Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project team is scattered across North America, South America, and Europe. There are seven companies working on the project and 67 core team members. Which of the following would have the GREATEST impact on making the situation easier to manage?

1. A project scope statement
2. A staffing management plan
3. A change control system
4. More time spent scope planning.

Q3. The WBS represents all product and project work. The total work at the lowest levels should roll up to the higher levels so that nothing is left out and no extra work is performed. This principle is also the:

1. 100 percent rule
2. 80/20 rule
3. Pareto's rule
4. Ground rule

Q4. A project manager is creating a risk response plan. However, every time a risk response is suggested another risk is identified that is caused by the response. Which of the following would be the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Document the new risks and continue the Plan Risk Responses process.
2. Make sure the project work is better understood.
3. Get more people involved in the Identify Risks process since risks have been missed.
4. Spend more time making sure the risk responses are clearly defined.

Q5. To develop a project stakeholder engagement plan, seek knowledge from groups or individuals with specialized training or subject matter insight into the relationships within the organization. In PMBOK jargon, what is this technique called?

1. Professional verdict
2. Consultation
3. Expert judgment
4. Sage opinion

Q6. You are managing four projects in your organization. Two projects are of a similar type, but the other two are entirely different. What is your role in the organization?

1. Portfolio manager
2. Program manager
3. Project manager
4. Program coordinator

Q7. The project manager’s role during the executing process group of the project can BEST be described as:

1. A Director
2. An Integrator
3. A Coordinator
4. A Leader

Q8. Why is the project change log a prime input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. So that the changes and their impact can be communicated to the appropriate stakeholders
2. So that the new identified changes can be appended to the log
3. So that stakeholders can review the log and prioritize the issues
4. So that the Integrated Change Control process is made redundant

Q9. You gave the responsibility of collecting requirements from project stakeholders to four of your team members. After starting the requirements collection process one of your team members left the job and the requirements could not be compiled properly. Initially, you did not notice this, however, during a product review, a few stakeholders told you that some of the features in the products were not requested by them. Therefore, to verify their comments you review the product requirements and identify the issue. This is an example of:

1. Scope creep
2. Scope slippage
3. Gold plating
4. Opportunity

Q10. A software development project team has determined that the best way to mitigate the risk of not having the computational resources to complete all bug testing on schedule is to add three more servers to the test bed. However, the network may not have enough capacity to handle the extra load of those three servers and could fail. This type of risk is a _______________ risk.

1. Secondary
2. Simulation
3. Bottleneck
4. Hidden