Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have been given a project to develop some gaming software for the client. You have developed many similar games in the past and possess the knowledge and skills that are needed to build the game. You have recruited your team and many of them are new, however all of them respect you a lot. What kind of power are you showing here?

1. Coercive power
2. Positional power
3. Expert power
4. Referent power

Q3. You are managing a project with part-time resources in a weak matrix organization. Several of the team members attend team meetings and have not completed their activity assignments as scheduled. AT your next team meting, the MOST important agenda item would be:

1. To review the work breakdown structure.
2. Team building.
3. To review project schedule and assignments.
4. To define the impact of the delays.

Q4. On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile projects. This type of scheduling relies on:

1. A schedule that was developed previously for the development of the project increments.
2. Discretionary dependencies that cannot be changed by the project team.
3. Skills of the project manager rather than the skills of the team.
4. A backlog or intermediate queue of work to be done.

Q5. Your project is delayed because of some regulatory issues and the client has asked you to stop the work until he gets government clearance. The project team members are afraid that the project may be terminated early and you may need to enter into the close project process. In which of the following cases will you not perform the close project or close phase process?

1. When the project is terminated due to cost overrun
2. When the project is terminated due to schedule overrun
3. The client decided to terminate the project
4. None of the above

Q6. If the team cannot identify a suitable response to identified risk, which risk response strategy, would they apply?

1. Transference.
2. Acceptance.
3. Mitigation.
4. Avoidance

Q7. All of the following are parts of effective problem solving EXCEPT:

1. Waiting to make decisions
2. Reviewing the decision
3. Confirming that the decision solved the problem
4. Analyzing the problem.

Q8. A RACI chart is an example of a _________________.

1. Network
2. Flowchart
3. Responsibility assignment matrix
4. Hierarchical-type organization chart

Q9. No matter how good you are in communicating, information distribution to stakeholders as planned is a challenging task. Many tools and techniques are used during the Manage Communications process except:

1. Project reporting
2. Work performance reports
3. Communication technologies
4. Communication skills

Q10. A project manager is appointed to head highly technical project in an area with which this person has limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop Schedule, Estimate Costs, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources to various project team members, and basically serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities. The results of this approach are likely to be:

1. A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work environment created by the project manager.
2. A team that is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high level of conflict and high turnover
3. A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and commitment.
4. A team that initially experiences some amounts of confusion but that after a period of time becomes a cohesive and effective unit