Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following does NOT need to be done if there is a major delay on a noncritical path activity?

1. Investigate the delay
2. Re-evaluate which path is critical
3. Change the project schedule
4. Review the float time for the activity

Q3. A client has asked you to add to the scope of the project. The project is under budget and a little ahead of schedule. What should you do?

1. Approve the change
2. Determine the effects of the change on the project.
3. Ask the sponsor for approval to make the change
4. Get approval from the configuration change board.

Q4. All of the following are true statements about parametric estimating EXCEPT:

1. The model is scalable.
2. Estimates are based on input from the team
3. The parameters used in the model are readily quantifiable.
4. Historical information is used in the model 63

Q5. All of the following are inputs to the quality process EXCEPT:

1. Organizational process assets
2. Checklists
3. Quality policy
4. The project scope statement.

Q6. 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.

Q7. Which of the following is NOT needed in order to come up with a project estimate?

1. A WBS
2. A network diagram
3. Risks
4. A change control system

Q8. Sensitivity analysis helps to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. A project manager prepared a display chart of sensitivity analysis for his project. The diagram contained a series of bars with the length of the bars corresponding to the risk impact on the project. The longer the bar, the greater was the risk presented. Such a chart is likely to be:

1. An assessment diagram
2. A triangular distribution
3. A tornado diagram
4. A funnel distribution

Q9. Which of the following two project documents are sometimes perceived as containing a certain degree of redundancy?

1. Project scope statement and scope management plan
2. Project charter and project scope statement
3. Risk management plan and scope management plan
4. Scope statement and quality management plan

Q10. Bill and Jake are two team members in a project. They do not get along well and are constantly involved in verbal conflicts. The project manager understands the characteristics of conflict and the conflict management process and tries to resolve the situation. Which of the following is not a correct statement?

1. Openness resolves conflict
2. Conflict is natural and forces a search for alternatives
3. Conflict is inevitable in a project environment.
4. The project manager is not responsible for conflict management.