1.

On his first project assignment as the project manager encounter disagreements among highly technical team
members. How would the project manager best deal with the conflict.
1. He should listen to the differences of opinions, determine what is the best choice and implement that choice
2. He should postpone further discussions meet with each individual, and determine the best approach
3. He should listen to differences of opinions, encourage logical discussion and facilitate an agreement
4. He should help the team focus on agreeable aspects of their opinion and build unity by using relaxation
techniques and common focus team building

2. A project team is working on an important and complex project that requires a lot of coordination. Under these
circumstances the best strategy is to
1. Have a war room
2. Hire a contractor
3. Hold more meetings to get the word out
4. Gain extra assistance from management

3. In your project, there have been several changes in the cost and schedule estimates and the original estimating
assumptions are no longer valid. What is the Estimate at Complete for your project? BAC = $ 300,000 AC = $
100,000 EV = $ 150,000 CPI = $ 1.2 ETC = $ 120,0001 $ 250,0002 $ 220,0003 $ 280,0004 $ 300,000
1. 250000 dollar
2. 220000dollar
3. 280000 dollar
4. 300000 dollar

4. While doing risk response planning, you realize that there is a very critical risk which may have a high impact
on the project completion. So, you create a fullback plan which could include any of the following conditions
EXCEPT
1. Subcontracting the project to an outside Vendor
2. Developing Alternative Options
3. Allocation of Contingency Reserves
4. Allocation of Contingency Reserves

5. The WBS helps the team of FOCUS. It is an excellent tool for communications and basic for developing
realistic estimates. You can best describe WBS as the tool for the tracking of the
1. The schedule
2. Assigned resources
3. Project cost
4. Project scope
6. During the project initiation stage, the first task of the project procurement manager is to prepare
1. Procurement plan
2. Review plan
3. Designing
4. Layout
7. Process that involves determining whether all parties have realistic objectives, forming high calibre negotiating
teams, defining each partner’s contributions and rewards as well as protect any proprietary information,
addressing termination clauses, penalties for poor performance are known as
1. Contract discussion
2. Contract bargaining
3. Contract follow up
4. Contract negotiation

8. The main purpose of preliminary commercial evaluation which is performed when the bid is received and
opened
1. To establish a short list of bidders requiring serious consideration
2. To establish profit associated with the bid
3. To establish importance of bid
4. To establish loss calculation associated with bid

9. Cost necessary to run the plant is

1. Creditors cost
2. Debtors cost
3. Capital cost
4. Operating cost

10. In how many groups project management processes can be organized

1. Four
2. Five
3. Six
4. Seven

11. Contractors will usually give some kind of guarantee on their work. This clause should state what is guaranteed
and when it expires, this is known as
1. Guarantee contract
2. Guarantee deal
3. Completion guarantee
4. Contractor guarantee

12. The chief cause of late schedules and cost overruns are
1. Project changes
2. Operation scheduling
3. Prescheduling
4. Overhead charges.
13. Contract system that deal with the lifecycle automation and management of contract documents from their
establishment to expiry is known as
1. Electronic contract system
2. Multiple contract system
3. Automated resource planning
4. Automation contract system

14. Requirements Specification, Planning, Test case Design, Execution, Bug Reporting and Maintenance This Life
Cycle comes Under
1. SDLC
2. STLC
3. SQLC
4. BLC

15. A 20 percent ROI on a project with a 10-year life means

1. Project will earn 20 percent for 10 years, which is 200 percent on the life of the project or 100 percent over 5
years
2. Project will earn 10 percent for 20 years, which is 200 percent on the life of the project or 100 percent over 5
years
3. Project will earn 20 percent for 10 years, which is 100 percent on the life of the project or 100percent over 5
years
4. Project will earn 20 percent for 10 years, which is 200 percent on the life of the project or 200 percent over 5
years

