Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project has been going well, except for the number of changes being made. The product of the project is being installed into seven different departments within the company and will greatly improve departmental performance when operational. The team has selected the appropriate processes for use on the project. The project manager is a technical expert as well as having been trained in communications and managing people. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the project problems?

1. The project manager was not trained in understanding the company environment.
2. The project should have more management oversight since it will result in such great benefits to the company.
3. The project should have used more of the project management processes.
4. Some stakeholders were not identified.

Q3. If you are writing a proposal for additional funding, which communication style should you choose?

1. Formal and horizontal
2. Formal and upward
3. Informal and downward
4. Informal and horizontal

Q4. The line in the middle of a control chart is called the:

1. Mean
2. Specification limit
3. Rule of seven
4. Upper and lower control limit.

Q5. A project manager wants to decrease costs on a project that a consultant is completing for her company. What costs should the project manager consider to accomplish this?

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

Q6. The sponsor has asked you to require that each piece of the project scope be planned, estimated, and scheduled. The sponsor also wants to authorize each piece of the project management plan after the documentation is assembled. What is the MOST appropriate response to these requests?

1. Politely advise the sponsor to forego the authorization of work.
2. Provide the sponsor with a schedule of when the components will be ready for authorization
3. Ask the sponsor to authorize each piece before it is completed
4. Tell the sponsor that the chance for authorization will come after the pieces of the project management plan are compiled

Q7. Which process is concerned with providing forecasts to update current cost information?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Project Management Information System
3. Close Project or Phase
4. Direct and Manage Project Work

Q8. Which of the following are the tools and techniques used in both the Plan Communications Management and Manage Communications processes?

1. Expert judgment
2. Project reporting
3. Communication requirements analysis
4. Communication methods

Q9. Define Activities, Sequence Activities, and Estimate Durations all occur before:

1. Develop Project Charter
2. Create WBS
3. Develop Schedule
4. Project development

Q10. During the Develop Schedule process, which of the following would BEST provide the basis for the MOST likely activity duration estimate?

1. Labour productivity rates published by a professional association
2. A consultant’s estimate of the overall labour man-hours required.
3. The initial estimate used to budget the project
4. The schedule for a similar project at the same facility completed two years earlier.