Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which technique is NOT commonly used to align the timing of activities with available resources?

1. Critical Path Method
2. Resource Leveling
3. Resource optimization
4. Resource Smoothing

Q3. You are working on a project with all the team members located in geographically different areas, and all communication is by email and chat. It is sometimes hard to infer the true meaning of these messages because you cannot see facial expressions or hear tones of voice. This is an example of:

1. Encoding
2. Medium
3. Decoding
4. Noise

Q4. The stakeholder engagement plan is developed early during project planning phase. However, as the project moves into its execution phase, project stakeholders’ needs, interests and/or influence might change. If a significant change happens, what should the project manager do?

1. Refer the issue to the project sponsor
2. Hold all project communications until the issue has a resolution
3. Seek expert judgment from the project sponsor
4. Revisit the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process

Q5. 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

Q6. During the project execution, some people stole your consumables. You did not identify this threat earlier, though you were able to manage the situation through a workaround. This risk did not have much of an impact on your cost baseline but the schedule was impacted. Management is aware of the issue and to get the complete picture they insist you provide them the performance report. Which of the following information will you provide to them?

1. Status of deliverables
2. Actual cost, actual duration, etc.
3. Milestones status
4. Memos

Q7. The construction phase of a new software product is near completion. The next phases are testing and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. What should the project manager be MOST concerned with before moving on to the final phase?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Quality Control
3. Performance Reports
4. Control Costs

Q8. In projects with adaptive life cycles, many of the project management processes are repeated in each iteration of the project except:

1. Develop Project Charter
2. Collect Requirements
3. Define Scope
4. Create WBS

Q9. The project team is working on an important and complex project that requires a lot of coordination. Under these circumstances, the BEST strategy is to:

1. Have a war room
2. Hire a contractor
3. Hold more meetings to get the word out
4. Gain extra assistance from management

Q10. Your best programmer is an independent contractor. Recently, you learned that she is working on a project in the evening for one of your competitors. Your BEST course of action is to:

1. Replace her.
2. Get her to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
3. Inform her that you do not allow your contractors to work with your competition, and ask her to choose.
4. Limit her access to sensitive data.