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1. According to the passage, project management is defined as "the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements". 2. The next step for Tyler's project is for his client to conduct an inspection on all of the completed project deliverables in order to verify the project scope. 3. The first step in project planning is to establish the objectives and scope.

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MCQ of Project Management Part 1 1

1. According to the passage, project management is defined as "the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements". 2. The next step for Tyler's project is for his client to conduct an inspection on all of the completed project deliverables in order to verify the project scope. 3. The first step in project planning is to establish the objectives and scope.

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MCQ OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), project management is defined as "the application of
knowledge, _____, _____, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements".
Select one:
a. skills, analysis
b. tools, analysis
c. analysis, theories
d. skills, tools
e. skills, theories
2. As a project manager, Tyler is so happy that all expected project deliverable have been accomplished by his
project team. What is the next step for his project to proceed in order to verify the project scope by his project
client?
Select one:
a. Ask his client to pay for the completed project deliverables.
b. Award all of his project team members for such a great accomplishment.
c. Offer a party for his project team and client to celebrate the success of the project.
d. Ask his client to conduct an inspection on all of the completed project deliverables.
e. Invite a few experts to judge the quality of all the completed project deliverables.
3. What is the first step in project planning?
Select one:
a. Establish the objectives and scope.
b. Determine the budget.
c. Select the team organizational model.
d. Determine project constraints.
e. Inspect the deliverables.
4. While assessing your project processes, you have identified some uncontrolled process variations. Which of the
following would be the appropriate chart you may use for this purpose?
Select one:
a. Pareto diagram
b. PERT chart

c. Control chart
d. HR personnel chart
e. Critical path
5. Once the project is approved and moves into the planning stage, what happens in the next phase of the project life
cycle?
Select one:
a. Agreements for risk sharing need to be concluded.
b. The total risk on the project typically reduces as activities are performed without loss.
c. Risks must be weighed against the potential benefit of the project's success in order to decide if the project should be
chosen.

d. Risks are identified with each major group of activities.

e. A risk response plan can be used to identify increasing levels of detailed risk analysis
6. Fill in the blank.
7. Risk must be considered in the _____ phase and weighed against the potential benefit of the project's success in
order to decide if the project should be chosen.
Select one:
a. completion
b. closeout
c. execution
d. planning

e. initiation
7. Due to the rapid expansion of your company, your boss decides to establish a project management office (PMO)
within the company and asks you to take the lead. According to the PMBOK guide, to be the ideal PMO you can do
which of the following?
Select one:
a. Speed up a specific ongoing project.
b. Find opportunities for collaborative project management.
c. Reassign the resources that have been assigned to ongoing projects.
d. Reduce the assigned resources to existing projects.
e. Reduce the number of project managers in the company.
8. Why does the creation of processes for developing teams, establishing priorities, and distributing work and tasks
require different sets of skills?
Select one:
a. Because resources on the project management team may view it as permanent
b. Because resources on the project management team may view it as temporary
c. Because resources on the project team are not aware of the technical aspects of the initiative
d. Because members of the project management team are not aware of the knowledge and skills of the other people working
on the project
e. Because project management teams do not look after the operational aspects of the project and are concerned only with
the strategy

Ans - b. Because resources on the project management team may view it as temporary
Question 9. According to Bruce Tuckman's five stages of team development, project team members compete for
control at which stage?
Select one:
a. Forming
b. Storming
c. Norming
d. Performing
e. Adjourning

Answer- (b) Storming


10. The project management office (PMO) handles all of the following functions EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. maintaining the organization's project management policies and procedures.
b. supervising the project managers.
c. assigning project managers from other departments but not procuring contract project managers.
d. monitoring project performance. e. providing functional support to projects like project scheduling and project cost
analysis

Ans - c. assigning project managers from other departments but not procuring contract project managers.

