Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The RACI chart is an example of a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM). The letters R and C in “RACI” stand for:

1. Responsible and consult
2. Resource and consultant
3. Responsible and categorize
4. Resource and consult

Q3. Which of the following is an output of the Create WBS process?

1. Scope baseline
2. Project scope statement
3. Decomposition
4. Requirements documentation

Q4. 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

Q5. What is a control chart?

1. A type of RACI chart
2. A chart that shows the root cause of a problem
3. A type of fishbone diagram
4. A chart that shows the stability of a process

Q6. A project manager is putting her project control system in place. After a few meetings with others, she realizes that there a few effective measures of progress that can be used on the project. If you were to advise her, what would be the BEST thing the project manager can plan to do the control the project?

1. Emphasize the creation of milestones.
2. Add more people to the project team to help control it.
3. Have meetings every week versus every month.
4. Break the project into phases.

Q7. You have been just assigned to take over a project from another project manager who is leaving the company. The previous project manager tells you that the project is on schedule, but only because he has constantly pushed the team to perform. What is the FIRST thing you should do as the new project manager?

1. Check risk status.
2. Check cost performance.
3. Determine a management strategy.
4. Tell the team your objectives.

Q8. Your customer requested that the new railroad cars you are building for his company be constructed from heavy grade aluminium. After reviewing the requirements, two of your experts inform you that the customer would be better off with steel cars. You meet with the customer to discuss the issue, and he directs you to go ahead with the aluminium cars. What should you do?

1. Meet with the customer again to ensure that he understands the expert opinions about using steel instead of aluminium
2. Find a way to cut other costs, and upgrade the cars to steel.
3. Provide aluminium cars that meet the customer’s requirements.
4. Meet with your experts to find another proposal for the customer.

Q9. In order to facilitate project configuration and change management on complex projects, a project manager relies on configuration and change management tools. Such tools:

1. Can be manual or automatic; the selection depends on the project’s environment and requirements.
2. Must be manual; a complex project requires all change requests to be manually signed.
3. Must be automatic; a complex project requires complex change control procedures.
4. Change control must be manual, but the configuration control may be automatic.

Q10. The Cost of Quality principle includes:

1. The costs of ensuring conformance to requirements
2. The costs involved when changes are made to the requirements
3. The cost of deploying a project Configuration Management System
4. The costs associated with eliminating requirements