Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. In the course of completing work on the project, the project manager needs to complete an activity that she has never done before. During this time, the project manager attends a professional association discussion where the presenter discusses how he completed a difficulty activity on his project that is similar to the project manager’s activity. He provides a handout describing his process. The project manager should:

1. Use the process to complete the activity
2. Ask the speaker for permission to use the information
3. Ignore the information
4. Ask her manager for guidance.

Q3. Sandra is managing a complex ERP design and implementation project. The project team has recently been hired. It is an enterprise-wide project affecting many stakeholders. It is very important for each team member to properly understand and follow the project communication requirements in order to keep the stakeholders engaged and informed. Which of the following tools and techniques can Sandra use to ensure that team members properly understand the project’s communications requirements?

1. Ground rules
2. Training
3. Co-location
4. Recognition and rewards

Q4. During the first half of the project, five team members left for other projects without being replaced, two team members went on vacation without informing you, and other team members expressed uncertainty about the work they were to complete. In this situation, it is BEST if you create a _______ for the second half of the project?

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Resource histogram
3. Staffing management plan
4. Responsibility assigned matrix.

Q5. To demonstrate your product, you develop a small functional model of your real product and show to your stakeholders to get their feedback. This model is known as:

1. Simulation
2. Sampling
3. Prototype
4. None of the above

Q6. Halfway through the project, the client considers cancelling the remaining work and the contract. It would be BEST to look at which of the following to determine the purpose for the project?

1. The project description and need in the project charter
2. The WBS dictionary to verify that the scope is correct
3. The risk response plan to evaluate alternatives
4. The chart of accounts to determine the estimate at completion

Q7. The approximate resource costs necessary for completing project activities are compiled during which project management process?

1. Cost Reserve Analysis
2. Estimate Costs
3. Cost aggregation
4. Forecasting.

Q8. Your boss says that in order to your new product to market sooner, the project must be completed four months earlier. However, he does not want to shorten the schedule if the project cost will go up more than US $22,000. Provided with the chart, which critical path activity(s) would you crash?

1. Activity D
2. Activities A and F
3. Activities A and H
4. Activity C

Q9. A project manager and team from a firm that designs railroad equipment are tasked to design a machine to load stone onto railroad cars. The design allows for two percent spillage, amounting to over two tons of spilled rock per day. In which of the following does the project manager document quality control, quality assurance, and quality improvements for this project?

1. Quality management plan
2. Quality policy
3. Control charts
4. Project management plan

Q10. What is the purpose of a decision tree?

1. It determines what events may take place
2. It demonstrates the path of events in a project.
3. It calculates the probability of an outcome
4. It takes into account future events for today’s choices