Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The results of another project have just been posted. Substantial rework will be required in order to meet the project requirements. Because the cost is too high, effective immediately, the project management office will be requiring all projects to do statistical sampling. What is the project management office concentrating its efforts on improving?

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

Q3. The customer responsible for overseeing your project asks you to provide a written cost estimate that is 30 percent higher than your estimate of the project’s cost. He explains that the budgeting process requires manager to estimate pessimistically to ensure enough money is allocated for projects. What is the BEST way to handle this?

1. Add the 30 percent as a lump sum contingency fund to handle project risks
2. Add the 30 percent to your cost estimate by spreading it evenly across all project activities
3. Create one cost baseline for budget allocation and a second one for the actual project management plan.
4. Ask for information on risks that would cause your estimate to be low.

Q4. How can changes be made to a project management plan once the project manager baselines it?

1. By generating a change request and having it approved through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
2. This is typically done by using a version control system. The project manager creates a new version with the changes and baselines it as the new baseline.
3. This is done by maintaining a revision history or log. The project manager documents the changes in detail and then baselines it.
4. A project management plan cannot be changed once it is baselined. An addendum has to be created to incorporate the changes.

Q5. You have been given a project to build a park for a local community. Currently you are developing approaches to involve project stakeholders based on their needs, expectations, interests, and potential impact on the project. Which of the following is not an output of this process?

1. Communication management plan
2. Risk register
3. Stakeholder register
4. None of the above

Q6. To demonstrate your product, you develop a small functional model of your real product and show to your stakeholders to get their feedback. This model is known as:

1. Simulation
2. Sampling
3. Prototype
4. None of the above

Q7. Interpersonal skills are important for a project manager as they help him or her to manage stakeholders properly. Which of the following is not an interpersonal skill?

1. Communication style assessment
2. Political awareness
3. Work environment
4. Cultural awareness

Q8. You are in the middle of executing a major modification to an existing product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. The BEST thing to do is to:

1. Show how the resources were originally promised to your project.
2. Replan the project withour the resources.
3. Explain the impact if the promised resources are not made available.
4. Crash the project.

Q9. During project executing, the forecasted remaining hours exceed planned remaining hours. Consequently, the project takes on a negative variance. Which analysis method is the project manager likely to use as a measurement tool to validate this information?

1. EV-PV
2. EV/AC
3. EV/PV
4. EV-AC 75

Q10. The Conduct Procurements process receives bids or proposals and applies criteria to select one or more sellers who are both qualified and acceptable as a seller. Which of the following techniques is not a valid technique for this process?

1. Make-or-buy analysis
2. Proposal Evaluation Techniques
3. Advertising
4. Bidder Conference