Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The Earned Value Management methodology can be used to:

1. Forecast future performance based on current performance
2. Calculate the number of days left in the project
3. Calculate the value provided to the customer
4. Calculate the profitability of the project

Q3. The project manager wishes to use the Delphi technique to obtain expert opinion on some difficult technical issues she’s facing. What should she be careful to do?

1. Make sure the experts consulted are recognized for their input.
2. Compare information and work toward a single opinion.
3. Consult the stakeholders.
4. Meet together with the experts to obtain consensus.

Q4. The project management processes communicate with each other through their inputs and outputs. Which of the following outputs of the Direct and Manage Project Work process is a prime input of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. Change requests
2. Work performance information
3. Work performance data
4. Expert judgment

Q5. The Cost Management Plan is an output of the Plan Cost Management process. This plan is then integrated with other project plans in which of these processes?

1. Develop Project Management Plan
2. Monitor and Control Project Work
3. Perform Integrated Change Control
4. Direct and Manage Project Work

Q6. The project is not going well and many changes are being made. Which of the following should you do FIRST to gain control of the project?

1. Review the project scope with the stakeholders
2. Create a new change form
3. Remind everyone of the change procedures
4. Ask the sponsor to review the project charter

Q7. The project has been going well, except for the number of changes being made. The product of the project is being installed into seven different departments within the company and will greatly improve departmental performance when operational. The team has selected the appropriate processes for use on the project. The project manager is a technical expert as well as having been trained in communications and managing people. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the project problems?

1. The project manager was not trained in understanding the company environment.
2. The project should have more management oversight since it will result in such great benefits to the company.
3. The project should have used more of the project management processes.
4. Some stakeholders were not identified.

Q8. The Control Procurements process receives a very important input from the Direct and Manage Project Work process. Which one is it?

1. Approved change requests
2. Work performance data
3. Procurement documents
4. Agreements

Q9. Your company took over the management of a project from another company that went out of business. To minimize disruptions related to the transition, your company hired a number of the employees from the other company. One of these employees has delivered a 300-page document a week ahead of schedule. However, while walking past his desk, you notice that his computer is displaying a document with the logo of his former employer. You suspect that some of his work may have been based on documentation that is the property of the other company. What do you do?

1. Report this to your project stakeholders immediately.
2. Determine if any materials belonging to the other company have been copied.
3. The copyright material is owned by the client, for whom you are working so this is not a copyright issue.
4. Do nothing. Because the company is now out of business, no one now owns the copyright on that material.

Q10. All of the following are outputs of the Estimate Costs process EXCEPT:

1. An understanding of the cost risk in the work that has been estimated.
2. The prevention of inappropriate changes from being included in the cost baseline.
3. An indication of the range of possible costs for the project
4. Documentation of any assumptions made during the Estimate Costs process.