Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. While evaluating the bar chart, the project manager determines that the project is behind schedule. What should she do?

1. Obtain approval from the customer to slip the project.
2. Report findings to management
3. Evaluate the alternatives with the team
4. Evaluate the alternatives with the customer

Q3. Which of the following is an output of the Collect Requirements process?

1. Requirements traceability matrix
2. Project scope statement
3. Work breakdown structure
4. Requested scope changes

Q4. The BEST description of costs that change with the amount of production is:

1. Variable costs
2. Fixed costs
3. Direct costs
4. Sunk costs 24

Q5. During a weekly status meeting, a team member suggests adding a component to the project. As the project manager, you maintain that all focus should stay on the current scope and not on any enhancements. Focusing on the current scope is an example of:

1. Gold-plating
2. Scope verification
3. Scope management
4. Change control

Q6. What is a common result of poor project planning?

1. Wasted effort
2. Lost time
3. Increased cost
4. All of the above

Q7. Many organizations consider contract administration to be an administrative function separate from the project organization. Who carries out the function of contract administration in such organizations?

1. The Project Manager
2. The Procurement Advisor
3. The Procurement Administrator
4. The Contract Advisor

Q8. A project has a payback period of nine months. What does this mean?

1. It will take the project nine months to start incurring costs
2. The project will be complete in nine months
3. The first nine months of the project will provide profit to the company
4. It will take the project nine months to cover the investment and start generating revenue

Q9. Two people on the same project team have just found out that they are working on the same work. This situation can be BEST characterized as a lack of:

1. A good work breakdown structure.
2. A matrix organization
3. Sponsor direction
4. Effective status meetings.

Q10. During a project team meeting, a team member suggests an enhancement to the scope that is beyond the scope of the project charter. The project manager points out that the team needs to concentrate on completing all the work and only the work required. This is an example of:

1. Change management process
2. Scope management
3. Quality analysis
4. Scope decomposition 12