Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project has a schedule reserve of 28 days when the customer adds scope not previously planned for. The change has a 40 percent chance of delaying the project by an additional 14 days. What should be done?

1. Add more resources to the project.
2. Look for ways to cut 14 days of work from another activity.
3. Add 5.6 days to the schedule reserve.
4. Plan to add 14 days of overtime to the project.

Q3. Midway through the Collect Requirements process, a project manager finds there are many unresolved issues regarding product requirements. Which of the following is usually the best way to discover and resolve issues?

1. Interviewing
2. Use of a stakeholder register
3. Questionnaires
4. Workshops

Q4. While reviewing project performance, the project manager determines that the schedule variance is -500. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Let the sponsor know
2. Determine the cost variance
3. Look for activities that can be done in parallel
4. Move resources from the project to one that is not failing.

Q5. What is the BEST technique to ensure the project work is really complete?

1. Final performance reporting
2. Procurement audits
3. Archive records
4. Formal acceptance

Q6. Which of the following methods of forecasting EAC and ETC is the most accurate?

1. ETC based on CPI
2. ETC based on BAC
3. ETC based on CPI and SPI
4. ETC based on new estimate

Q7. If a risk has a 20 percent chance of happening in a given month, and the project is expected to last five months, what is the probability that this risk event will occur during the fourth month on the project?

1. Less than 1 percent
2. 20 percent
3. 60 percent
4. 80 percent.

Q8. In predictive projects, the scope baseline for the project is used to analyze a project’s scope performance. On the other hand, projects with adaptive lifecycles use:

1. WBS
2. WBS dictionary
3. Scope statement
4. Backlogs

Q9. Why must the Validate Scope process be completed in a project?

1. To obtain scope documents from recent similar projects for benchmarking
2. To determine whether the scope is at the correct complexity level
3. To obtain formal acceptance of deliverables by the customer or sponsor
4. To ensure the project team is all aware of the scope

Q10. Project reports are a method to:

1. Plan communications.
2. Distribute information.
3. Report performance.
4. Manage resources.