Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following statements is correct:

1. Project lifecycles and product lifecycles are interdependent.
2. Project lifecycles are independent of product lifecycles.
3. A product lifecycle is the same as a project lifecycle.
4. The last lifecycle for a project is generally the product's retirement.

Q3. A schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.76 means:

1. You are over budget
2. You are ahead of schedule
3. You are only progressing at 76 percent of the rate originally planned
4. You are only progressing at 24 percent of the rate originally planned

Q4. Which of the following BEST describes an opportunity on a project?

1. Team members will learn more about spy satellites, and will be able to use that information on future projects.
2. The requirements might need updating later.
3. The quality requirements are hard to achieve.
4. Additional engineering may be needed in order to get the satellite to meet the customer’s requirements.

Q5. As the project manager, you are considering tools and techniques to help control changes to the project schedule. Which of the following would be acceptable options?

1. An online system that routes change requests to the appropriate levels for authorization
2. A paper form that requires a project stakeholder to submit the request in duplicate to the project manager for approval
3. A system that allows rapid approval of all submitted changes
4. An online system that routes changes manually to each required approver followed by impact analysis

Q6. At a critical milestone in development project, it is determined that implementation is two months behind schedule. The project manager is concerned that the root cause is lack of conformance to requirements in the design of the new billing system. More extensive measurements are taken to see if this is, in fact, the problem. Such measurements are:

1. Not needed. The schedule should be compressed
2. An example of Control Quality
3. Not going to show why the schedule is delayed
4. Part of integrated change control.

Q7. Tracey is managing an ERP system implementation project. Which of the following tools can help her uncover a number of hidden process requirements during the Collect Requirements process?

1. Observation
2. Questionnaires
3. Surveys
4. Nominal group technique

Q8. Breaking down project activities into smaller components in order to obtain a more accurate cost estimate and then aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components is:

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Analogous estimating
3. Decomposition
4. Bottom-up estimating

Q9. A document provides detailed deliverables, activities, and scheduling information about components. Other information includes the code of account identifier, assumptions and constraints, schedule milestones, resources required, and acceptance criteria. This document can possibly be:

1. WBS dictionary
2. Scope statement
3. WBS
4. Statement of work

Q10. Employees who believe their efforts will lead to effective performance and expect to be rewarded for their accomplishments remain productive as rewards meet their expectations. This is called:

1. A perquisite
2. A halo effect
3. Expectancy theory
4. A motivational theory.