Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager needed to shorten a project schedule and decided to employ crashing, a schedule compression technique. Which of the following activities would not be an example of crashing?

1. Bringing in additional resources
2. Reducing project scope
3. Paying to expedite delivery activities
4. Approving overtime

Q3. A control chart helps the project manager:

1. Focus on the most critical issues to improve quality
2. Focus on stimulating thinking
3. Explore a desired future outcome
4. Determine if a process is functioning within set limits.

Q4. Which chart allows a project manager to indicate the number of resources used each month?

1. Responsibility assignment matrix
2. Resource histogram
3. Project organizational chart
4. Pareto chart.

Q5. A control chart shows that the last eight pipes produced were all less than average weight. You need to inform management that there is a problem because the situation violates the:

1. Rule of seven
2. Rule of eight
3. 50/50 rule
4. 3 sigma rule.

Q6. A project manager gathered data to perform earned value calculations on his project. He used the results to report to management that the project is under budget and on schedule. After reporting this information, he discovered that the base figures he used in the calculations were incorrect, as they came from an old copy o the project line which had not been updated. What should he do now?

1. He should contact management to make them aware of the error, give the correct information, and explain how he made the mistake
2. He should contact management and tell them to expect some changes in the next reporting period, and that things are starting to look gloomy
3. He should use the correct figures to calculate the information when it is time for the next report and ignore the fact the he reported incorrect information.
4. He should tell management that the data he received from team members was incorrect and thus the report was not accurate.

Q7. Which of the following is an output of the Define Activities process?

1. A WBS
2. An activity list
3. A network diagram
4. A project schedule

Q8. Which of the following is the BEST tool for showing the team the project schedule status during project executing?

1. Milestone chart.
2. Bart chart.
3. Work breakdown structure.
4. Network diagram

Q9. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is a quick way to prioritize how a project team will respond to risks. It is based on risk _________________ and _________________.

1. Probability, exposure
2. Probability, impact
3. Probability, focus
4. Exposure, cost

Q10. The project manager of a large construction project is responsible for ensuring that all changes to the building plans are approved and tracked before they are implemented. These activities form part of which process?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Configuration Management
3. Perform Integrated change control
4. Control Quality