Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You are working on a large construction project that is progressing within the baselines. Resource usage has remained steady, and your boss has just awarded you a prize for your performance. One of your team members returns from a meeting with the customer and tells you that the customer is not happy with the project progress. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

1. Tell your manager
2. Complete a team building exercise and invite the customer’s representatives
3. Change the schedule baseline
4. Meet with the customer to uncover details.

Q3. A definitive estimate is:

1. A level of estimating that can be achieved without a team’s help.
2. Created during the initiating process group.
3. Within a range of -10 percent to +25 percent of actual.
4. The most expensive to create.

Q4. Which of the following is NOT a reason to measure variances from the baseline?

1. To catch deviations early
2. To allow early corrective action
3. To determine if there are any wild fluctuations
4. To create a project control system

Q5. Which of the following helps determine the probability of completing a project on any specific day?

1. Network diagram.
2. Monte Carlo analysis.
3. Qualitative risk analysis.
4. Precision testing.

Q6. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification

Q7. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role regarding project changes?

1. Discover changes as early as possible
2. Prevent changes that affect the project scope
3. Prevent the addition of profit in sellers’ changes
4. Have the sponsor approve all changes

Q8. What is the primary risk when including reserves, or contingency allowances, in your cost estimate?

1. Cancelling your project
2. Understating the cost estimate
3. Overstating the cost estimate
4. Tracking the funds

Q9. A project manager new to project management is taking on a new project. When is the BEST time to help build the people working on the project into a team?

1. During project initiating
2. Before committing to a project cost estimate
3. Throughout the project
4. During project planning

Q10. You have been hired as a consultant for a project that is in trouble. You meet the project manager and ask several questions regarding the project budget, the project end date, etc. The project manager was not able to answer some of these questions properly, so you decided to verify them yourself. What document will you refer to in order to verify such facts?

1. Project management plan
2. Cost and schedule baselines
3. Project charter
4. Performance report