Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following is NOT included in a schedule change control system?

1. Approval levels necessary for authorizing changes
2. Tracking systems
3. Paperwork necessary for making changes
4. Limitations on the scope of changes

Q3. Testing the entire population:

1. Take too long.
2. Provide more information than wanted.
3. Be mutually exclusive.
4. Show many defects.

Q4. You have just been assigned to take over a project that your management has told you is “out of control”. When you asked your management what the problems were, they had no specifics, but said that the project was behind schedule, over budget, and the client was dissatisfied. Which of the following should be of the MOST concern to you?

1. The project is over budget and behind schedule
2. There is very little documentation related to the project.
3. The client is very dissatisfied with the project’s progress.
4. Your management is looking for rapid and visible action on this project to rectify the problems.

Q5. If the probability of one event occurring does not affect the probability of another event occurring, the events are:

1. False events
2. Mutually exclusive
3. Statistically independent
4. Just in-time.

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. A number of deliverables were submitted to the buyer as part of a project. Where would the project manager find documentation on the requirements for formal deliverable acceptance and on how nonconforming deliverables can be addressed?

1. In the SOW
2. In the lessons-learned document
3. In the deliverable release note
4. In the agreement

Q8. You are in the identifying risks process. You are meeting with your team members and stated that the project may be delayed because of the late delivery of certain consumables for your project. Now you ask the team members to find ways in which this problem can occur. What technique are you using here?

1. Assumption and constraint analysis
2. Brainstorming
3. Sensitivity analysis
4. Root cause analysis

Q9. You are meeting with your stakeholders to gather requirements for your project. You are well aware that requirements to be gathered include both product and project requirements. All the following tools can be used to gather, define, and analyze project requirements from stakeholders except:

1. Surveys
2. Focus Groups
3. Decomposition
4. Prototypes

Q10. If you want to reduce the number of quality inspections and reduce the cost of quality control for your project, which technique should you use?

1. Run Chart
2. Defect Repair Review
3. Statistical Sampling
4. Pareto Chart