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1. Which of the following is a Project Management Organisation?

a) The Institute of Project Management
b) The Association for Project Management
c) The International Project Management Institute
d) The Project Management Institute

2. PRINCE (From PRINCE2) stands for which of the following?

a) Projects in Control Everyday
b) Programmes in Controlled Environments
c) Products Return on Investment Cash Explained
d) Project Managers Investigate Cancelled Experiments
e) Projects in Controlled Environments

3. A project is best described as which of the following?

a) A process with a beginning and end
b) A venture with a defined start, end, and identifiable
objectives
c) A programme that has to be completed
d) A method of making money
e) A unique process that goes on forever

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a project?

a) Finite time span
b) Specific purpose
c) Often complex set of activities
d) Often done by a multi-disciplinary team
e) Eternal

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of project?

a) Capital spend
b) Disposal
c) Research
d) Product development
e) Construction

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6. Which of these is NOT an important reason for the ‘Project

Initiation’ phase?
a) To select the right projects
b) To ensure that not all projects fail
c) To ensure that the organisation supports the project
d) To allow the organisation to understand the project
e) To hand over the project to the customer/operators
f) To ensure that not all projects fail

7. A project definition includes which of the following?

a) A list of the project stakeholders
b) An indication of timescale
c) A pay-back calculation
d) Clear project leadership identified
e) An Organisation structure for the company

8. Which of these represents the correct generic project life cycle?

a) Inception – Implementation – Handover – Shut Down
b) Inception – Initiation – Implementation – Handover – Shut
Down
c) Inception – authorisation – Initiation - Implementation –
Handover – Shut Down
d) Inception – Initiation – Handover - Implementation – Shut
Down
e) Initiation – Inception – Implementation – Handover – Shut
Down

9. A project life cycle always covers many years?

a) True
b) False

10. A project stakeholder always stands to gain from the project.

a) True
b) False

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11. The senior managers, project champions, project sponsor,

and/or project board all essentially perform the same role.
a) True
b) False

12. SMART objectives are which of the following?

a) Scoped
b) Mitigated
c) Activities
d) Risks
e) Timed

13. Which of the following is not typically found in a Project

specification?
a) What is not known about the project
b) Open issues and questions
c) Technical chapters
d) Lessons Learnt Log
e) Detailed plans

14. A P.I.D. is which of the following?

a) A Project Initiation Document
b) Project Internal Rate of Return Detail
c) A Project Inception Document
d) A Project Initial Dependency
e) Programme Impact Discounted Cash Flow

15. Which of the following is it necessary to have knowledge

of :- company vision/mission; business unit vision/mission;
business objectives and financial viability.
a) To conduct a risk analysis for a project
b) To produce a work breakdown structure for a project
c) To get senior management support for a project
d) For investment appraisal of a project
e) To determine the major milestones of a project

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16. A WBS can be broken into work packages based on the

following – identify the one that is incorrect.
a) Product
b) Organisation
c) Phase
d) Activities
e) Any combination of Product, Organisation and Phase

17. A responsibility matrix is a matrix of which 2 items?

a) Tasks and Team members
b) Activities and Tasks
c) Costs and Hours of work
d) Work and Duration
e) Team members and expense costs

18. If we need to save money in the project, which of the following

should we look at first?
a) Deleting tasks from the project
b) Moving work to a cheaper paid resource
c) Asking for more time in the project
d) Asking for an increase in budget
e) Asking the customer for more money

19. A WBS needs at least 5 levels.

a) True
b) False

20. There are 3 levels of project planning – Strategic,

Operational, and Detailed. Which one of these is for the senior
managers?
a) Strategic
b) Operational
c) Detailed

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21. Which one of the following is one of the 4 stages of team

development:
a) Working
b) Worming
c) Norming
d) Resting
e) Developing

22. In the Blake and Mouton managerial grid, a high concern

for the task, but a high concern for the people leads to what?
a) Authoritarian leadership
b) Country Club Management
c) Impoverished management
d) Team Management

23. Which of the following is not a selection of the 9 Belbin

team preferences?
a) Monitor Evaluator, Resource Investigator
b) Shaper, Team Worker, Plant
c) Co-Ordinator, Plant, Implementor
d) Stormer, Normer, Former
e) Specialist, Completer finisher, Co-Ordinator

24. Communication within a project organisation is easy.

a) True
b) False

25. Which of the following is not a true description of one of

the Belbin team preferences?
a) Has a strong sense of overall objectives. Is able to keep
an open mind and value contributions from any source.
Generally of average mental ability and creativity. Good
at controlling and co-ordinating resources.
b) This role does not logically fit the analysis but such
people do exist. Specialists have a preference to
become dedicated experts in a particular field of
knowledge or skill.
c) Strong sense of drive and urgency. Readiness to
challenge inertia, ineffectiveness, complacency, self-
deception and general lack of progress.
d) The Implementer is the team's ambassador in its dealings
with the world beyond the team's boundary.
e) The Complete-Finisher is the team member who crosses
the Ts and dots the Is. A strong capacity for follow-

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through coupled with a striving for perfection causes
much anxiety.

