FREE Project Management Concept Questions and Answers

Question 1

A project manager has recently been given the project charter and preliminary project scope statement as well as been assigned to a new project. The project manager's initial task is to:

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Confirm that all the stakeholders have contributed to the scope.

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Create a project scope statement.

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Begin work on a project management plan

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Analyze project risk

Question 2

A group of connected projects that are coordinatedly handled and typically have a component of continuous activity is referred to as a:

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Program

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Group of Project

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Major Project

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Project Office

Question 3

The formalization of approval and orderly completion of the project is a

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Closing

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Control

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Planning

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Execution

Question 4

Which of the following general guidelines should you abide by when interacting with project stakeholders?

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Don’t assume, ask.

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Tell external stakeholders less about your project than internal stakeholders

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Divert attention away from any concerns about your project

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All of the above

Question 5

A project manager is reevaluating the project to estimate project length in order to manage the timeline. She accomplishes this by examining the order of tasks with the least amount of scheduling latitude. What method is she employing?

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Critical path method

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Flowchart

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Work breakdown structure

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Precedence diagramming

Question 6

The project charter has been signed by six people when you take over a project during the planning stage. Which of these issues needs your attention the most?

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Determining the reporting structure

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Getting a single project sponsor

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Spending more time on configuration management

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Who will be a member of the change control board

Question 7

The project's ______ demand is noted to increase from the beginning to an intermediate stage of the project while it is being carried out.

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Resource

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Man Power

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Equipment

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Design

Question 8

Plan for configuration management is:

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The set of procedures developed to control changes.

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A mechanism to track budget and schedule variances.

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The creation of the work breakdown structure.

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Used to ensure that the description of the project product is correct and complete.

Question 9

The job identified at the lowest level of the breakdown structure that involves time and cost estimation and management is known as the:

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Work Package

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Cost Account

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Activity

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Task

Question 10

The project may experience ________ as it moves forward due to various external factors.

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Change

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Error

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Threats

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Pressure