Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following interpersonal skills is of prime importance during the collection and analysis of stakeholders’ needs and expectations?

1. Trust building
2. Conflict resolution
3. Overcoming resistance
4. Active listening

Q3. For your project, you have broken down the work package into activities and just now completed the network diagram. Which process is this?

1. Develop schedule
2. Sequence activities
3. Define schedule
4. Create WBS

Q4. Calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for the uncompleted portion of the project is called ____________.

1. Schedule compression
2. An arrow diagram
3. A backward pass
4. A forward pass

Q5. A project manager has discovered that a team member has gold plated the work done in an activity. In order to discover this, the project manager must have been performing:

1. Time management
2. Scope management
3. Cost management
4. Human Resource management

Q6. Which of the following BEST describes comparing actual dates with planned dates?

1. Develop Schedule
2. Resource leveling
3. Variance analysis
4. Three-point estimating

Q7. A project manager in a seller organization discovered that certain deliverables had been delivered to the buyer without undergoing proper testing. Recalling the deliverables will result in a cost overrun on the project. What should the project manager do in such a case?

1. Recall the deliverables even though there will be a cost overrun.
2. Terminate the project.
3. Approach management to obtain additional funding to handle the potential cost overrun.
4. Wait for the procuring organization to get back with their list of defects in the deliverables.

Q8. On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile environments. This type of scheduling ______ work from a backlog as resources become available.

1. Extrapolates
2. Predicts
3. Pulls
4. Pushes

Q9. A project post-mortem is an activity, usually performed at the project’s conclusion, to determine and analyze a project’s outcome which also includes a lessons-learned gathering exercise. Project post-mortems help to mitigate future risks and are often a key component of, and ongoing precursor to, effective risk management. Which of the following is a terrible mistake when collecting lessons learned?

1. Documenting both the success stories and the failed attempts
2. Calculating project’s final statistics
3. Focusing purely on the negatives and analyzing failures
4. Conducting a comprehensive performance review

Q10. Linda is currently drafting her project stakeholder management plan. Since she is a new hire, she is not aware of the company’s policies and procedures. If she wants to know more about the company’s general issues management procedures, where must she look?

1. Project charter
2. Scope statement
3. Organizational process assets
4. Issue register