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1. Engagement helps people to believe in and ……………………to the project.

a. Be accepted
b. Get selected
c. Buy-in
d. Motivate others

2. Hygiene factors are necessary to:

a. Motivate people
b. Provide satisfaction
c. Avoid dissatisfaction
d. Build group dynamics

3. What is not a Motivator factor in Herzberg’s theory?

a. Responsibility
b. Recognition
c. Achievements
d. Salary

4. The perfect Manager is responsible for:

a. Keeping his own self-control
b. Taking appropriate action with individuals losing self control
c. Maintaining an awareness of the stress levels in the team
d. All of above

5. Sequential Process Steps to maintain self-control in project team are:

a. Analyse stressful situation and behavior, Identify actions to reduce stress, Learn from
experience, be well organized
b. Identify actions to reduce stress, Analyse stressful situations and behavior, be well
organized, and learn from experience
c. Analyse stressful situation and behavior, Identify actions to reduce stress, be well
organized, and learn from experience
d. Be well organized, analyse stressful situation and behavior, Identify actions to reduce
stress, Learn from experience,

6. Relationships in the team are not built on:

a. mutual respect
b. secrecy
c. trust
d. reliability

7. Which of the following could be related to Creativity?

a. Brainstorming session
b. Championing of ideas
c. Motivation
d. All of the above

8. Contingency reserves are incorporated as additional time into the overall project schedule as
recognition of schedule risk, which can be:
a. A percentage of the estimated activity duration
b. A fixed number of work periods
c. Developed by quantitative schedule risk analysis
d. Any of the above
9. Resource leveling is a technique applied to a schedule model which can be used to address;
a. Schedule activities that need to be performed to meet specified dates
b. The situation where shared or critical required resources are only available at certain
times or in limited quantities
c. To keep selected resource usage at constant level during specific periods of project
work
d. All of the above situations

10. Consultation results in:

a. Mutually accepted decisions
b. Differences of opinion
c. Power play
d. None of the above

11. Which of the following is regarded as adequate ethical behavior?

a. Being unethical due to ignorance
b. Ambiguity in setting ethical standards
c. Highlighting / recognizing team members work in the event of project success
d. Not conforming to professional conduct

12. Which of the following questions will help you to decide to what extent the health and safety
policy applies to an activity?
I. How long will the activity last?
II. How significant are the risks to health and safety?
III. Will the line management, the identification of key managers and other organisational
arrangements be clear to those staff and others who undertake and supervise the work?

a. I&II
b. II&III
c. All of the above
d. I&III

13. Aspects NOT covered under Occupational safety and health is:
a. Safety committee
b. On-site emergency plans
c. Environment impact assessment
d. Risk assessment

14. The HAZOP study (Hazard and operability studies) is carried out in advance on any plant:
a. to examine the process to discover how deviation from the intention of design can occur
b. to decide whether such deviations can give rise to hazardous conditions
c. to simulate the imagination in a systematic way and is useful in identifying potential
hazards in advance allows the user to take corrective measures.
d. All of the above

15. The ISO14001 standard does Not specify requirements for establishing:
a. an environmental policy
b. determining environmental aspects & impacts of products/activities/services
c. planning environmental objectives and measurable targets,
d. integrating environmental values into decision making processes

16. Techniques and tools used by PM to ensure safe working practices are:
a. Risk assessment
b. Safety training
c. Safe working methods
d. All of the above
17. From a contextual perspective it is important to limit one’s legal exposure as:
a. It takes up a lot of time
b. The judgment is always in favor of those who have evidences
c. There is a possibility of legal action against you
d. Both A and C

18. Legal awareness for a project manager is important because:

a. It has personal implications
b. It is statutory
c. He/she can buy time by giving legal notices
d. In a project decisions are repeatedly made which have legal implications

