Preparation Question Set - 2

1) Which is not a output from Select Seller process
a) Screening system
b) Selected sellers
c) Contract
d) Contract Management plan

2) There are more than 20 areas identified which are causing quality issues. You want to focus on key issues those causing most of the defects. What should you use to get the info
a) Trend analysis
b) Status report
c) Control Chart
d) Pareto Chart

3) You have signed a contract with a vendor A. Project will be completed in 4 phases. Phase 1 is complete. When you can say a phase is completed.
a) After Administrative closure is complete
b) After Contract close complete
c) After you have started next phase
d) A phase is complete when all the deliverables are accepted by customer under that phase

4) You are running very late for a project due to too many changes requested by customer. You are not happy with CCB as to you it seems like all the changes are approved even though you don’t think they should be. You have requested an increase in number of resource but that was rejected. You have requested for schedule extension but customer said this new product is very critical to launch before Christmas else their market share will decline. What is the best action you can take at this stage
a) Crash the Project
b) Fast track the project
c) Do resource leveling
d) Complain to Project Sponsor about CCB

5) As project is too big, your organization has decided to divide it into smaller sub projects. This is an example of
a) Program Management
b) Portfolio Management
c) Divide and Rule management
d) Decomposition

6) What is a Planning package?
a) This is created from work package so that it can be estimated and managed easily and used in schedule creation.
b) This is a WBS component that is used for planning known work content that does not have schedule activity.
c) This is a tool used to perform Cost Estimation
d) Planning package is a package of tools and techniques used for Project Planning process

7) You are managing a project and there are 9 people working under you. Since project is nearing end you have decided to release 5 team members. How many communication channels will be reduced after you release team members?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 35
d) 45

8) You are measuring a product. The expected length of the product should be 10.02 to 10.06 inches. You have take 10 cases and found that all of them are in the range of 9.9999 to 10.0000 inches. After few days you took again measurement of a different set but only 1 case and found that its 10.05 inches. What do you think about these 2 outcomes?
a) Both are statistical sampling example and shows why sampling should be used in quality control.
b) First type is an example of precision while second is an example of accuracy
c) You should adjust the measurement tool so that all results are similar
d) Since one case is with in acceptable range second set of product is better than first set

9) Project management process cycles can be also summarized as
a) Plan, do, act, check cycle
b) Plan, act, check cycle
c) Plan, execute, check cycle
d) Initiate, Plan, execute, monitor, correct, check, close cycle

10) You have a relationship between two activity that second activity can start only when first starts. Which of the below statement is MOST correct?
a) You should use PERT estimation for this situation
b) AOA (Activity on Arrow) should be used as arrow will be easier to show the dependency
c) This is an example of external dependency
d) PDM (Precedence Diagramming Method) should be used for activity sequencing in this case

11) You are managing a simple project with 3 resources and duration of 3 months. You have tailored the Time Management Plan. You have just one activity in that where you create schedule considering WBS, activities, sequence of activity, resource required for activity, duration for the activity. All these were done in 2 hours at the same time. What do you think best describe the situation
a) Since you are not following all process correctly you are not qualified as a project manager
b) Better spend more time on scheduling even though this is a small project
c) Since this is a small and simple project, all time management process can be performed together
d) This shows lack of planning and poor management

12) Which of the below is not a part of Project Environment?
a) Physical Environment
b) Political Environment
c) Social Environment
d) Virtual Environment

13) Which is not an interpersonal skill?
a) Leadership
b) Motivation
c) Communication
d) Marketing

14) You have a colleague who has 10 years of Project Management experience. But every time you talk with him you feel like he is confused with things those are quite similar but still different. One day while presenting a project plan you noticed that he is referring standard and regulation interchangeably. During the break you went to him and told that standard and regulation are not same because
a) Once standard is used by many it becomes regulation
b) Once regulation is used by many it becomes standard
c) Standard is concerned with quality while regulation is only with law
d) Standard is optional but regulation is mandatory

15) Which is the most difficult conflict to handle?
a) Cost
b) Schedule
c) Personality
d) Priority




Answers

1) a
2) d
3) a
4) b
5) d
6) b
7) c
8) b
9) a
10) d
11) c
12) d
13) d
14) d
15) c