Project Management Interview Questions
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Explain the difference between risk and issues?

510

What is the difference between project, program, and portfolio?

512

What is the concept of project management?

494

Explain on the project management life cycle process?

451

How do you motivate team members?

487

What are the different kinds of project management tools you worked with?

479

How will prioritize tasks in your projects?

459

What are the tools for process improvement?

495

What is the triple constraint triangle in project management?

504

What are the 10 knowledge areas of project management?

457

How do you set goals for your team? And how do you track these goals?

514

What are the qualities of a good project manager?

487

How do you communicate bad news in your team?

497

How to track your team members?

506

How to deal with underperforming team members?

564


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What are decision models? A. Project selection criteria B. Project selection methods C. Project selection committees D. Project resource and budget selection criteria

501


The amount of authority a project manager possesses can be related to: A. The project manager’s communication skills B. The organizational structure C. The amount of authority the manager of the project manager possesses D. The project manager's influencing skills

1796


You are a project manager for Snow Fun, a chain of retail shops specializing in winter sports gear and clothing. You’ve been working on contract with Snow Fun and are ready to move on to your next assignment. The customer has signed off on the project, formal acceptance notices have been distributed, and project closure procedures have been performed. What type of project ending is this? A. Extinction B. Starvation C. Integration D. Addition

832


Your company. Kick That Ball Sports, has appointed you project manager for their new Cricket product line introduction. This is a national effort, and all the retail stores across the country need to have the new products on the shelves before the media advertising blitz begins. The product line involves three new products, some with multiple deliverables. The Scope Definition process is now complete. Which of the following is true? A. The WBS template, an output of the Scope Definition process, was used from the previous project to create the WBS for this project. The WBS encompasses the major deliverables for the project. B. The WBS template from the previous project, an output from the Scope Planning process, was used to create the WBS for this project. The WBS encompasses the major deliverables for the project. C. The WBS, an output of the Scope Planning process, has been created, and it encompasses the full scope of work for the project. D. The WBS, an output of the Scope Definition process, has been created, and it encompasses the full scope of work for the project.

998


These diagrams rank order factors for corrective action by frequency of occurrence. They are also a type of histogram: A. Control charts B. Process flowcharts C. Scatter diagrams D. Pareto diagrams

697






What are the tools and techniques of the Contract Administration process? A. Contract change control system, payment system, payment requests B. Contract change control system, contract negotiations, payment system C. Contract change control system, contract negotiations, contract changes D. Contract change control system, performance reporting, payment system

492


You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flower distribution company. Your project is to develop a website for the company that allows retailers to place their flower orders online. You will also provide a separate link for individual purchases that are ordered, packaged, and mailed to the consumer directly from the grower's site. This project involves coordinating the parent company, growers, and distributors. You are preparing a performance review and have the following measurements at hand: PV = 300; AC = 200; and EV = 250. What do you know about this project? A. The EAC is a positive number, which means the project will finish under budget. B. You do not have enough information to calculate CPI. C. The CV is a negative number in this case, which means you've spent less than what you planned as of the measurement date. D. The CV is a positive number in this case, which means you're under budget as of the measurement date.

528


You know that the next status meeting will require some discussion and a decision for a problem that has surfaced on the project. In order to make the most accurate decision, you know that the number of participants in the meeting should be limited to: A. 1 to 5 B. 5 to 11 C. 7 to 16 D. 10 to 18

551


The project charter: A. Includes a product description, describes the business need of the project, and is published by the project manager B. Includes a product description, describes the business need of the project, and is published by the project sponsor C. Includes the contract when the project is performed by a vendor and is published by a manager external to the project D. Includes a product description, describes the business need of the project, and is published by a manager external to the project

477


Describe resource planning during the estimation of software project.

458


You are a project manager for Fountain of Youth Spring Water bottlers. You are installing a new accounting system and have identified several problems and their causes. You decide to use which of the following flowcharts to diagram the problems' causes and effects? A. Decision tree diagram B. Fishbone diagram C. Benchmark diagram D. Simulation tree diagram

617


You are a fabulous project manager, and your team thinks highly of you. You are well respected by the stakeholders, management ream, and project team. When you make decisions, others follow your lead as a result of which of the following? A. Referent power B. Expert power C. Legitimate power D. Punishment power

582


You are a project manager for a new software development project. You have a few activities that require specialized testing. The testing might need to be repeated more than once. Which of the following do you choose? A. The Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for conditional branching and looping for the testing activity B. The Critical Path Method because it allows for float time to be calculated for the testing activity C. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for conditional branching and looping for the testing activity D. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for a weighted average distribution, which will even out the time needed for the testing activity

454


How to deal with underperforming team members?

564


You are a project manager for Bluebird Technologies. Bluebird writes custom billing applications for several industries. A scope change has been requested. You know change is concerned with all of the following except: A. Managing change B. Verifying change C. Influencing causes of change D. Determining that a change occurred

494