Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following BEST describes what co-location does for the project?

1. Saves cost
2. Reduces communication problems
3. Accelerates schedule
4. Improves opportunities

Q3. You need to shorten the project by exactly four months, but spend no more than US $22,000 to do it. Based on the information in the chart, you would include activity A as part of the solution. However, during planning, the resource completing activity A strongly argued for a particular method of completing the scope in order to agree to be on the team. His scope was accepted because his expertise was needed on the project. The BEST way to crash this project would be to crash which activity(s)?

1. Activities A and H
2. Activity D
3. Activities F and H
4. Activity C

Q4. A resource histogram includes which two data points?

1. Resource and time estimate
2. Resource and calendar date
3. Activity and resource
4. Resource and usage.

Q5. You have assembled a group of subject matter experts (SMEs) to define risk probability and impact levels. You and your team are still in what process group?

1. Risk
2. Monitor and Controlling
3. Quantitative Analysis
4. Planning

Q6. You created the logic diagram for your project based on the chart when all of a sudden the person completing activity C says that you must plan for a lag of two weeks after the completion of the activity before starting the next activity. Which of the following would be the FIRST thing to do?

1. See if the duration of activity H can be shortened
2. Nothing because the two weeks could be assigned to activity
3. Make Start, A, D, G, End the critical path in order to save time
4. Calculate project float after the insertion of the lag

Q7. Which of the following is an example of rolling wave planning in a project following an adaptive life cycle?

1. Iterative scheduling with a just-in-time log
2. Predictive scheduling with no backlog
3. Inflexible scheduling without leads and lags
4. Iterative scheduling with a backlog

Q8. You are working on a big project and team members are located in different geographic locations. Your team has encountered some issues while communicating. During phone calls, some voices get lost and members also face difficulties in understanding the problems. So, you decide to find a better communication method to discuss issues. Which of the following is the most effective communication method?

1. Intranet site
2. Email
3. Fax
4. Video conferencing

Q9. You are using a technique involving the project’s risk and uncertainty to find the probability of completing the project under different situations. What process is this?

1. Estimate activity duration
2. Perform qualitative risk analysis
3. Develop schedule
4. Perform quantitative risk analysis

Q10. Project information has been distributed according to the communications management plan. Some project deliverables have been changed in accordance with the project management plan. One stakeholder expressed surprise to the project manager upon hearing of a previously published change to a project deliverable. All stakeholders received the communication containing notification of the change. What should the project manager do?

1. Determine why the stakeholder did not receive the information and let him know when it was published.
2. Ask the functional manager why the stakeholder did not understand his responsibility.
3. Review the communications management plan and make revisions if necessary.
4. Address the situation in the next steering committee meeting so others do not miss published changes.