Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. PMBOK recognizes five process groups typical of nearly all projects. Which of the following is not one of them?

1. Executing
2. Monitoring and Controlling
3. Planning
4. Pre-Inception

Q3. You have just been assigned to take over a project that your management has told you is “out of control”. When you asked your management what the problems were, they had no specifics, but said that the project was behind schedule, over budget, and the client was dissatisfied. Which of the following should be of the MOST concern to you?

1. The project is over budget and behind schedule
2. There is very little documentation related to the project.
3. The client is very dissatisfied with the project’s progress.
4. Your management is looking for rapid and visible action on this project to rectify the problems.

Q4. Which of the following leadership traits is MOST importance for a project manager?

1. Communication
2. Team building
3. Technical expertise
4. Project control

Q5. Identification of new risks, reassessment of old risks, and closing of outdated risks are part of the Monitor Risks process. How often should project risk reassessment be scheduled?

1. It depends on how the project progresses relative to its objectives.
2. Reassessment is necessary at the 50 percent and 75 percent stages of project completion.
3. Reassessment is necessary at the 25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent stages of project completion.
4. Reassessment is necessary at the 20 percent, 40 percent, 60 percent and 80 percent stages of project completion.

Q6. Work Performance Data is an important input to the Control Procurements process. Which of the following is not a component of Work Performance Data?

1. Data regarding supplier’s conformance to quality standards
2. Data on completed deliverables
3. Data regarding incurred or committed costs on each supplier contract
4. Data on supplier invoices and respective payments

Q7. A project manager has been working on a project for six months with the same team, yet the team still shows a lack of support for the project. The BEST thing the project manager can do to obtain the team’s support for the project is to:

1. Re-evaluate the effectiveness of the reward system in place.
2. Talk to each team member’s boss with the team member present.
3. Find someone else to be project manager.
4. Tell the team members he needs their support, and ask the team members why they do not support the project.

Q8. The project has had a major defect, and the project manager has involved the project team and process engineers in analyzing the situation. Someone from the group says that the real fault is the age of the equipment. Another says it is the lack of material of the correct quality. To address the root of the problem, the project manager decides to use an Ishikawa diagram. Which of the following BEST describes the part of the quality management process in which the group is involved in this situation?

1. Quality analysis
2. Manage Quality
3. Perform Quality Control
4. Plan Quality.

Q9. There are numerous ways to share information among project stakeholders. Which of the following is the most efficient communication method?

1. Push communication
2. Interactive communication
3. Pull communication
4. Manual communication

Q10. You evaluate your critical path and determine the project will be completed two weeks ahead of management’s expected due date. What should you do?

1. Delay the project for two weeks
2. Prepare a list of identified risks that did not occur
3. Pull resources off the critical path to work on noncritical path activities
4. Add extra features that will enhance the project and require two more weeks to complete.