Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Two team members come to you with a dispute. Since you are very busy, you briefly listen to one member, agree with him, and support his view. What kind of problem-solving technique is this?

1. Withdraw
2. Compromise
3. Force
4. Problem Solving

Q3. During the Define Activities process, a team member begins to discuss activities that the project manager has never heard discussed. What should the project manager do?

1. Make sure he has a good understanding of the activities and include the activities in the activity list.
2. Ask the team member to explain why such activity would be needed to complete the work package
3. Make sure the entire team agrees that the activities should be done
4. Evaluate the impact of the change.

Q4. Which of the following two project documents are sometimes perceived as containing a certain degree of redundancy?

1. Project scope statement and scope management plan
2. Project charter and project scope statement
3. Risk management plan and scope management plan
4. Scope statement and quality management plan

Q5. A rough order of magnitude estimate is made during which project management process group?

1. Planning
2. Closing
3. Executing
4. Initiating

Q6. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
2. Re-compute the project schedule
3. Re-estimate the activity attributes
4. Calculate the cost performance index

Q7. A project manager is identifying the quality standards relevant to the project and determining how to meet them. This activity is a part of which quality process?

1. Quality management
2. Manage Quality
3. Plan Quality
4. Perform Quality Control.

Q8. Which of the following would generally lead to the LEAST amount of quality improvement?

1. TQM
2. Quality planning
3. Implementing an ISO 9000 standard
4. Increasing inspection

Q9. Using the chart, in order to handle some resources changes on your project, activity H is going to be done concurrently with activity G instead of after it. What impact will this have on the project?

1. It will cause the project to be completed four time periods sooner
2. It will cause a decrease in project risk
3. It will have no effect on the critical path
4. It will affect activity
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Q10. A WBS is BEST described as a tool for tracking:

1. The schedule.
2. Resources
3. Cost
4. Scope