Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The outputs of the Define Activities process include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. All activities that will be performed on the project
2. A network diagram
3. Activity attributes
4. Milestone list

Q3. Based on the chart, if the duration of activity F changes to 8, what is the effect on the project?

1. There is no effect on the critical path
2. The duration of the critical path becomes 16
3. The critical path changes
4. Activity A is now on the critical path

Q4. During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager, was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would you comment on this situation?

1. The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
2. The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
3. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.
4. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.

Q5. Which of the following tools helps in determining the gaps between the current and desired stakeholder engagement levels?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Monte Carlo analysis
3. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
4. Fishbone diagram

Q6. Design of experiments:

1. Identifies which variables have the most influence on a quality outcome
2. Identifies which variables have the least influence on a quality outcome
3. Determines what a quality outcome is
4. Determines the methods to be used for research and development.

Q7. Over lunch with another project manager, you discuss ways to identify risks on your project. The next day, the other project manager sends you risk identification software created by her company with a copyright date of 1998. What should you do?

1. Find out if using an old format would be acceptable
2. Obtain approval from your legal department
3. Share some of your templates with her to improve competencies
4. Send the software back

Q8. A project manager discovers a defect in a deliverable due to the customer under contract today. The project manager knows the customer does not have the technical understanding to notice the defect. The deliverable meets the contract requirements, but it does not meet the project manager’s quality standard. What should the project manager do in this situation?

1. Issue the deliverable, and get formal acceptance from the customer.
2. Note the problem in the lessons learned so that future projects do not encounter the same problem.
3. Discuss the issue with the customer
4. Inform the customer that the deliverable will be late.

Q9. Your boss says that in order to your new product to market sooner, the project must be completed four months earlier. However, he does not want to shorten the schedule if the project cost will go up more than US $22,000. Provided with the chart, which critical path activity(s) would you crash?

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

Q10. The Requirements Traceability Matrix helps in tracing all the following except:

1. Requirements to project objectives
2. Requirements to project scope
3. Requirements to test strategy
4. Requirements to project risk