11. Under which of the following conditions would teams be more effective than individuals?
Select one:
a. When speed is important
b. When the activities involved in solving the problem are very detailed
c. When the actual document needs to be written

d. When innovation is required


e. When a commitment to the solution is needed by small portions of the project tea
12. Which of the following is the process of understanding the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to manage a
task and then matching the team members with the right skills to do that work?
Select one:
a. Benchmarking
b. Expediting
c. Procurement

d. Delegation
e. Solicitation
13. Which of the following defines what tasks the project resources are expected to accomplish and, just as
importantly, what is not part of the project team's responsibilities?
Select one:
a. Punch list
b. Check sheet
c. Project logic diagram
d. Checklist
e. Scope document
14. After Marta obtained her PMP certificate, her boss assigned her to be in charge of a long-term project, which a
recently resigned project manager, Todd, had been working on for three years. When Marta looks at historical
information that Todd achieved for this project, which of the following is deemed most critical for Marta to manage
her project team?
Select one:
a. Project contract
b. Detailed activity lists and WBS dictionary
c. Legal documents
d. Project lessons
e. Learn who are the project investors
15. Fill in the blank. There is _______ correlation between project complexity and project risk. Select one:
a. an unknown

b. a positive
c. no
d. a negative
e. a general
16. As a new project manager, Karen was worried about a statement from her client: "your project deliverable is in
low quality with low grade". According to PMBOK, how can you help Karen distinguish the differences between
"quality" and "grade"? Select one:
a. Quality and grade represent the same thing.
b. Low quality can never be a problem, but low grade is.

c. Low quality represents a true problem, but low grade might not be the case.
d. Low quality with high grade is always desirable to your client. e. High quality always represents high grade.
17. Complete the following statement. As a project manager, Darrell is excited that he is assigned to be in charge of
the most important project this year. After being chartered for the project, he analyzes the information in the
project charter and the stakeholder register to: Select one:
a. decide how to draft a scope statement.

b. start to define and develop the stakeholder needs and requirements.


c. prepare for the template to monitor project progress.
d. estimate the entire project budget.
e. learn how to get project budget approved by stakeholders.
18. After Ling finished drafting a new project charter, she sent a copy of the charter to all key project parties
including the project sponsor, senior management and key stakeholders, and scheduled a kick-off meeting with
them. What will be the most important goal for Ling to complete the project charter?
Select one:

a. Make a professional looking project charter to impress the key project parties.
b. Get confirmation from the key parties that they have read the charter.
c. Invite the key parties for a nice lunch to establish a friendly relationship. d. Gather promises from the key project players.

e. Obtain officially signed project charters from the key parties.

19. Fill in the blank. During the _________ of a project, the project manager focuses on developing the project
infrastructure needed to execute the project and developing clarity around the project charter and scope.
Select one:
a. completion

b. start-up
c. execution
d. evaluation
e. selection
20. A project budget estimate that is developed with the least amount of knowledge is known as which of the
following? Select one:
a. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate
b. Scope of work estimate

c. Conceptual estimate
d. Line estimate
e. Milestone schedule estimate
21. What is the first step in developing a risk management plan?
Select one:
a. Analyze the risks.
b. Estimate the likelihood of the risks occurring.

c. Identify potential project risks.


d. Develop a risk mitigation plan.
e. Estimate the potential impact of risk on the project goals.
22. According to the PMBOK guide, which of the following statements is right in terms of using reserve analysis to
determine a project budget? Select one:
A. Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs,
which are part of your project budget.
B. Reserves should not be included in the project budget.
C. If you only have limited resources, you may completely ignore reserve analysis when you try to determine your project
budget.
D. Planning contingency reserves for a project is not practical.
E. Contingency reserves have never been a concern when planning a project budget.
23. Complete the following statement. As the project progresses into the execution phase:
Select one:

a. risks need to be checked off on activities that have been performed.


b. the total risk on the project typically increases.
c. risks are identified with each major group of activities.
d. a risk response plan can be used to identify increasing levels of detailed risk analysis.
e. the risk breakdown structure needs to be examined to be sure all the risk events have been avoided.
24. Which of the following statements about achieving a common understanding of the project purpose is true?
Select one:
a. A common understanding means building a consensus and disagreement regarding a project's purpose is often fatal to
project execution.
b. Developing a common understanding involves defining project success, determining potential barriers to success,
establishing milestones, and identifying decision-makers.
c. The methods and processes employed to develop a common understanding depend on the duration of the project.
d. Irrespective of the complexity of the project, developing a common understanding usually involves informal discussions
that last a few hours.
e. When developing a common understanding of the purpose of a project, participants are often instructed to refrain from
expressing skepticism.
25. Which of the following is typically a written document that defines what work will be accomplished by the end of
the project?
Select one:

a. Scope of work (SOW)


b. Project logic diagram
c. Milestone schedule
d. Ballpark estimate
e. Work breakdown structure
26. What is considered to be the most useful skill for a project manager who works in a matrix environment in order
to achieve project goals? Select one:
a. Leadership skill

