Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager knows that she can delay the start of certain activities within the project schedule to coincide with the mitigation of a known risk. She knows exactly the work and duration needed, should the risk event occur. She is confident that the finish date will not be impacted by the time delay. Which of the following aspects of schedule development has the project manager used in this situation?

1. She has relied on her certainty that, for risk planning purposes, assumptions are considered to be true, real or certain.
2. GERT probability factors provide her with certainty that there will be activities in the current schedule that will not be performed at all.
3. Her float calculations have revealed those activities that allow sufficient time for the inserted activities.
4. The project manager’s risk management plan was to build in buffer time to all the project activities during schedule development in order to cover any risk event occurrence

Q3. The project manager is expecting a deliverable to be submitted by e-mail from a team member today. AT the end of the day, the project manager contacts the team member to notify him that it has not been received. The team member apologizes and says that he was not able e-mail the deliverable, and it was sent through the mail instead. The team member goes on to explain that he notified the project manager that this would occur during a phone conversation they had while the or manager was traveling. “Wasn’t that the conversation we had when I told you I cold not hear you well due to poor cell phone coverage?” ask the project manager. “Yes,” replies the team member. What could have avoided this problem?

1. Paralingual communication
2. Adding to the issue log after the phone call
3. Better attention to determining communications requirements.
4. Feedback during the communication

Q4. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9 and a late finish (LF) of day 19. What is the activity’s float?

1. 10
2. 6
3. 3
4. 19

Q5. A project manager needs to determine the resources needed for the project. Select the primary process from the following options.

1. Estimate Activity Resources
2. Develop Schedule
3. Plan Resource Management.
4. Develop Human Resource Plan

Q6. Your project team is spending so much time reviewing potential changes to a project that you do not have time to complete project work. Which of the following is the LEAST likely reason for this problem?

1. No change control board
2. Not enough of an effort to identify the project stakeholders
3. A poor communications management plan
4. An unclear project charter 0

Q7. Project performance appraisals are different from team performance assessments in that project performance appraisals focus on:

1. How an individual team member is performing on the project
2. An evaluation of the project team’s effectiveness
3. A team building effort
4. Reducing the staff turnover rate.

Q8. Which of the following includes the processes required to ensure the project includes all the work and only the work required to complete the project successfully?

1. Cost management
2. Scope management
3. Time management
4. Customer satisfaction management

Q9. Which of the following is not a Risk Diagramming technique?

1. Influence diagrams
2. Control charts
3. Decision trees
4. Tornado diagram

Q10. You are taken to lunch by one of your sellers who has become a friend. He gives you an opportunity to participate in a new venture in association with his company, unrelated to your current employment. What should you do?

1. Refuse to participate
2. Participate
3. Participate but advise your employer of the offer
4. Request your employer’s consent for your participation.