listen to them and solve the conflict. Which of the following is most likely to be a reason for a conflict in the working environment?

1. Ground rules
2. Personal work style
3. Salary
4. Working conditions

Q5. Kate’s project is in execution. During an internal project review meeting, Kate learns that the stakeholder engagement plan needs an update. The last update was done two weeks earlier. According to the stakeholder engagement plan, the plan must be reviewed and updated on a monthly basis. The nature of the required update does not require following the formal change control process. What should Kate do?

1. Wait for a couple of weeks to do the required update
2. Update the plan review procedure first before making the required update
3. Go ahead and do the required update
4. Seek the project sponsor‘s guidance

Q6. Inputs to the Direct and Manage Project Work process include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Approved corrective actions
2. Project management plan
3. Implemented corrective actions
4. Defect repair orders

Q7. Which of the following tools helps in determining the gaps between the current and desired stakeholder engagement levels?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Monte Carlo analysis
3. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
4. Fishbone diagram

Q8. What is the BEST technique to ensure the project work is really complete?

1. Final performance reporting
2. Procurement audits
3. Archive records
4. Formal acceptance

Q9. You have been assigned as project manager to conduct a study to find the impact of pollution on the environment. After the project charter is signed, you have completed the identify project stakeholders process and are now about to classify them. Which of the following models of classifying the project stakeholders is not mentioned in the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition?

1. Power / Interest grid
2. Power / Influence grid
3. Impact / Influence grid
4. Impact / Power grid

Q10. A technical team can begin to edit a large document 15 days after it begins writing it. What kind of dependency would this represent?

1. Start-to-start with a 15-day lead
2. Finish-to-finish with a 15-day lead
3. Start-to-start with a 15-day lag
4. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lag