b. Influencing
c. Conflict management skill
d. Time management
e. Planning skill
27. Marco is an investor, and Jon is a project team member. Both have intensive technical background for the
project that you are managing. However, recently they have disagreed on the next step to take for the project. They
both decide to defer to whoever has the authority to make this decision. Who has the authority to decide which
direction should be taken for the project?
Select one:
a. Project manager
b. Stakeholders

c. The project team


d. Investors
e. The board of trustees of this company
28. As a project manager, while Kathy was trying to categorize all potential risks for her new construction project
M based on levels of probability and impact on the project, she identified a potential risk, regarding a schedule
conflict with another project to obtain critical equipment for a short time period. Overall, because this risk is
probable and might impact her project M, Kathy wants to record this risk; however, she is confused about where
she should document this type of risk. According to the PMBOK guide, where should Kathy document this risk?
Select one:
a. Watch list
b. Risk management plan
c. Project management plan

d. WBS
e. Scope management plan
29. Which of the following is a quality management system that gives titles to specialists and requires a cost-benefit
analysis?
Select one:
a. Lean accounting
b. Business process re-engineering
c. Kaizen

d. Six Sigma
e. Total Quality Management
30. Which one of the following is the last step of project closings? Select one:
a. The client has accepted the product.
b. Archives are complete.
c. The client appreciates your product.
d. Lessons learned are documented.
e. Temporary staff is released.
31. As a project manager of Project Cool at the company, Samira is responsible for monitoring and controlling two
project management processes: process A and process B. She recently noticed a high priority risk X has been
imposed on her project process A in Project Cool. While she tried to control the risk X, she also noticed that a new
potential risk Y will be added to process B. Which of the following best explains this situation? Select one:
a. If risk Y happens, then it is all Samira's fault, because she did not do a good job of carefully monitoring the risks for
Project Cool.

b. This is common in practice. Risk Y is a secondary risk caused by Risk X.


c. The potential risk might happen, but Samira can ignore risk Y, as risk X takes higher priority.
d. Samira is not experienced enough for handling risk management, so her boss will probably fire her.
e. Risk Y is called a low priority risk, which is not considered to be a real concern, so Samira should not worry about risk
Y.
32. Roberto is in charge of a new project to help Company A upgrade its old HR system to a cutting-edge, cross-
platform system with the most recent mobile technologies. After his project team assessed the available system
documentations, the team found the existing documentations too large and complicated to implement the system
updates. Roberto advised his team to decompose the major project deliverables into more executable components.
In this project process, Robert advised his team to do which of the following?
Select one:
a. Document requirements

b. Create WBS
c. Define project scope
d. Verify project scope
e. Plan project milestones
33. Complete the following statement. In a weak matrix environment, the project manager, Eric, has to constantly
make an effort to influence his project team and stakeholders to ensure project success. This is because:
Select one:
a. Eric has a lot of authority.

b. Eric has no or little authority.


c. Eric is controlled by his functional managers.
d. there are no functional managers.
e. Eric has flexibility on authority.
35. Ahmed is actively initiating a project, so he plans to invite all relevant internal and external stakeholders
including sponsors, customers, project teams, etc. for a kick-off meeting. To ensure all of them are covered in the
stakeholder register, which document is the most helpful for Ahmed to look at?
Select one:
a. Project team activities
b. Scope statement

c. Project charter
d. Work packages
e. Project funding agents
36. Which of the following is a personal characteristic that reflects the truthfulness of an individual that can be
checked against observable facts?
Select one:

a. Objective credibility
b. Attribution of benevolence
c. Non-manipulative trust
d. High cost of lying
e. Acknowledgment of munificence

37. When a project manager starts to plan a new project budget, the cost of which project management process
group is expected to be lowest?
Select one:
a. Initiating
b. Executing
c. Monitoring and controlling

d. Closing
e. Planning
39. As a project manager, John was finally relieved because a major project led by him was just announced a
success. According to the PMBOK, which of the following has likely happened in order to consider John's project a
success?
Select one:
a. John's project has met all of the stakeholders' expectations.
b. The phase completion of John's project has been approved.
c. John's client has paid off the project.
d. John's boss is happy.
e. John and his team are promoted and get salary increases.
1. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the scope statement should address all of the following
issues EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. project constraints.
b. project assumptions.s
c. project exclusions.

d. code of conduct for the team members working on the project.


