Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. What leadership style should you employ during the first 2 weeks of project planning?

1. Coaching
2. Directing
3. Supporting
4. Facilitating

Q3. Project reports are a method to:

1. Plan communications.
2. Distribute information.
3. Report performance.
4. Manage resources.

Q4. The code development phase of a software project is nearly complete when the first code review is conducted. During the review, it s discovered that the application is missing functionality required to complete a key business process. However, the product scope never specified this functionality. What should the project manager do?

1. Reject the functionality as out of the project’s scope.
2. Agree to include the functionality in the current release
3. Agree to include the functionality in the next release.
4. Assess the impact on the project of including the functionality, and inform the sponsor.

Q5. Which of the following is not an enterprise environmental factor influencing the Develop Project Management Plan process?

1. Project management body of knowledge
2. Governmental or industry standards
3. Project Management Plan template
4. Legal and regulatory requirements

Q6. What is the BEST method of estimating the time for an activity that has never been done by your company before?

1. Analogous estimating
2. Three-point estimating
3. Monte Carlo analysis
4. Parametric estimating 60

Q7. What does a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of more than 1.0 indicate?

1. The project is over budget.
2. The project is right on budget.
3. The project is under budget.
4. The project is ahead of schedule.

Q8. Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:

1. Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves
2. Risk triggers, contracts, and a risk list
3. Secondary risks, process updates, and risk owners
4. Contingency plans, project management plan updates, and change requests.

Q9. You are managing a multi-million dollar project that is a joint venture between your company and another organization. You have repeatedly tried to get the contact and the project charter finalized between the two organizations, but there has been a great deal of arguing over language and details. The project’s scope has been expanding, cost has been increasing, and the schedule has regularly been lengthening. You learn very suddenly that the project has been cancelled because the other organization withdrew its share of the funding for the project. What is the MOST likely reason that this occurred?

1. Failure to understand the budgetary process
2. Inadequate scope management
3. Lack of sponsor commitment
4. Poorly done initial cost-benefit analysis

Q10. A first-time project manager was assigned to a project that had a duration of three months. In order to get a head start on the project, the manager took an older, completed the project and incorporated all the tools, techniques, and checklists in their entirety from that project into the current one. The older project was completed in 14 months’ time and was remarkably similar in nature. The most appropriate comment on this would be:

1. This is an excellent example of re-use of artifacts from prior projects.
2. This may be unnecessary. The project management team needs to decide what is appropriate for the project.
3. This is not the correct procedure. The project manager should always create processes and documents afresh for new projects.
4. This is not correct. The project manager is violating copyright and intellectual property rights of the organization's prior customers.