Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Dave, a first-time project manager, was of the opinion that all training activities need to be planned. He discussed this with an experienced project manager who understood that some training was necessarily unplanned. Which of the following are good candidates for unplanned training?

1. Training by observation, conversation, and project management appraisals
2. Training by mentoring, on-the-job training, and online courses
3. Training by conversation, coaching, and classroom training
4. Training by mentoring, observation, and coaching

Q3. Which statement is TRUE of quality planning?

1. Quality planning should be performed regularly throughout the project
2. Quality planning is done to compile a risk response plan
3. Quality planning is done only during development of a project management plan
4. Quality planning is not considered during project executing.

Q4. Linda is a first-time project manager and is analyzing a project schedule. She intends to apply resource leveling, and she has the following guidelines on Resource Leveling. Which of these four statements is incorrect?

1. Resource Leveling can often cause the critical path to change.
2. Resource Leveling is applied to a schedule before it has been analyzed by the critical path method.
3. Resource Leveling is applied to keep resource usage at a constant level.
4. Resource Leveling is necessary when resources have been over-allocated.

Q5. During project executing, your project team member delivers a project deliverable to the buyer. However, the buyer refuses the deliverable, stating that it does not meet the requirement on page 300 of the technical specifications. You review the document and find that you agree. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Explain that the contract is wrong and should be changed.
2. Issue a change order
3. Review the requirements and meet with the responsible team member to review the WBS dictionary.
4. Call a meeting of the team to review the requirement on page 300.

Q6. Projects operating in agile environments where a high degree of uncertainty exists and where the scope is not yet fully defined, may not benefit from detailed cost calculations due to frequent changes. Instead, lightweight estimation methods can be used to generate a fast, high-level forecast of project labor costs, which can then be easily adjusted as changes arise. Detailed estimates are:

1. Reserved for short-term planning horizons in a just-in-time fashion.
2. Never developed in an agile project.
3. Only developed if the project stakeholders allow the project manager to do so.
4. Developed early during the project but are never updated due to frequent changes.

Q7. A company is attempting to select the BEST project from a list of possible choices. If the information they have includes the following benefit cost ratios, which project should they pick?

1. 2.2
2. 1.3
3. 0.8
4. 1.6

Q8. As a project manager, you are in the process of preparing the project schedule for the project. Which of the following accurately depicts the sequence of your activities before you began to prepare the project schedule?

1. Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule
2. Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Activities
3. Estimate Activity Durations, Sequence Activities, Develop Schedule
4. Define Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Sequence Activities

Q9. You have recently been assigned to a research project. Although there is a limited number of key stakeholders, there is a big number of other stakeholders involved in this project, especially the ones who will be using the research’s outcome. You have some specific questions. Which of the following is the best way to quickly obtain responses from a big group of stakeholders?

1. Focus groups
2. Questionnaires
3. Interviews
4. Phone calls

Q10. Which option is not representative of the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

1. PMIS, Project Management Plan, and Deliverables
2. Deliverables, Approved Change Requests, and Project Management Information System
3. Approved Change Requests, Validated Changes, and PMIS
4. Approved Change Requests, Project Management Plan, and Work Performance Data