e. project deliverables.
2. Fill in the blank. The _____ is the difference between the additional money spent on prevention and the
corresponding reduction in the cost of failure.
Select one:
a. cost-benefit analysis
b. implicit cost

c. cost of quality
d. variable cost
e. cost-utility analysis
3. Which of the following project baselines provides the basis for measurement of the expected cash flow against
requirements over time and is often displayed as an S curve?
Select one:
a. Schedule baseline
b. Cost performance baseline
c. Scope baseline
d. Plan baseline
e. Initiation baseline
4. The conceptual estimate is developed with the least amount of knowledge. When more information is known, the
project team can develop a:
Select one:
a. work breakdown structure
b. critical estimate

c. rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate


d. scope of work
e. ballpark estimate
6. Which of the following statements about flowcharts is true?
Select one:
a. Most flowcharts use one width of column to represent a category, while the vertical axis represents the frequency of
occurrence.
b. If a particular method is a standard of quality, you can compare your organization’s quality plan to it by flowcharting.
c. A flowchart shows the ratio of cost of increasing quality to the resulting benefit.
d. If some of the functions of a project are repetitive, flowcharting can be used to identify trends.

e. Flowcharting is useful for communicating responsibility for work processes.


7. During the project meeting, the project manager had to leave earlier due to a family emergency. Afterwards, a
few team members started to argue, so the project meeting took very long without producing outcomes. What is the
possible reason that resulted in the inefficient project meeting in this scenario?
Select one:

a. No project team ground rules were set up.


b. The current communications plan was very poorly designed.
c. The absence of project manager resulted in inefficiency.
d. There was no incentive mechanism set up to encourage team members to take over more responsibilities.
e. The project team was not very cooperative.
8. Fill in the blank. Work breakdown structure (WBS) is a ______________ of the work with increasing detail in
each layer.
Select one:

a. layered description
b. step change
c. ballpark estimate
d. project execution plan
e. project logic diagram
9. According to the PMBOK guide which of the following statements is right in terms of using reserve analysis to
determine a project budget ?
Select one:
a. Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs,
which are part of your project budget.
b. Reserves should not be included in the project budget.
c. If you only have limited resources, you may completely ignore reserve analysis when you try to determine your project
budget.
d. Planning contingency reserves for a project is not practical.
e. Contingency reserves have never been a concern when planning a project budget.

10. Fill in the blanks. It is during the ______________ phase that the decision should be made regarding whether the
project should continue. During this phase, ____________ must be considered and weighed against the potential
benefit of the project’s success.
Select one:
a. completion, cost
b. closeout, resources
c. execution, performance
d. planning, timing

e. initiation, risk
11. What is the most critical aspect in developing a project plan that meets project specifications within the
timeframe and at the lowest costs?
Select one:
a. Assessing risk management
b. Providing documents that specifically comply with the quality standards in use
c. Emphasizing error prevention and customer satisfaction
d. Requiring commitment to quality by all the employees and business partners

e. Developing a project execution plan that matches the complexity level of the project
12. Fill in the blank. Risk represents the likelihood that an event will happen during the life of the project that will
negatively affect the ________________ of project goals.
Select one:
a. scope creep
b. achievement
c. float
d. rough order of magnitude
e. slack
13. What should be done by the project manager to ensure that all the work in the project is included?
Select one:
a. Create a contingency plan.
b. Create a risk management plan.
c. Create a WBS.
d. Create a statement of work.
e. Create a scope statement.
14. Fill in the blank. During the _________ of a project, the project manager focuses on developing the project
infrastructure needed to execute the project and developing clarity around the project charter and scope.
Select one:
a. completion
b. start-up
c. execution
d. evaluation
e. selection
15. After the celebration of the successful milestone completion, a project manager will often do which of the
following?
Select one:
a. Continue to increase the intensity of the project to achieve the next milestone.
b. Continue to follow the exact same project plan that helped the team achieve the milestone.
c. Allow the team to reflect on finding new ways of approaching the project work.
d. Select an upcoming key event and designate it as the next milestone.
e. Stretch the goals of the project team, making them more tough and rigorous.

