Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager has completed risk response planning. She as planning to go on to risk monitoring and control when she found out from another project manager that she forgot to do something important in this step. Which of the following did she forget?

1. She has not created an overall risk ranking for the project
2. She has not analyzed secondary risks
3. She has not created workarounds
4. She has not created a prioritized list of quantified risks.

Q3. You are in the middle of a major new facility construction project. The structural steel is in place and the heating conduits are going into place when a senior manager informs you that he is worried that the project will not meet the quality standards. What should you do in this situation?

1. Assure senior management that during the Plan Quality process it was determined that the project would meet the quality standards
2. Analogously estimate future results.
3. Form a quality assurance team
4. Check the results from the last quality management plan.

Q4. Which of the following is not an example of parametric estimating?

1. Activity duration estimated based on the number of drawings multiplied by the number of labor hours per drawing.
2. Activity duration estimated based on the number of labor hours per meter for cable installation.
3. Activity duration estimated based on the square footage in construction.
4. Activity duration estimated based on the actual duration of a similar, previous project.

Q5. All requested changes to a contract go through Contract Change Control Systems of both parties. The Contract Change Control system documents all requested changes for future reference. However, requested but unresolved changes might not make it up to either party’s Change Control Systems. If you are contesting a dispute, where can you find a record of such requested changes?

1. Procurement management plan
2. Project management plan
3. Project correspondence
4. Approved change requests log

Q6. Activities in the Define Activities process should meet:

1. The WBS layout
2. Cost incentives
3. Schedule objectives
4. Project objectives

Q7. Your project is being completed in another country. It is going reasonably well and is ahead of the cost projections when one of the local officials informs you he will make sure the project work stops unless you pay him $50. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Make the payment
2. Offer to pay more than the requested amount to get more support from the official in the future.
3. Offer to pay a smaller amount to discourage future requests for larger amounts.
4. Do not make the payment 26

Q8. You are in the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule. Which of the following is not a tool and technique of this process?

1. Expert judgment
2. Decomposition
3. Data analysis
4. Meeting

Q9. When a product or service completely meets a customer’s requirements:

1. Quality is achieved.
2. The cost of quality is high
3. The cost of quality is low
4. The customer pays the minimum price.

Q10. The objective of a transformation project is to move an organization from one state to another state. Before the project begins, the organization is commonly referred to as being in the:

1. Hot State
2. Ready State
3. Historic State
4. Current State