16. Which factors should be considered in choosing the organizational structure for a software team? (Select all
that apply)
1. Degree of communication desired
2. Predicted size of the resulting program
3. Rigidity of the delivery date
4. Size of the project budget
5. a, b, and c

17. On a project where short schedule is of prime importance, How can the calendar time be saved
1. Selecting suitable design
2. Selecting standard design
3. Selecting designs already completed
4. Selecting complicated design
18. How does a software project manager need to act to minimize the risk of software failure
1. Double the project team size
2. Start on the right foot
3. Request a large budget
4. Track progress
19. Procedures that allow a Contracting Authority to verify that the Contractor is executing the Project in
accordance with the terms of the Contract is known as
1. Contract management
2. Project management
3. Quality management
4. Outsourcing management

20. All of the following are inputs to the cross budgeting process except :
1. Cost estimate
2. Project schedule
3. Risk management plan
4. Deactivate duration estimates

21. Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criterion?

1. Constrained optimization
2. Comparative approach
3. Benefit measurement
4. Simulation

22. The analysis of average and maximum risk contingency provides an effective means of establishing ?
1. Contingency
2. Sensitivity
3. Project
4. Return on profit

23. Which of the following are not cost of quality?

1. Prevention costs
2. Failure costs
3. Transportation costs
4. Appraisal costs

24. The cost per unit of a product or service is known as -

1. Marginal
2. Operating
3. Working
4. Historical cost

25. If design optimization and/or minimum cost are the priorities, then basic engineering may go through
many with consequent effect on the schedule and man-hours.
26. A basic curve is drawn on a grid with a horizontal axis showing percentage calendar time from
0 to 100percent and a vertical axis showing percentage completion from 0 to 100percent

27. What is unilateral contract?

1. A contract that has only one signature
2. A purchase order
3. RFQ
4. A sealed bid.

28. Administrative closure includes all the following expert:

1. Documentation of lesson learned
2. Verifying records including final; specification
3. Formal written notice to the contractor of project completion.
4. A collection of project reports

29. Project plan prepared by project manager defines the project objectives, priorities and philosophies.
1. true
2. false

30. The cost of commodities is set by

1. Quality
2. Quantity
3. Expenditure
4. Importance

31. Average is determined by examining the project definition stage for each code of accounts and
applying average estimating accuracy factors appropriate for the specific project

32. The model using spread sheet and personal computers :

1. Economy Model
2. Duopoly Model
3. Econometric model
4. Monopoly model

33. A major component of working capital is the cost of maintaining :

1. Business
2. Inventories
3. Process
4. Customers

34. In cost monitoring S curve depicts the relation between

1. Schedule completion and time
2. Cumulative value and time
3. Schedule completion and value resources
4. Resources and time
35. Which of the following is an indirect cost?
1. Units of production
2. Sum of years digit
3. Declining balance
4. Straight line

36. Process design is normally started at the time of the project award and proceeds in with the
other project initiating activities

37. The time contracts may be signed, in advance, for the supply of feedstock and utilities. Such a
move may go a long way in reducing the major part of the risk in a new project venture.

38. Money translates to man-hours –whether it is home office engineering hours, manufacturing hours or field
construction hours.
1. true
2. false

39. The project is formally initiated or authorized to continue when:

1. the budget is assigned
2. the project manager is appointed
3. the charter is completed
4. B and C

40. It is possible to create a schedule even when information is available than listed, because
much information can be generated statistically or by prorating.

41. The set by the margin between the cost of production and the selling price of products is known as :
1. Average profitability
2. Marginal Profitability
3. Total Profitability
4. Long run cost

42. As the project manager which of the following documents will you use to ensure project closure
1. Project presentations
2. Trend analysis.
3. Change requests
4. Document that describe the product of the project
43. Project cost estimation is
1. An approximation of the probable cost of a product, program, or project, computed on the basis of available
information.
2. An approximation of the fixed cost of a product, program, or project, computed on the basis of available
information.
3. An approximation of the probable total of a product, program, or project, computed on the basis of available
information.
4. An approximation of the variable cost of a product, program, or project, computed on the basis of available
information.