26. The correct equation for calculating ROI is which of the

following?
a) Average Annual Profit divided by Initial Investment
b) Total profit divided by Initial Investment times 100%
c) Average annual profit times 100% divided by Initial
Investment
d) Total profit divided by Initial Investment
e) Initial Investment divided by Total profit times 100%

27. A project costs £10,000 and has income over 4 years of

£4,000, £3,000, £2,000, and £1,000. When does the project pay
back?
a) After 1 year
b) After 2 years
c) After 3 years
d) After 4 years
e) After 5 years

28. If 2 projects have differing investment values, and both

have positive NPV’s which project should be done?
a) The project with the highest NPV
b) The project with the lowest NPV
c) The project with the lowest Investment
d) The project with the highest Investment
e) The project with the best profitability index

29. A 6 year project has a payback of 4 years, a ROI of 8%

and a negative NPV. It is one of 4 projects that have ben
evaluated. This means which of the following?
a) The project should be rejected immediately
b) All 3 other projects should be implemented immediately
c) The project will finish on time
d) Keeping the customer happy is our only concern
e) None of the above

30. Calculate the ROI of a project that costs £100,000,

makes a total profit of £180,000 over 3 years.
a) 18%
b) 180%

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c) 60%
d) 6%
e) 1.8%

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31. A project needs which achieves 2 of the objectives of

Time, Cost, and Quality is a success.
a) True
b) False

32. If a project is progressing well – what should senior

management do?
a) Stop the project
b) Add extra functionality to the project
c) Congratulate and encourage the project team
d) Move resources to a newer project
e) Allow extra time and budget to complete the project

33. If a company were to introduce a new manufacturing machine

into their factory what would they have to take into account to
avoid project failure?
a) Have a contingency plan for if the new machine should
fail
b) Briefing all operators who will use the machine
c) Visiting another company with the machine in operation
d) Perform a risk analysis on the project
e) None of the above

34. What type of project leader may cause ‘problems’ in the

smooth running of a project?
a) A diplomatic leader
b) A (Belbin) specialist
c) A (Belbin) completer – finisher
d) A (Belbin) team worker

35. At the end of a project, the team should meet to review

progress, and learn from their mistakes.
a) True
b) False

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36. If a worker is 100% efficient, and has nothing else to do, then 56
hours of work can be completed in 7 eight hour working days.
a) True
b) False

37. In a dependency chart which of the following is allowed?

a) Loops
b) Dangles
c) Float
d) Dummy Nodes
e) Critical activities

38. What is the Float for the following task?

a) 7
b) 3
c) 10
d) 4
e) 1

39. In the following diagram, what is represented by the upper right

hand box?

a) The Earliest Start Time

b) The Latest Start Time
c) The Earliest Finish Time
d) The Latest Finish Time
e) The Float

40. This diagram represents which of the following?

a) A network Analysis
b) A Gantt chart
c) An Activity on Arrow diagram
d) A Pert diagram
e) A Work Breakdown structure

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41. Which of the following types of contract would be best for

purchasing and “off-the shelf” non technical item from a contractor?
a) Fixed Price
b) Fixed Price and variation Formulae
c) Shared Cost/benefit
d) Cost and Fixed Fee
e) Cost and Fixed Percentage

42. Senior management may dictate the contracting policies.

a) True
b) False

43. Which would be the best contracting strategy for a highly

technical, self contained IT system, that as customer we currently
have no skills in?
a) DIY
b) Turn Key
c) Multi -Contract

44. It is OK to start work before a contract is signed.

a) True
b) False

45. Which of the following reason is a good reason for contracting

work?
a) Because we as the customer have under-utilised specialist
skills
b) Because the task to be done is easy, routine, and regular
c) The work is commercially sensitive and gives us an
advantage in the market place
d) The contractor has significantly higher costs than for our
internal staff
e) The contractor works very closely with our direct competitors

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