Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to influence the factors that create changes to the cost baseline?

1. Review the project scope with the functional manager responsible for the greatest number of requested changes.
2. Explain to those requesting changes the negative impact of change to the project.
3. Eliminate the scope causing the most changes
4. Notify all stakeholders that no more changes will be allowed.

Q3. You are new to project management, but you have been managing a small project successfully. Now, management has given you another project to manage, something you are excited about. However, the new project is growing exponentially every day. You have also learned that a project manager you work with managed a similar project last year. What should you do?

1. Wait to see if the scope of the project continues to grow
2. Get the project assigned to the PM who managed the similar project
3. Obtain historical records and get guidance from the project manager
4. Speak to the other project manager to develop your project plans

Q4. Which of the following processes are usually not performed continuously, but rather, performed periodically as needed:

1. Acquire Resources
2. Monitor Risks
3. Monitor Communications
4. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Q5. Which of the following is part of the integration management process?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Plan Resource Management
3. Manage Quality
4. Report Performance 2

Q6. 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.

Q7. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role as an integrator?

1. Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
2. Help team members become familiar with the project.
3. Put all the pieces of a project into a program
4. Get all the team members together into a cohesive whole

Q8. Crashing is an effective schedule compression technique at times when a project is struggling behind schedule. However, increasing the number of resources to twice the original number of the resources does not always cut the time by half. This is due to:

1. Fast tracking the project
2. Risk mitigation due to crashing the project
3. The law of diminishing returns
4. Critical path analysis

Q9. Your project team is located in different locations. Your schedule is delayed and you’re facing many issues. Which of the following is the best solution to this problem?

1. Give training to team members
2. Warn them to improve performance
3. Co-locate them
4. Review the project management plan

Q10. Once a risk response is created, which of the following statements BEST describes the project manager’s role regarding risks while the project work is being completed?

1. Take actions when identified risks occur.
2. Look for unexpected impacts of implemented risk responses.
3. Implement planned work-arounds.
4. Make sure that risk responses are assigned to identify risks.