Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have been asked to determine the early start and finish dates for the activities that make up a project. What would be the BEST technique to use?

1. Resource Smoothing
2. Critical Path Method
3. What-If scenario analysis
4. Resource Leveling

Q3. Eric, a project manager, is a certified PMP. He is responding to an RFP from a buyer and needs to fill in details on his company’s financial performance. His company has performed poorly during the current quarter, and the results will be published in two to three days. However, the company has done very well in the previous quarters. The RFP is due in 10 days, and all the information in the RFP is complete except the financial information. What should Eric do?

1. Eric should fill in the information for the previous quarter and ignore the current quarter. This is an aberration, and the company will eventually come out of the bad patch.
2. Eric should present the previous quarter's results as the latest results. This will give his company a better chance to win the project.
3. Eric should fill in the financial information for the previous quarter and send out the RFP response before the current quarter results are published.
4. Eric should wait until the current results are out and update the latest financial information before sending out the RFP response.

Q4. The project management team has determined that there are some changes to the scope of the project. According to the PMBOK, who is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and approving documented changes to the project?

1. Change Control Board (CCB)
2. Change Configuration Board (CCB)
3. Scope Control Board (SCB)
4. Configuration Control Board (CCB)

Q5. Two team members come to you with a dispute regarding their roles and responsibilities. To resolve the dispute, which document will you refer to?

1. Resource histogram
2. RAM matrix
3. Scatter diagram
4. Stakeholder register

Q6. Contingency Reserves are estimated costs to be used at the discretion of the project manager to deal with:

1. Scope creep
2. Anticipated but not certain events
3. Unanticipated events
4. Anticipated and certain events

Q7. Nancy is engaged in the construction of three office buildings. Although the construction sites are in various places, she has managed each team efficiently to complete the work on time and within budget. Which of the following statements describes the effort Nancy is doing?

1. Construction of each building is an operational work because it is repetitive in nature.
2. The building construction is considered neither a project nor operational work.
3. Construction of all three buildings is considered one project.
4. Construction of each building is a project because each building is separate in nature.

Q8. An output of Plan Procurements, the procurement documents are also an input to all of the following, EXCEPT:

1. Approved Change Requests
2. Administer Procurements
3. Manage Project Team
4. Conduct Procurements

Q9. During the conceptual phase of a pipeline project, the project engineer estimates the following. The cost of the materials is most likely US $100,000, optimistically US $90,000, and pessimistically US $120,000. The cost for labor is most likely US $ 80,000, optimistically US $70,000, and pessimistically US $100,000. The cost for equipment is most likely US $60,000, optimistically US $50,000, and pessimistically US $70,000. The cost for construction management fees is most likely US $30,000, optimistically US $20,000, and pessimistically US $40,000. What is the probability of the project coming in under US $270,000?

1. Zero
2. Less than 50 percent
3. Exactly 50 percent
4. Over 50 percent

Q10. Which of these is not an Enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Plan Resource Management process?

1. Organizational culture
2. Lessons learned on organizational structures
3. Marketplace conditions
4. Facilities and resources