Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following would BEST prevent cultural problems on your international project?

1. Training in the project management process to be used
2. Training in the language of one of the countries involved in the project.
3. Training in cultural differences between the other countries
4. Training on mannerisms of the other countries

Q3. You have joined a new organization and are assigned a project. This is a new type of project but the organization has completed many similar projects in the past. You decide to review the lessons learned from past projects. You go to the archives and ask for the lessons learned from past projects. Lessons learned is a part of which of the following?

1. Organizational process assets
2. Enterprise environment factor
3. Project management plan
4. Project archive

Q4. Which of the following is a type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions:

1. Transactional
2. Servant leader
3. Transformational
4. Laissez-faire

Q5. The X in the DfX can be:

1. Competing project constraints
2. Different aspects of product development
3. Design assumptions
4. Discretionary dependencies

Q6. A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?

1. Create project management plans
2. Create lessons learned
3. Create network diagrams
4. Create status reports 2

Q7. During project executing, a project team member informs the project manager that based on her observations, the project cannot meet the quality standards set for it. The project manager meets with all parties concerned to analyze the situation. Which part of the quality management process is the pr manager involved in?

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

Q8. A project consists of multiple phases. Which of the following is a valid statement and applies to each phase of the project?

1. Each phase is generally concluded with a review of the work accomplished but is only closed if the next phase has already started.
2. Each phase of the project is considered complete when the project sponsor signs off on that phase of the project.
3. Each phase of the project is generally concluded with a review of the work accomplished and deliverables to determine acceptance and whether the phase should be considered closed.
4. Each phase is generally concluded with a review of the work accomplished. A phase is never considered complete until the end of the project when the entire project is complete.

Q9. A manufacturing project has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.89 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.91. Generally, what is the BEST explanation for why this occurred?

1. The scope was changed
2. A supplier went out of business, and a new one needed to be found
3. Additional equipment needed to be purchased
4. A critical path activity took longer and needed more labor hours to complete.

Q10. Estimating the type and quantities of material, people, equipment, and supplies required to perform each activity is:

1. Estimate Activity Workload
2. Estimate Activity Input
3. Resource calendars
4. Estimate Activity Resources