Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager needs to assess quality on the project. To do so, he wants to measure the height of each table produced. However, that would be too expensive. In this case, it would be BEST to use:

1. Benchmarking
2. A sample
3. A control chart
4. A Pareto chart.

Q3. You have two activities with Finish to Start sequences. The duration of the first activity is 10 days, and the duration of the second activity is 8 days. The estimated time completed for these activities is 18 days. The client asks you complete these activities within 15 days; you review his request and agree to do so at no extra cost. Now, you plan to start the second activity three days before the first activity completes so that both activities can be completed in 15 days. This process is known as:

1. Schedule modification
2. Fast tracking
3. Crashing
4. None of the above

Q4. You have been working on a very large software development project that has made use of more than 230 people. Finally, all the scope has been completed. It would be BEST to:

1. Throw a party for the team members
2. Make sure the project is integrated with the other projects.
3. Begin to focus on your other projects
4. Analyze project success or failure

Q5. A new store development project requires the purchase of various equipment, machinery, and furniture. The department responsible for the development recently centralized its external purchasing process and standardized its new order system. In which document can these new procedures be found?

1. Project scope statement
2. WBS
3. Staffing management plan
4. Organizational policies

Q6. Which of the following is not an example of a work performance report?

1. Status report
2. Project charter
3. Progress report
4. Project dashboard

Q7. Your project is very complex and due to a scope change, you need a few additional experts, which you did not think of earlier. You request that your company provide you with some experts for consultancy work. Although your company has provided you with those experts, they are located in a different geographical location. In this situation, how will you get their input?

1. Ask management to bring them to you
2. Recruit new members with same skills
3. Create a virtual team
4. None of the above

Q8. The customer on a project tells the project manager he has run out of money to pay for the project. What should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Shift more of the work to later in the schedule to allow time for the customer to get the funds
2. Enter project closure
3. Stop work
4. Release part of the project team

Q9. A trend report was given to the project manager, who reacted to the report by investigating what activity or activities had not been done, but should have been done, to date. What did the report show?

1. Actual cost was below planned and schedule progress was less than planned
2. The cost performance index (CPI) was 0.8 and the schedule performance index (SPI) was 1.2.
3. The budget at completion (BAC) was higher than planned
4. The schedule performance index (SPI) was 1.3 and the estimate at completion (EAC) was greater than planned.

Q10. 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