Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Rina and Gimo are the senior developers in a website development project. They have argued about the best web design product to use in developing the new website. As the project manager, you use a forcing approach to make a decision and reduce the conflict. What is the main characteristic of this approach?

1. Forcing to close the project
2. Highlighting areas of agreement rather than areas of disagreement
3. Asserting one‘s viewpoint at the expense of others
4. Withdrawing from the actual conflict

Q3. During Plan Risk Responses process, the team is discussing ways to deal with a risk. They have come up with the following options: (a) outsource the work, (b) provide more training to the team members, (c) wait to see if the risk actually happens, (d) ignore the risk and (e) do the risky activity sooner in the project. Which of the following is a risk response strategy that was forgotten in the above situation?

1. Remove the activity causing the risk from the project.
2. Purchase insurance to cover the anticipated cost.
3. Assign the activity to a more experienced person to handle.
4. Prototype the product.

Q4. A project manager estimates the work to be accomplished in the near term in detail at a low level of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). He estimates work far in the future as WBS components that are at a relatively high level of the WBS. What is this technique called?

1. Decomposition
2. Rolling wave planning
3. Scope Creep
4. Earned value planning

Q5. A team member is not performing well on the project because she is inexperienced in system development work. There is no one else available who is better qualified to do the work. What is the BEST solution for the project manager?

1. Consult with the functional manager to determine project completion incentives for the team member.
2. Obtain new resources more skilled in development work
3. Arrange for the team member to get training
4. Allocate some of the project schedule reserve.

Q6. You need to make a major change to the equipment used on the project. You know of a product that meets your needs, but you are worried because your brother owns the company that produces the product. What should you do?

1. Negotiate a good deal for the project with your brother
2. Let the customer know of the issue
3. Submit the bid and allow your brother to negotiate with the contracting office
4. Eliminate your brother from bidding

Q7. You have just been assigned as the project manager for a project that is in the middle of the executing process group, and you are determining how you will control the project. The BEST way to control the project is to:

1. Use a combination of communication methods.
2. Hold status meetings because they have worked best for you in the past.
3. Refer to the bar chart weekly.
4. Meet with management regularly.

Q8. During which of the following project processes do key stakeholders engage with the project for the first time?

1. Develop Project Charter
2. Identify Stakeholders
3. Collect Requirements
4. Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Q9. Which of these is a valid negative risk response?

1. Exploit
2. Mitigate
3. Enhance
4. Share

Q10. Projects operating in agile environments where a high degree of uncertainty exists and where the scope is not yet fully defined, may not benefit from detailed cost calculations due to frequent changes. Instead, lightweight estimation methods can be used to generate a fast, high-level forecast of project labor costs, which can then be easily adjusted as changes arise. Detailed estimates are:

1. Reserved for short-term planning horizons in a just-in-time fashion.
2. Never developed in an agile project.
3. Only developed if the project stakeholders allow the project manager to do so.
4. Developed early during the project but are never updated due to frequent changes.