Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. The company has just announced that there will be a layoff in the next month, and there’s a good chance it will include some of the people from your project team. The team is discussing the layoff to the exclusion of everything else. If you tell the team, “Let’s calm down and get back to work, maybe our performance in the next month will keep us from losing our jobs.” Which conflict resolution technique are you using?

1. Compromising
2. Forcing
3. Smoothing
4. Withdrawal.

Q3. You are trying to decide whether to lease or buy an item for your project. The daily lease cost is US $150. The investment cost to purchase the item is US $2,000, and the daily cost is US $50. In how many days will the lease cost be the same as the purchase cost?

1. 10
2. 15
3. 20
4. 25

Q4. A fire has just destroyed a warehouse that was being constructed as part of a large project you are managing. What would have been the easiest way to ensure that this force majeure would not significantly impact the cost of the project?

1. Reduce the impact of such risk by transference
2. Reduce the probability that the event will take place
3. Accept the risk
4. Eliminate the threat by not building the warehouse.

Q5. The Human Resources department wants to hire a new project manager from within the company. They can choose from the following candidates: Candidate A has good management knowledge; Candidate B has good project management knowledge; Candidate C has solid technical knowledge; and Candidate D has general management, project management, and technical skills. Who is the BEST candidate?

1. Candidate A
2. Candidate B
3. Candidate C
4. Candidate D

Q6. A construction project requires that government environmental hearings be held prior to site preparation. What kind of dependency is this?

1. Optional dependency
2. Discretionary dependency
3. Soft logic
4. External dependency

Q7. Vendor selection, vendor management, and documentation of lessons learned are tasks that fall under this process:

1. Procurement management
2. Deliverable management
3. Conduct Procurements
4. Scope management

Q8. After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled for completion on 30 January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to the building’s completion. Which of the following relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the completion of the office building?

1. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lead
2. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lead
3. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lag
4. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lag

Q9. A Responsibility Assignment Matrix illustrates the connections between the work that needs to be done and the project team members. A RACI chart is a type of Responsibility Assignment matrix in which the names of the roles being documented are:

1. Responsible, Administration, Check, and Inform
2. Reportable, Actionable, Check, and Inform
3. Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform
4. Reportable, Actionable, Consult, and Implement

Q10. The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?

1. The project management team does not need to develop a quality policy since the performing organization does not have one.
2. The project management team needs to obtain the quality policy from the customer.
3. A quality policy is nice to have but is not required for every project.
4. The project management team will need to develop a quality policy for the project.