16. Once the project is approved and moves into the planning stage, what happens in the next phase of the project
life cycle? Select one:
a. Agreements for risk sharing need to be concluded.
b. The total risk on the project typically reduces as activities are performed without loss.
c. Risks must be weighed against the potential benefit of the project’s success in order to decide if the project should be
chosen.
d. Risks are identified with each major group of activities.
e. A risk response plan can be used to identify increasing levels of detailed risk analysis
17. What is the first step in project planning? Select one:
a. Establish the objectives and scope.
b. Determine the budget.
c. Select the team organizational model.
d. Determine project constraints.
e. Inspect the deliverables.
18. Fill in the blank. Risk must be considered in the _____ phase and weighed against the potential benefit of the
project’s success in order to decide if the project should be chosen.
Select one:
a. completion
b. closeout
c. execution
d. planning

e. initiation
19. According to PMBOK, project management process groups are iterative, which was originally defined by
Walter Shewhart and later modified by Edward Deming. Generally, one outcome from a previous process can serve
as input for the next process. Which of the following best identifies with the description of this concept?
Select one:
a. Project life cycle
b. Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle
c. Project phases
d. PM processes
e. HR process cycle
20. Determining the policies that are needed for the smooth execution of a project relates to which of the following
agenda items of alignment sessions?
Select one:
a. Developing a common understanding of the project purpose
b. Establishing trust among team members
c. Engaging stakeholders in dialogue
d. Developing role clarification on projects
e. Agreeing on the means and methods for accomplishing the purpose
21. Which of the following is true about management meetings? Select one:
a. They are short meetings to develop a common understanding of what the short-term priorities are for the project.
b. They focus on short-term activities, usually less than a week in duration.
c. They are purely fact-based meetings with a left-brain type focus.
d. They have very little dialogue except to ask clarification questions.
e. They are oriented toward developing plans, tracking progress of existing plans, and making
adjustments to plans in response to new information..
22. Do it because I said to” is the mantra for project managers who use _____ as the default approach to resolve
conflict. Select one:
a. collaborating
b. compromising
c. accommodating
d. forcing
e. avoiding
23. A(n) _ is a review of the quality plan, procedures, data collection, and analysis by an outside group. Select one:
a. scope document
b. project appraisal
c. cost performance index
d. analogous estimate
e. quality audit
24. Which of the following is an advantage of including the project manager in the project evaluation process?
Select one:
a. It enables the project manager to have an understanding of the selection criteria that can be used when making
decisions about the project during later phases.
b. It may indicate a need for project manager skills and experiences that are different from the project manager who is
involved in the evaluation.
c. It allows the parent organization to select a project manager whose abilities match the complexity profile of the project.
d. It improves the project manager’s level of understanding about the project and ensures that the chosen project manager is
the most suitable individual for executing the project.
e. It helps achieve greater buy-in from the top management of the parent organization.

25. Which of the following statements is true regarding contracts? Select one:
a. They are the filters through which project members screen information that is shared.
b. They do not lend themselves to create an environment of trust.
c. The success of larger, more complex projects is more dependent on contracts than on relationships of trust.
d. Without contracts, projects that are highly dependent on an information-rich environment will suffer.
e. Contracts promote the growth of a trusting project culture.
26. Role clarification facilitates the development of all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. communication planning.
b. key milestones.
c. work flow organization.
d. approval processes.
e. role boundary spanning processes.

27. During a new project planning process to sequence activities, the project manager, Nate, decides to use the
precedence diagraming method to show the identified activity dependencies. Which of the following logical
relationships is Nate’s least favorite choice?
Select one:
a. Finish-to-start

b. Start-to-finish
c. Finish-to-finish
d. Start-to-start
e. All of these answers
28. In today’s global society, many projects become global. To effectively work together, global virtual teams have
been used in practice. As a project manager for a global project, Jim was told by a local team member, Shan, that
women are not allowed to hold positions of authority because of the culture of his home country, since Jim hired a
female local assistant project manager. How would you respond to this situation as a PMP?
Select one:
a. Inform your local team member that a non-discrimination policy has to be adopted for this global
project.
b. Replace a local female assistant PM with a male candidate.
c. Do nothing.
d. Ask all project team members to attend a training session on treating different gender members for this global project
equally.
e. Fire the local team member because of his discrimination behavior.
29. Which of the following is true about a project manager?
Select one:
a. Project managers analyze work processes and explore opportunities to make improvements.
b. Project managers are focused on the long-term health of the organization.
c. Project managers are process focused.
d. Project managers are goal oriented.
e. Project managers standardize the work processes.
30. Shauna has recently been appointed as a project manager for Project SkyNorth, which is regarded as an
important project in her organization. During the project planning meeting, Shauna is capable of allocating key
resources and personnel that she needs for this project. Which organizational structure is best for Shauna’s
company?
Select one:
a. Balanced matrix organization
b. Matrix organization
c. Functional organization
d. Projectized organization
e. Hierarchical organization
31. Complete the following statement. The method of incorporating change into project planning and execution
processes is called the:
Select one:
a. project logic diagram.
b. change management process.
c. milestone schedule
d. critical path
e. rough order of magnitude
32. BCR>1 indicates which of the following?
Select one:

a. Benefits are greater than the costs.


