Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A team member comes to you to tell you that there is a problem on her activity. It cannot be started on the day it is scheduled to start. A manager overhears this conversation and reports that the project will be late. Later the project manager completes his own report saying “the project is still scheduled to be completed on time.” Which of the following could be the reason the project manager made such a statement?

1. The activity has free float and can be rescheduled later in its early-start to late-finish window
2. The activity is on a near-critical path with less float than the length of the delay
3. The activity is on the critical path but is to be done after another activity that does have float.
4. The activity has a mandatory dependency, allowing the project manager to place it in the pro schedule at any location that he wants it be done.

Q3. A definitive estimate is:

1. A level of estimating that can be achieved without a team’s help.
2. Created during the initiating process group.
3. Within a range of -10 percent to +25 percent of actual.
4. The most expensive to create.

Q4. You have recently joined an ongoing project and you just had a meeting with the project sponsor and other important members. Since you are new to the project, how will you know their views about the project?

1. You will ask team members about it
2. You will arrange a party and invite them
3. You will try to meet them again
4. You will look into the Stakeholder Register

Q5. Product verification is different than scope verification in that product verification:

1. Occurs during the executing process group
2. Verifies that the correct products have been used
3. Obtains customer sign-off
4. Makes sure all work is completed satisfactorily.

Q6. During what part of the project management process is MOST of a project’s budget expended?

1. Planning
2. Executing
3. Monitoring and Controlling
4. Closing

Q7. James is managing a shopping mall construction project. During the project execution, he learns the project communications management plan is not effective and requires a major update. Which of the following processes will issue a change request for the required update?

1. Plan Communications Management
2. Manage Communications
3. Perform Integrated Change Control
4. Monitor Communications

Q8. A number of teams are developing an enterprise system using the agile approach for product development. Which of the following is a major risk item for such a complex project being performed in an agile environment?

1. Number of interconnected dependencies between the features developed by different teams.
2. Number and size of teams developing the larger features.
3. Scope definition and freezing early during the planning phase.
4. Emphasis on schedule control over risk management.

Q9. You need to hire several subject matter experts for your project. Time is limited and the scope of work is also not very clear. In this situation what kind of procurement contract will you utilize to hire experts?

1. Cost plus fixed fee
2. Firm fixed price
3. Fixed price economic price adjustment
4. Time and material

Q10. Megawatt is estimating the expected cost of a new ERP system deployment project using the actual costs of an earlier similar ERP system deployment project as the basis for the cost. This is what type of estimating?

1. Analogous
2. Bottom-up
3. Expert Judgment
4. Parametric