Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project manager is expecting a deliverable to be submitted by e-mail from a team member today. AT the end of the day, the project manager contacts the team member to notify him that it has not been received. The team member apologizes and says that he was not able e-mail the deliverable, and it was sent through the mail instead. The team member goes on to explain that he notified the project manager that this would occur during a phone conversation they had while the or manager was traveling. “Wasn’t that the conversation we had when I told you I cold not hear you well due to poor cell phone coverage?” ask the project manager. “Yes,” replies the team member. What could have avoided this problem?

1. Paralingual communication
2. Adding to the issue log after the phone call
3. Better attention to determining communications requirements.
4. Feedback during the communication

Q3. What is a project management information system?

1. A computerized status tracking system
2. A manual status tracking system
3. A method to determine and archive how the project is doing
4. A method to gather, integrate and disseminate what or how the project is doing

Q4. A schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.76 means:

1. You are over budget
2. You are ahead of schedule
3. You are only progressing at 76 percent of the rate originally planned
4. You are only progressing at 24 percent of the rate originally planned

Q5. During the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process, a number of project documents might get updated. Which of the following project documents get updated the most during this process?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Risk register
3. Project reports
4. Project presentations

Q6. Which process group corresponds to the "act" component of the plan-docheck- act cycle?

1. Monitoring & Controlling
2. Executing
3. Planning
4. Initiating

Q7. All of the following are outputs of Plan Resource Management EXCEPT:

1. Roles and responsibilities.
2. Project organizational charts.
3. The number of resources needed.
4. The staffing management plan.

Q8. You have been given a project to develop some gaming software for the client. You have developed many similar games in the past and possess the knowledge and skills that are needed to build the game. You have recruited your team and many of them are new, however all of them respect you a lot. What kind of power are you showing here?

1. Coercive power
2. Positional power
3. Expert power
4. Referent power

Q9. During project executing, a new project manager is assigned to the project and finds that the activity cost estimates for the project have rarely been accurate. Which of the following was MOST probably not done?

1. Obtain a cost constraint from management, create a work breakdown structure, and develop a project management plan.
2. Obtain a cost constraint from management, perform a risk assessment, and form a team.
3. Form a team, create a work breakdown structure, and use historical records from previous projects.
4. Form a team, develop a project management plan, and perform a risk assessment.

Q10. Andy has just become the project manager of a multi-million-dollar construction project. Andy also has an approved project charter that authorizes him to apply organizational resources to the project. Now, Andy wants to take all key stakeholders onboard with the project charter. Where can Andy find a preliminary list of all key stakeholders?

1. Project charter
2. Stakeholder register
3. Project management plan
4. Risk register