Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A collection of formally documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation are controlled, changed, and approved is:

1. An authorization system
2. Project documentation
3. A change control board
4. A change control system

Q3. During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then add up the estimates to create the project estimate. You commit to completing the project by this date. What is wrong with this scenario?

1. The team did not create the estimate, and estimating takes too long using that method.
2. The team did not create the estimate, and a network diagram was not used.
3. The estimate is too long and should be created by management.
4. The project estimate should be the same as the customer’s required completion date.

Q4. While rating a proposal, one of the requirements was: "The proposed project manager needs to be a certified Project Management Professional, PMP®" This is an example of:

1. Constraints
2. Source Selection Criteria
3. Assumptions
4. Good practice

Q5. Which of the following Manage Quality techniques examines problems, constraints, and non-value-added activities that occur during project work?

1. Sensitivity Analysis
2. Expected monetary value analysis
3. Earned Value Analysis
4. Process Analysis

Q6. A project manager needs to analyze the project costs to find ways to decrease costs. IT would be BEST if the project manager looks at:

1. Variable costs and fixed costs
2. Fixed costs and indirect costs.
3. Direct costs and variable costs
4. Indirect costs and direct costs

Q7. The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical path. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Compress the schedule to recover the two weeks
2. Cut scope to recover the two weeks
3. Consult with the sponsor about options
4. Advise the client of the impact of the change

Q8. Which of the following BEST describes how a work breakdown structure can be used to determine resources?

1. The WBS breaks the project into one-person activities
2. The small work packages that the WBS provides make it easier to determine what expertise is needed.
3. It lists the names of the resources to be used.
4. It enables management to list the resource hierarchy.

Q9. While working on a deliverable which is 95% complete, two stakeholders come and enquire about it. They argue with you that this deliverable was not part of the project and it was not requested by any stakeholders, which you disagree with. Therefore, to prove your point, which document will you show them?

1. Requirements traceability matrix
2. WBS
3. Project scope statement
4. Product scope

Q10. Project stakeholder management is an integral part of project management. The effectiveness of stakeholder analysis carried out early in a project can decide its fate. Which of the following is the least important consideration during stakeholder analysis, especially when analyzing stakeholders who are also decision-makers?

1. Prior experience
2. Expectations
3. Interests
4. Influence