Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You have identified a risk that your work might be affected due to an equipment malfunction. Which of the following risk response strategies will you use to contain this risk?

1. Exploit
2. Enhance
3. Mitigate
4. None of the above

Q3. During the project execution, some people stole your consumables. You did not identify this threat earlier, though you were able to manage the situation through a workaround. This risk did not have much of an impact on your cost baseline but the schedule was impacted. Management is aware of the issue and to get the complete picture they insist you provide them the performance report. Which of the following information will you provide to them?

1. Status of deliverables
2. Actual cost, actual duration, etc.
3. Milestones status
4. Memos

Q4. Michael and John are having some conflicts and they come to you. Since you are too busy and the problem is complex, you go with the midway of both parties and partially satisfy both of them. What conflict resolution technique are you using here?

1. Accommodate
2. Withdraw
3. Collaborate
4. Compromise

Q5. The project manager must identify ____________, determine their requirements, and then manage and influence those requirements to ensure a successful project.

1. Functional managers.
2. Stakeholders
3. Scope.
4. End users

Q6. You are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team in a weak matrix environment. None of your project team members report to you functionally and you do not have the ability to directly reward their performance. The project is difficult, involving tight date constraints and challenging quality standards. Which of the following types of project management power will likely be the MOST effective in this circumstance?

1. Referent
2. Expert
3. Penalty
4. Formal

Q7. Who of the following has primary responsibility for establishing design and test specifications?

1. Senior management
2. Procurement
3. Engineering
4. Quality control

Q8. If a project manager is completing detailed estimating, which type of estimating is MOST likely being used?

1. Bottom-up
2. Analogous
3. Parametric
4. 50/50 rule 20

Q9. You have been hired as a consultant for a project that is in trouble. You meet the project manager and ask several questions regarding the project budget, the project end date, etc. The project manager was not able to answer some of these questions properly, so you decided to verify them yourself. What document will you refer to in order to verify such facts?

1. Project management plan
2. Cost and schedule baselines
3. Project charter
4. Performance report

Q10. You have been assigned a very critical project. Although your team members are experts and efficient, your team performance is poor. What will you do to improve your team performance?

1. Train them
2. Warn them
3. Co-locate them
4. Punish them for poor performance