Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have created the project charter but could not get it approved. Your manager and his boss have asked that the project begin immediately. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do?

1. Set up an integrated change control process.
2. Show your manager the impact of proceeding without approval.
3. Focus on completing projects that have signed project charters
4. Start work on only the critical path activities 7

Q3. Which of the following is not a PMBOK Knowledge Area?

1. Procurement management
2. Integration management
3. Execution management
4. Communications management

Q4. A project manager is working on a major new product development project when a risk occurs that does not have a risk response plan. What should the project manager do?

1. Hold a risk assessment and plan a workaround
2. Inform management and communicate the new risk to the team
3. Communicate the planned response to the stakeholders
4. Use some of the reserve to accommodate the risk.

Q5. A manufacturing project has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.89 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.91. Generally, what is the BEST explanation for why this occurred?

1. The scope was changed
2. A supplier went out of business, and a new one needed to be found
3. Additional equipment needed to be purchased
4. A critical path activity took longer and needed more labor hours to complete.

Q6. 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

Q7. A project manager completed the work package estimating process and then performed a Monte Carlo analysis to determine the amount of risk reserve needed on the project. Why is this incorrect?

1. The risks per work package have not been identified
2. The critical path was not calculated
3. The network diagram was not used
4. The schedule was not developed.

Q8. You have a project with the following activities: Activity A takes 40 hours and cant start after the project starts. Activity B takes 25 hours and should happen after the project starts. Activity C must happen after activity A and takes 35 hours. Activity D must happen after activities B and C and takes 30 hours. Activity E must take place after activity C and takes 10 hours. Activity F takes place after activity E and takes 22 hours. Activity F and D are the last activities of the project. Which of the following is true if activity B actually takes 37 hours?

1. The critical path is 67 hours
2. The critical path changes to Start, B, D, End
3. The critical path is Start, A,C, E, F, End
4. Critical path increases by 12 hours 67

Q9. In which of the following contract types does the buyer have the most cost risk?

1. Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
2. Time and material (T&M)
3. Cost plus award fee (CPAF)
4. Cost plus percentage of costs (CPPC)

Q10. What does a project scope statement document?

1. What work is to be completed during the project
2. What deliverables need to be produced by the project
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B