19. Project manager is responsible for

a. Setting legal standards and guidelines appropriate to the organisation
b. Representing personally in different courts
c. Legally vetting all project documents
d. Approve the project after ensuring its compliances to legal standards and guidelines

20. Legal advisors should be consulted for

a. All legal issues
b. Important legal issues
c. Recognizing the issues which needs legal advice
d. None of the above

21. The business and legal context is linked to a project through the business case at a:
a. Strategic level
b. Operational level
c. Tactical level
d. All of the above

22. Personnel management covers aspects of:

a. Recruitment
b. Performance assessment
c. Training
d. A, B and C

23. The staffing management plan will NOT show:

a. The skill level of resources
b. Location where resource required
c. Time frame to begin recruiting different resources
d. When a resource will be fired

24. What is the role of the project manager in financial management?

a. To check the use of funds in the project
b. To keep management informed about finance requirements
c. Check the payments made
d. All of the above

25. Which of the following falls in resource management?

a. Projects and programmes of different types
b. Management of quality
c. People, material and infrastructure to carry out project activity
d. Problem resolution

26. A resource pool description is:

a. Individuals who are knowledgeable about project
b. Capabilities of human and material resources
 c. Project and resource calendars
d. Resource leveling

27. Which of the following is part of the Contract Management Process?

a. Put bids out to tender
b. Manage changes
c. Document the lessons learnt and apply to future projects
d. All of the above

28. Main burden of ensuring conformance to the terms of the overall contract lies with:
a. The owner
b. The manager
c. Main Contractor
d. Sub contractor (if any)

29. Invoking the penalty clause in case of default by the contractor/supplier depends on:
a. The terms of the contract
b. The judgment of the contract manager
c. On the relationship the organization has with the contractor/supplier
d. All of the above

30. Project control is based on:

a. Project objectives
b. Project cost
c. Project milestones
d. Project objectives, plans and contracts

31. An integrated project controlling and reporting system covers:

a. the organization structure
b. all project objectives and corresponding success criteria for the relevant phases
c. the project directory
d. all of the above

32. A multination organization having head office in one location and operating across globe on
various projects under different contexts, which communication barrier will be significant in this
case?
a. Too many details
b. Too technical message
c. Dogmatic attitude of sender
d. Cultural barrier

33. Document that is used in a project to show who will receive / issue different project document is
called:
a. Communication Plan
b. Timing Chart
c. Communication chart
d. Communication Matrix

34. A key skill required by a Programme Manager is:

a. The ability to manage complex projects successfully
b. The ability to use MS Project
c The ability to facilitate the implementation of business strategy through
projects within the organization
d. The ability to monitor the performance of the project mangers
35 Which of the following is the overall aim of project management?
a. To achieve the success factors as mentioned in the Business Case
b. Adhere precisely to the original specification
c. Ensure the original budget is met
d. To eliminate risk

36 Which of the following is best suited as part of line management?

a. Building a road
b. Manufacturing car gear assembly
c. Buying a home
d. Developing a new design for a battery

37 Which one of the following is best suited as part of project management?

a. Maintaining operational procedures
b. Introducing new procedures
c. Minor changes to procedures
d. Following the new rules

38 The pricing method most likely to lead to a tight contract from the seller’s viewpoint is:
a. Cost plus %
b. Cost plus
c. Lump sum, fixed price
d. Target price

39 What is the main advantage of running projects as part of a Programme?

a. It allows dependencies and interfaces between projects that are part of the
programme to be integrated into the business objectives
b. It enables the business to save time and costs by avoiding many project
managers
and by appointing a single programme manager
c. It allows one master programme for all the projects for execution
d. It saves in allocating priorities to projects as they are the same

40 What type of project(s) needs to take consideration of environmental constraints?

a. Construction projects only
b. Construction and petrochemical projects only
c. All but IT projects
d. All projects
 Answers
Q. No Ans
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. D
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. C
29. D
30. D
31. B
32. D
33. D
34. C
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. A
40. D