Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. A project manger is leading an effort to analyze waste and non-valueadded activity on the project. One team member reports that two processes in use requiring work he believes is unnecessary. Another team member reports that a process is not well understood. The project manager must be leading with of the following?

1. A process rather than a project
2. The Plan Quality process
3. Management by objectives
4. The Manage Quality process

Q3. Which of the following is a chief characteristic of the Delphi technique?

1. Extrapolation from historical records from previous projects
2. Expert opinion
3. Analytical hierarchy process
4. Bottom-up approach.

Q4. Extensive use of _____ communication is MOST likely to aid in solving complex problems.

1. verbal
2. written
3. formal
4. non-verbal

Q5. A project manager analyzed the project’s communication requirements and decided that 10 out of the 30 stakeholders in the project would only need voicemail updates of certain information. This type of communication is:

1. Push communication
2. Pull communication
3. Interactive communication
4. On-demand communication

Q6. Which of the following gives you the cost estimate of your project if you continue to perform with the same cost performance?

1. ETC
2. VAC
3. EAC
4. BAC

Q7. A project manager feels the need of updating one of the project supplier contracts to meet the project’s current needs. However, before any change requests, the project manager must know the right process to incorporate a change into this specific contract. What should he do first?

1. Issue the change request and get it approved through Integrated Change Control process
2. Update the project procurements management plan
3. Review the change request handling procedure as documented in the contract itself
4. Review alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures in the contract

Q8. During a team meeting, the team has been arguing about the method of integration for over 20 minutes without getting anywhere. The project manager reschedules the issue for the next team meeting. This is an example of:

1. Compromising
2. Forcing
3. Smoothing
4. Withdrawal.

Q9. Anna has recently taken over a project as the project manager. The project is early in the executing phase. Although all the key stakeholders signed off on the project scope statement, Anna learns that some of the key stakeholders do not fully understand the project scope. The stakeholders’ constant support is crucial for the success of the project. What must Anna do?

1. Email the copy of the scope management plan to the key project stakeholders
2. Don’t do anything since all the key project stakeholders signed the scope statement.
3. Email the copy of the scope statement to the key project stakeholders.
4. Conduct one-to-one meeting sessions with these key stakeholders to ensure they understand the project scope

Q10. Which estimating method tends to be MOST costly for creating a project cost estimate?

1. Bottom-up
2. Analogous
3. Parametric
4. 50/50 rule