Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. What does a staffing management plan describe?

1. When and how resources will be added and taken off the team
2. How resources will be leveled
3. What resources will be used on the project
4. The responsible organization for each work package

Q3. Originally, your project had give team members. Now the scope has expanded, and there are total of eight people on the project team. How many communication channels have been added?

1. 9
2. 10
3. 18
4. 28

Q4. Bidder conferences can have a negative effect on the project if the project manager does NOT remember to make sure:

1. All questions are put in writing and sent to all sellers
2. All sellers get answers to their questions only
3. To hold separate meetings with each bidder to ensure you receive proprietary data.
4. There is room in the meeting for all sellers.

Q5. Project information has been distributed according to the communications management plan. Some project deliverables have been changed in accordance with the project management plan. One stakeholder expressed surprise to the project manager upon hearing of a previously published change to a project deliverable. All stakeholders received the communication containing notification of the change. What should the project manager do?

1. Determine why the stakeholder did not receive the information and let him know when it was published.
2. Ask the functional manager why the stakeholder did not understand his responsibility.
3. Review the communications management plan and make revisions if necessary.
4. Address the situation in the next steering committee meeting so others do not miss published changes.

Q6. Which of the following is not true about the WBS?

1. The project team must be involved in developing the WBS.
2. The WBS must represent all product and project work.
3. WBS should focus on activities rather than deliverables.
4. WBS is usually represented in a hierarchical fashion.

Q7. Bill is managing a healthcare software development project using stateof- the-art technology. Stakeholder management is crucial for the project’s success. Stakeholder involvement and influence are significant. During which of the following project stages will stakeholder management be most challenging for Bill?

1. Early during the project execution
2. Toward the end of the project execution
3. Toward the closure of the project
4. Halfway through the project execution

Q8. There are two projects to choose between: Project A with an NPV of US $45,000, or Project B with an NPV of US $85,000. What is the opportunity cost of selecting project B?

1. $45,000
2. $85,000
3. $40,000
4. $130,0000

Q9. This project is chartered to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company’s medium-producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department and the team comes from product management and marketing departments. The project scope statement and project planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of the work packages. They even supply a technical review letter from their department proving that the new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way. The project manager has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting this to happen on this project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

1. Contact the department and complain again about their missing the deadline for submission of scope.
2. Look for how this schedule change will impact the cost to complete the work package and the quality of the product of the work package.
3. See if there is a way to change from a matrix environment to a functional organization so as to eliminate all the interference from other departments.
4. Ask the department if they have no other changes.

Q10. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about a risk rating matrix?

1. It should be changed for every product
2. It should never be used on a large project
3. It should be standardized between projects
4. It should be developed by the project manager.