Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You gave the responsibility of collecting requirements from project stakeholders to four of your team members. After starting the requirements collection process one of your team members left the job and the requirements could not be compiled properly. Initially, you did not notice this, however, during a product review, a few stakeholders told you that some of the features in the products were not requested by them. Therefore, to verify their comments you review the product requirements and identify the issue. This is an example of:

1. Scope creep
2. Scope slippage
3. Gold plating
4. Opportunity

Q3. Based on historical data, the amount of overtime associated with the design effort of a project is estimated at 100 hours with 0.4 probability, 200 hours with 0.4 probability, and 300 hours with 0.2 probability. What is the expected monetary value of the amount of overtime?

1. 100 hours
2. 160 hours
3. 180 hours
4. 260 hours.

Q4. A project manager had a complex problem o solve and made a decision about what needed to be done. A few months later, the problem resurfaced. What did the project manager MOST likely not do?

1. Proper risk analysis
2. Confirm that the decision solved the problem
3. Have the project sponsor validate the decision
4. Use an Ishikawa diagram.

Q5. Which of the following enterprise environmental factors is not applicable to the Plan Resource Management process?

1. Organizational culture and structure
2. Existing resources, capabilities and competencies
3. Marketplace conditions
4. Lessons learned

Q6. Few project managers collect lessons-learned information throughout the project’s life. Most tackle this in the final days of the project or, worse, after the project is complete. What is the negative consequence of this approach?

1. It makes compiling and obtaining project information difficult.
2. It might result in further expenses on the project.
3. The project’s NPV becomes zero.
4. It requires hiring a specialist to do the job.

Q7. Integration is done by the:

1. Project manager
2. Team
3. Sponsor
4. Stakeholders

Q8. A company is looking for an experienced project manager to manage a large construction project. You meet all the requirements for the position except for one: The organization is looking for a certified PMP with five years of experience, but you have just four years of experience managing similar projects. What is the best way to fill out your application?

1. Show how you meet the requirements but include your actual years of experience
2. Do not fill out that particular section.
3. Explain why years of experience should not matter.
4. Since you have plenty of experience, embellish your actual years of experience.

Q9. The highest point of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is called:

1. Physiological satisfaction
2. Attainment of survival
3. Need for association
4. Esteem.

Q10. A company is attempting to select the BEST project from a list of possible choices. If the information they have includes the following benefit cost ratios, which project should they pick?

1. 2.2
2. 1.3
3. 0.8
4. 1.6