44. Regardless of the time and effort spent in preparation of an estimate, there is always the possibility of errors
due to: a Engineering errors and omissions b Cost and rate changes c Construction problems
1. a,b
2. a,b,c
3. b,c
4. c.a

45. Which is not used as a tool and technique for information gathering during the risk identification process?
1. SWOT
2. Delphi
3. Interviewing
4. Simulation

46. Preparing the Financial plan for your project will require
1. Project Management skills
2. Industry specific skills
3. Financial Subject Matter Expertise
4. Both Project Management and Industry specific skills

47. An investor or developer make sure that there is a guaranteed source of feedstock and supplies of key utilities
at fixed prices.
1. true
2. false

48. To ensure continuity and a smooth job start, the Engineering and Construction will want to involve the
nominated manager and the key members of the proposed project team in the proposal
activities and pre-award contract discussions.

49. Risk is a probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or other negative occurrence that is caused by
external or internal vulnerabilities, and that may be neutralized through pre-emptive action.
1. true
2. false
50. The difference between an activity’s schedule completion and actual completion is called :
1. Earned value
2. Schedule variance
3. Schedule performance index
4. Budget variance

51. In your project, you have designated a group of people to monitor changes to theproject baselines, manage the
approvals and do the necessary paperwork. These are examples of
1. Configuration Management
2. Change Control System
3. Risk management
4. Project plan execution

52. Delphi technique is :

1. A simulation technique
2. A mathematical analysis
3. Constrained optimization method
4. Consensus's technique

53. A client Project Manager should be appointed through whom all major communications are channelled.
1. true
2. false

54. A new project is "initiated" when

1. Owner and contractor enter into a contract
2. Agree to start work with letter of intent
3. Owner and contractor are negotiating
4. Owner is putting forward the demand

55. If a Project Manager is to maintain control over the project, he must establish with the client that he is the
official communication channel between the Engineering and Construction and the client for all major aspects
of the project.
1. true
2. false

56. Which schedule is issued together with detailed engineering and procurement schedules, on completion of
process design, when delivery times for critical equiProject Management and materials can be established :
1. The committee master schedule
2. The project master schedule
3. The departmental master schedule
4. The client master schedule
57. All the activities are represented in a graphical pattern .what is it called?
1. Node
2. Network
3. Activity
4. Event

58. What kind of project must be subdivided into its various units, areas and plant elements to facilitate control and
reporting?
1. Large
2. Small
3. Medium
4. Average

59. When the process design is approved, the estimator prepares the first control estimate. This
estimate provides a firm budget for equiproject Management and home office costs and factored estimates for
bulk materials, construction labour and field indirect.

60. The ability of 911 emergency systems to identify the caller's phone number and location are considered to be a
1. Technical requirement
2. Milestone
3. Project limit
4. Project exclusion
5. Project deliverable

61. The method used to collect information to use through all phases of the project life cycle is called
1. Responsibility matrix
2. Organization breakdown structure
3. Work breakdown structure
4. Priority matrix Work package
5. Work package

62. It is reasonable to assume that when you buy a computer, it will turn on and be able to perform certain tasks. If
it doesn't meet the typical and/or reasonable expectations of a normal person, you have legal rights the
merchant has a legal duty to rectify the situation or refund your money. This is an example of
1. Implied contracts
2. Verbal contracts
3. Written contract
4. Verbal and written contract
63. What are the requirements at the preliminary estimate stage?
1. The material content is completely defined. An allowance is thus required which recognizes that the final
material quantity will exceed the initial quantity.
2. The material content is not completely defined. An allowance is thus required which recognizes that the final
material quantity will exceed the initial quantity.
3. The material content is not completely defined. An allowance is thus required which recognizes that the final
material quantity will be at par with the initial quantity.
4. Support of competitor