Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager is working with quality professionals in the Manage Quality process of the project. Which of the following activities is being performed?

1. Perform Quality Control
2. Determining if the right processes are being used
3. Determining what processes should be used.
4. Evaluating quality against the processes

Q3. The project manager is looking at the project’s resource needs and lessons learned from past projects. This information causes the project manager to be concerned about the ability to acquire enough resources from the project in six months. Which of the following would be the LEAST effective preventive action?

1. Make sure functional managers have a copy of the resource histogram
2. Show the sponsor the data, and explain the project manager’s concern
3. Determine metrics to use as an early warning sign that resources will not be available.
4. Ask functional managers for their opinions.

Q4. Which of the following would be the BEST project to select?

1. A project that will take six years to complete and has an NPV of $45,000
2. A project that will take three years to complete and has an NPV of $85,000
3. A project that will take eight years to complete and has an NPV of $30,000
4. A project that will take 10 years to complete and has an NPV of $60,000

Q5. Which of these is not an input to the Control Procurements process?

1. Agreements
2. Change requests
3. Work performance data
4. Project management plan

Q6. You have just taken over a project from another project manager about six months into a 12-month project. As you get to know the staff on the project, you become aware that five staff members are relatives of the previous project manager. What do you do?

1. Notify your project stakeholders there is a possibility that nepotism was behind some of the staffing decisions made on your project
2. Check recruitment records of all employees
3. Report the HR manager to PMI
4. Interview these five employees

Q7. You are in the process of reviewing bids from various vendors for work on your project. One of the bidding vendors has a history of delivering on time and within budget, and you have personally worked with this company successfully on previous engagements. You receive a call from the manager submitting the bid inquiring about how the process is going. He asks to have lunch with you to discuss the bid. What is the BEST response?

1. Do not mention the other bidders but simply inform him that based on past experience, he has a good chance of winning the business.
2. Inform him that it would be inappropriate to discuss the matter at all and document the conversation.
3. Inform him that it would not be appropriate to discuss the matter over the phone during business hours, but that an informal lunch discussion would be more appropriate.
4. Politely avoid continuing the conversation and disregard the bid.

Q8. A project manager has a project team consisting of people in four countries. The project is very important to the company, and the project manager is concerned about its success. The length of the project schedule is acceptable. What type of communication should he use?

1. Informal verbal communication
2. Formal written communication
3. Formal verbal communication
4. Informal written communication

Q9. A team member assigned to the project needs two days of training to satisfactorily complete certain activities. No one else with the necessary skills is available to the project team. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Add two days to the schedule and inform management of the delay
2. Ask management for additional personnel because you cannot afford the extra schedule time.
3. Offer a bonus to the team member if he/she gets the training on his/her own time.
4. Include training in the project management plan.

Q10. The paint on the exotic cars that are manufactured in your plant is bubbling about a year after application. What would be the best tool for your team to use to find potential causes of the peeling paint?

1. Scatter diagram
2. Ishikawa Diagram
3. Control Chart
4. Inspection