b. Costs are greater than the benefits.
c. Costs and benefits are well balanced.
d. Benefits are less than the costs
e. Costs are less than the benefits.
33. Which of the following establishes key dates throughout the life of a project that must be met for the project to
finish on time?
Select one:
a. Critical path
b. Ballpark estimate
c. Pert diagram
d. Slack chart

e. Milestone schedule
34. Which of the following statements about risk is true?
Select one:
a. Project risk focuses on identifying, assessing, and eliminating the risks on the project.
b. Risk management is all about eliminating risk.
c. Project risk is an uncertain event that, even if it occurs, has no effect on project objectives.
d. There are no risk-free projects.
e. Risk management involves identification, evaluation, and elevation of risk
35. Why are changes to the project scope necessary?
Select one:
a. To understand reports
b. To reflect new information
c. To begin planning the project
d. To teach team members what they need to know about their jobs
e. To establish a trusting project culture
36. Fill in the blank. Crashing refers to when the task duration’s are __ along the critical path to meet the project
completion date.
Select one:
a. scope creep
b. floated
c. slack
d. compressed
e. expedited
37. An Expected Monetary Value (EMV) of $100000 on a potential project event in the project means which of the
following?
Select one:
a. A number that can be ignored
b. An opportunity that must be explored
c. Actual losses on the event
d. Actual investment returns on the event
e. A threat that must be considered to minimize the project risk
38. Which of the following is a form of trust that is built on the examination of the person’s motives and the
conclusion that he or she is not hostile?
Select one:
a. Objective credibility
b. Attribution of benevolence
c. Non-manipulative trust
d. Unequivocal liberality
e. High cost of lying
39. When calculating EVM, Peter noticed that the cumulative planned value is 150% of the cumulative earned
value. What does this mean?Select one:

a. SPI<1, so the project is behind schedule.


b. SPI>1, so the project is OK to complete on time.
c. SPI<1, so the project is ahead of time.
d. SPI>1, so the project is behind schedule.
e. SPI>1, so the project is on schedule.
40. Fill in the blank. A __ represents the sequence of the activities needed to complete the project.
Select one:
a. work break down structure
b. scope of work
c. project logic diagram
d. run chart
e. step change
Q-1. In which of the following stages are project objectives established, teams formed, and
major responsibilities assigned?
A. Conceptualizing
B. Defining (Ans.)
C. Planning
D. Executing
Q-2. What is a project?
A. A permanent endeavor that consumes resources, has objectives based on specifications,
and consumes resources. (Ans.)
B. A temporary endeavor which uses a series of tasks that have defined start and end
dates, consume resources, have funding limits, and create a lasting outcome.
C. A temporary endeavor that uses a series of tasks that have specific objectives with
certain specifications, defined start and end dates, have funding limits, consume
resources, and create a lasting outcome.
D. A permanent endeavor which uses a series of tasks that have specific objectives with
certain specifications, defined start and end dates, have funding limits, consume
resources, and create a lasting outcome.
Q-3. The successful project managers spend most of their time:
A. Planning with their personnel
B. Planning with the top management
C. Communication with the project team (Ans.)
D. Studying project results
Q-1 What are the key components in the "Triple constraint Triangle"?
A. Scope, Schedule, Cost, Project Manager
B. Scope, Time, Cost, Project (Ans.)
C. Time, Money, Scope, Project
D. Project Manager, Time, Scope, Money

Q-2. What are the 5 major processes of project management?


A. Closing, Executing, Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Initiating (Ans.)
B. Starting, Closing, Managing, Planning, Executing
C. Initiating, Finishing, Monitoring and Controlling, Executing, Planning
D. Starting, Finishing, Executing, Managing, Closing
Q-2 How many PM knowledge areas are defined by Project Management Institute (PMI)
A. Six
B. Four
C. Eight
D. Ten (Ans.)
Q-3 Why is it important to understand your Stakeholders?
A. They may work in a different department or company
B. They may have different technical backgrounds
C. They may not care about the project
D. They can be a positive or negative influence on the project (Ans.)

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