Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The construction phase of a new software product is near completion. The next phases are testing and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. What should the project manager be MOST concerned with before moving on to the final phase?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Quality Control
3. Performance Reports
4. Control Costs

Q3. You are carrying out a project for an external customer. Most of the project’s scope of work is outsourced and distributed among many subcontractors. What would be the role of the Direct and Manage Project Work process in this scenario?

1. Inspect and verify the adequacy of the seller’s product
2. Authorize the seller’s work at the appropriate time
3. Assure that the changes are properly approved and communicated
4. The Direct and Manage Project Work process will become redundant in this case

Q4. Stakeholder notifications must be archived for future reference. Whenever the Manage Communications process produces a stakeholder notification, the notification must be:

1. Updated to the organizational process assets
2. Updated to the project management plan
3. Updated to the project communications management plan
4. Updated to the stakeholder register

Q5. Which of the following is the MOST likely outcome if you decide to crash the project?

1. Increased cost
2. Longer schedule
3. Doing more activities in parallel
4. Added schedule risk

Q6. Which of the following are the tools and techniques used in both the Plan Communications Management and Manage Communications processes?

1. Expert judgment
2. Project reporting
3. Communication requirements analysis
4. Communication methods

Q7. During Plan Risk Responses process, the team is discussing ways to deal with a risk. They have come up with the following options: (a) outsource the work, (b) provide more training to the team members, (c) wait to see if the risk actually happens, (d) ignore the risk and (e) do the risky activity sooner in the project. Which of the following is a risk response strategy that was forgotten in the above situation?

1. Remove the activity causing the risk from the project.
2. Purchase insurance to cover the anticipated cost.
3. Assign the activity to a more experienced person to handle.
4. Prototype the product.

Q8. Which parts of the risk management process use the project scope statement as an input?

1. Plan Risk Management and Control Risks
2. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Management
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Responses
4. Plan Risk Responses and Control Risks.

Q9. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role as an integrator?

1. Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
2. Help team members become familiar with the project.
3. Put all the pieces of a project into a program
4. Get all the team members together into a cohesive whole

Q10. During its first winter, a multi-year construction project experienced weather-related schedule delay that all the local parties involved described as typical for the area. What should the project manager do to integrate this information into the project schedule?

1. Lengthen the estimated activity duration for all activities to occur the following winter
2. Re-evaluate the schedule to determine the potential impact
3. Leave the current project schedule unchanged and work the issues as they arise next year
4. Make changes to the project management plan in order to maintain the current project schedule