Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. In projects following adaptive lifecycles, what are the two critical components of iterative scheduling with a product backlog?

1. User epics and time-bound accepted deliverables
2. User stories and time-boxed periods of work
3. Work packages and critical path
4. Scope management plan and a detailed WBS

Q3. Jennifer has recently been asked to manage an office refurbishment project. She finds out that the chief financial officer of the company is resisting the project. The chief financial officer is a key project stakeholder. What must Jennifer do first?

1. Seek expert judgment from the project initiator
2. Seek support from the project sponsor to force project decisions
3. Conduct a team meeting to discuss this issue
4. Analyze options that might change or influence the chief financial officer‘s perception

Q4. Quality metrics used during the Control Quality process are defined during which process?

1. Plan Quality Management
2. Define Scope
3. Collect Requirements
4. Manage Quality

Q5. The costs on a project are typically classified as direct and indirect costs. The cost of electric utilities for the office is:

1. An indirect cost
2. Appraisal cost
3. A specific cost
4. A direct cost

Q6. You are in the final phase of a low-cost car manufacturing project. This project has successfully delivered a low-cost car that runs on batteries. However, to close this project and avoid auditing from government authorities, it must demonstrably comply with many administrative standards. Since your organization possesses experts who know closing procedures and standards, you want to use them to close this project. This effort is an instance of:

1. Using enterprise environmental factors in closing the project
2. Using expert judgment in closing the project
3. Using organizational process assets in closing the project
4. Poor project management practice

Q7. You are working on a big project and team members are located in different geographic locations. Your team has encountered some issues while communicating. During phone calls, some voices get lost and members also face difficulties in understanding the problems. So, you decide to find a better communication method to discuss issues. Which of the following is the most effective communication method?

1. Intranet site
2. Email
3. Fax
4. Video conferencing

Q8. All of the following are part of the Close Project or Phase process EXCEPT:

1. Collection of records
2. Analysis of project success and effectiveness
3. Coordinating the operations and maintenance phase of the project
4. Archiving project information

Q9. Which of the following statements most accurately describes a project scenario?

1. Changes in project scope during the initial phases of the project are very expensive.
2. The influence of the stakeholders is the same all through the project.
3. Staffing peaks during the execution phase of a project.
4. The next phase of a project should never start until the deliverables for the previous phase are completely reviewed and approved.

Q10. A project manager analyzed the project’s communication requirements and decided that 10 out of the 30 stakeholders in the project would only need voicemail updates of certain information. This type of communication is:

1. Push communication
2. Pull communication
3. Interactive communication
4. On-demand communication