Project Management (PM) MCQ's




Question 61 :
A critical path of a projeect has three independent activities A(5,1), B(3,1) and D(4,2). The bracketed terms are (expected time, standard deviation) The expected duration of critical path is …... and probability of completing it in that duration is….

  1. 12, 50%
  2. 12, 98%
  3. 8, 50%
  4. 9, 98%
  

Question 62 :
We listen to others point of view, seeking to understand them is

  1. Respect
  2. Responsibility
  3. Conduct
  4. Fairness
  

Question 63 :
A critical path of a projeect has four independent activities A(5,1.666), B(15,1.666), D(4,0.444) and E(5,0). The bracketed terms are (expected time, standard deviation) The expected duration of critical path is …... and variance of critical path is …....

  1. 29 , 2.39
  2. 29 , 5.75
  3. 29 , 3.77
  4. 24 , 3.77
  

Question 64 :
Professional ethics will come to rescue when we are

  1. ask to compromise on our integrity or on value
  2. ask to compromise on our technical cability
  3. ask to compromise on our technical capacity
  4. ask to compromise in our efforts
  

Question 65 :
Which method is not used for Quantitative risk analysis ?

  1. Three point estimation
  2. Decision Tree Analysis
  3. SWIFT analysis
  4. Expected Monetery Value(EMV)
  

Question 66 :
When many activities are planned to start at the same time in project schedule, the project is likely to be following

  1. Goldratt's Critical Chain
  2. Concurrent Engineering
  3. Research and Development Project
  4. laddering approach
  

Question 67 :
Which method is not used for Qualitative risk analysis ?

  1. delphi method
  2. SWIFT analysis
  3. Decision Tree Analysis
  4. Backtracking method
  

Question 68 :
Pareto Chart helps you find:

  1. Minor sources creating the majority of problems
  2. Majority of causes creating the minority of problems
  3. Cause of variation
  4. Cause of deviation
  

Question 69 :
You have successfully completed a project.You have now been assigned a project which is midway into its execution.You have had to take this project due to non availability of the current project manager due to health.This is a complex project involving multiple contractors and teams at various geographical locations.You decide to look up the requirements of the types of reports and frequency of sending them.Where would you find this information?

  1. Project Management Plan
  2. Scope Management Plan
  3. Communication Management Plan
  4. Stakeholder Analysis
  

Question 70 :
You are responsible for a project with high risks particularly during the early phases - your sponsor has asked for performance reports on a monthly basis. At the end of the first month you report a CPI greater than 1 and also the SPI greater than 1. What would this mean ?

  1. The project is behind schedule and over budget
  2. The project is ahead of schedule and under budget
  3. The project is ahead of schedule but over budget
  4. The project is behind schedule but under budget
  

Question 71 :
A project has following activities with their duration in brackets. 1-2(6), 1-3(5), 3-4(5), 2-4(5), 2-5(8) and 4-5(2). What is the duration of the project?

  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 14
  4. 13
  

Question 72 :
As a manager on a project your key outlook is to ensure that the project delivers within the scheduled timelines with minimal rework and customer delight.For some time now the project work is proceeding smoothly with a CPI and SPI a perfect 1.One of your team members approaches you and indicates that she might possibly need a long vacation on personal grounds.She indicates this could possibly occur in two months from now.You look up the schedule and as luck would have it - this team member happens to be scheduled to execute activities which are on the critical path - and her absence in two months time would cause a delay in schedule.You decide to take some action and reschedule task allocation to ensure that this team member is not planned to work on any of the critical path activities.What did you just do ?

  1. Mitigate the risk
  2. Avoid the risk
  3. Transfer the risk
  4. Exploit the risk
  

Question 73 :
In PERT, if the pessimistic time were 14 weeks, the optimistic time were 8 weeks, and the most likely time were 11 weeks,

  1. the variance would be 1 week.
  2. the variance would be 11 weeks.
  3. the expected time would be 6 weeks.
  4. the expected time would be 5.5 weeks.
  

Question 74 :
Which of the following is a good condition for top-down estimating?

  1. Tight Cost and time deadlines
  2. Internal, small project
  3. Fixed price contract
  4. Customer wants details of estimates
  

Question 75 :
When our conduct is free from self interest , prejudice, and favaritism is

  1. Respect
  2. Responsibility
  3. Conduct
  4. Fairness
  

Question 76 :
A process that involves prioritizing risks for further action or analysis by assessing the impact and the probability of occurrence is called-

  1. Qualitative Risk Analysis
  2. Risk Brainstorming
  3. Quantitative Risk Analysis
  4. Risk Retrospective
  

Question 77 :
Your company has been tasked with providing estimates for a road construction project. You have data available related to costs per square feet. You now need to provide an estimate of the cost of the project based on this data - what estimation technique is most applicable in such a scenario ?

  1. Top Down estimates
  2. Parametric Estimating technique
  3. Bottom Up Estimating
  4. Analogous Estimation
  

Question 78 :
Of the following baselines which is not a part of the Project Management Plan ?

  1. Scope Baseline
  2. Quality Baseline
  3. Cost Baseline
  4. Schedule Baseline
  

Question 79 :
The Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded in

  1. 1889
  2. 1990
  3. 1989
  4. 2001
  

Question 80 :
Midway through the project as a Manager you are performing Earned Value Methodology to report performance. Based on your calculations you realize that the initial plan is no longer valid.However you still need to provide an EAC - what is the best course of action ?

  1. Calculate EAC as EAC = BAC / CPI
  2. Calculate EAC as EAC = AC + BAC - EV
  3. Calculate EAC as EAC = AC + (BAC - EV/(CPI * SPI )
  4. Calculate EAC as EAC = AC + Bottom up Estimate
  

Question 81 :
Risk management is responsibility of the -

  1. Customer
  2. Investor
  3. Developer
  4. Project team
  

Question 82 :
We should accept only those assignments that are consistent with our background, experience, skills, and

  1. qualification
  2. exposure
  3. familiarity
  4. knowledge
  

Question 83 :
If the planned value (PV) is $275,000 and the earned value (EV) is $300,000, the schedule variance (SV) is:

  1. 25,000 USD
  2. Negative 25000 USD
  3. 125,000 USD
  4. 575,000 USD
  

Question 84 :
Which of the following technique will ensure that impact of risk will be less?

  1. Risk avoidance technique
  2. Risk Mitigation technique
  3. Risk contingency technique
  4. Risk monotoring technique
  

Question 85 :
Latest starting date for an activity is estimated using

  1. Resource leveling
  2. Backword Pass Method
  3. Forward Pass method
  4. Crashing
  

Question 86 :
The project that you are in charge has been successfully completed.The last of the deliverables have been formally accepted by the client.You had several contractors with whom contracts were prepared.With the project done you decide to communicate the completion details and closure of contracts.Which is the best form of communication?

  1. Formal written
  2. Formal verbal
  3. Informal verbal
  4. Informal written
  

Question 87 :
It is important to maintain the momentum in

  1. implementation phase
  2. planninig phase
  3. initiation phase
  4. closure phase
  

Question 88 :
What is the correct option in which terms the Risk is expressed ?

  1. probability and impact.
  2. probability and cost
  3. probability and time
  4. probability and data
  

Question 89 :
The project has critical path duration of 21 weeks and the variance of critical path is 3.44. What is completion time corresponding to 98% probability if Z value is 2.06 for 98% probability?

  1. 21 weeks
  2. 25 weeks
  3. 28 weeks
  4. 20 weeks
  

Question 90 :
Develop project charter is part of which process group?

  1. Initiation
  2. Planning
  3. Executing
  4. Monitoring and Control
  
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