Short Practice Test - 2 (20 Questions)

1.  'A task can start only after it's predecessor task has started' is a ------------ relationship.

 A  Critical

# B  Start to start

 C  Concurrent

 D  Finish to start

 

2.  The positioning of work package inside a work breakdown structure is ______________:

  A  Insignificant as it is a set of activities which need to be carried out and not work packages

 B  The highest level within the structure

 C  The middle level within the structure

# D  The lowest level within the structure

 

3.  You notice that your client has made a calculation mistake and made an excess payment to you. What should you do?

 A  It is not your problem. Client should have used computers

# B  Bring it to the client’s attention

 C  Do not worry as any way you were loosing money on this contract, extra money will help you to recover some losses

 D  Ignore it until matter comes into notice

 

4.  Activity C is part of an on-going project. The activity has a total duration of 15 days, the early start is day 25 and the late start is day 30. Two activities D and F both have a finish to start dependency with activity C. Activity D is the critical activity. This implies that activity C:

# A  Is a critical activity as activities D and F are dependent on it

 B  Will delay the project end date if it does not begin on day 25 of the project

 C  Does not lie on the critical path

 D  Has a float of 15 days

 

5.  Complex projects that require a multi disciplinary approach will be most suited to which of the following structures:

 A  CEO driven

 B  A functional organization

# C  A strong matrix organization

 D  A weak matrix organization

 

6.  You are required to examine the consequences of a scope change. To do this you should view its impact on the project’s:

 A  Schedule

 B  Cost

 C  Quality

# D  All of the above

 

7.  When you are contemplating how to recover a delay in the project schedule, the last thing you should consider is to _______:

 A  Look at the critical path carefully

# B  Apply more resources

 C  Fast track the project

 D  Adjust the project end date to adjust the time delay

 

8.  One should have an attitude of ____________ in order to be successful in negotiating across global cultures:

 A  Forcing your position

 B  Distrust

# C  Mutual trust and cooperation

 D  Showing your company is the best

 

9.  If the project manager does not allow the team members to provide extra items as an addon to please the customers while in execution phase, is she//he following the principles of good scope management to complete all the work and only the work required?

 A  May be yes or no

 B  No

 C  Yes

# D  It depends

 

10.  Configuration management is a technique used in:

# A  Change control

 B  Project control

 C  Time control

 D  Scope control

 

11.  You are involved in identifying risks using the Delphi technique. Which statement is true about this technique?

 A  Participants should be known to each other

 B  Participants cannot be in different locations

 C  Participants are generally anonymous

# D  Delphi technique is generally not used to identify risks

 

12.  You are required to prepare reports for top management that only show the start/end dates and likely durations of the critical path activities. To do this you would use:

 A  Bar charts

 B  PDM network

# C  Milestone charts

 D  Pert networks

 

13.  The 80/20 rule often used in projects is depicted as a:

 A  Control chart

 B  Attribute variable

# C  Pareto chart

 D  Run chart

 

14.  The project manager of a large multidisciplinary engineering project is evolving a RAM (Responsibility Assignment Matrix) to assign the different roles and responsibilities for her team members. She must use:

# A  The project’s WBS and the organizational chart

 B  The WBS

 C  The network schedule

 D  The staff productivity

 

15.  In a project, quality control helps to:

 A  Prevent production of defective material

 B  Identify established specifications and influence results through specific data

 C  Check for quality compliance by monitoring project results

# D  All of the above

 

16.  During the execution of a project two team members get into a serious disagreement about how to proceed with a task that they are working on. This disagreement is seriously affecting the work on the project. The project manager holds a meeting with both of them to sort out the issues. He discusses the best way to approach the task and both team members agree with him. This method of settling differences can best be described as:

 A  Compromising

 B  Forcing

 C  Smoothing

# D  Confronting/problem solving

 

17.  Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the project manager?

 A  Monitoring project progress

 B  Project Integration

 C  Budgeting project costs

# D  Developing the Project charter

 

18.  Normally, increased complexities in a project will _______ uncertainties:

 A  Have nothing to do with

 B  Reduce

 C  Increase

# D  Can not say any thing about

 

19.  Project plans are primarily developed by the:

 A  CEO

 B  Functional managers

# C  Project manager with involvement of the project team

 D  Project team alone

 

20.  When communicating, project managers spend most of their time _______:

 A  Reporting

# B  Exchanging information

 C  On the phone

 D  Solving problems