Project Management imp MCQ
1. Which of the following best defines a project?
a) An ongoing operation with no end date
b) A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or
result
c) A repetitive task done daily
d) A permanent organizational process
Answer: b
2. Which characteristic is NOT associated with a project?
a) Temporary nature
b) Unique deliverables
c) Continuous and repetitive tasks
d) Defined start and end date
Answer: c
3. What is the primary purpose of project management?
a) To increase the scope of work indefinitely
b) To achieve project goals within constraints such as time, cost, and quality
c) To manage ongoing business operations
d) To eliminate all risks from the project
Answer: b
4. The person responsible for leading the project team and ensuring project
objectives are met is called:
a) Project sponsor
b) Project stakeholder
c) Project manager
d) Functional manager
Answer: c
5. Which document formally authorizes the existence of a project?
a) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
b) Project Charter
c) Risk Register
d) Gantt Chart
Answer: b
6. The main purpose of the project initiation phase is to:
a) Develop a detailed project schedule
b) Authorize the project and define its objectives
c) Procure project resources
d) Monitor project performance
Answer: b
7. Which document formally authorizes a project during initiation?
a) Project Charter
b) Risk Register
c) Project Plan
d) Statement of Work
Answer: a
8. The person who provides funding and high-level direction for a project is
called:
a) Project Manager
b) Project Sponsor
c) Project Team Lead
d) Functional Manager
Answer: b
[Link] the initiation phase, identifying stakeholders is important because:
a) It eliminates the need for communication plans
b) It helps understand their needs, influence, and expectations
c) It finalizes the project budget
d) It reduces the project duration
Answer: b
10. The “Scope” of a project refers to:
a) Only the schedule and budget of the project
b) All the work required to deliver the project’s product, service, or result
c) The risks involved in the project
d) The team’s responsibilities only
Answer: b
11. Which of the following is used to break down the project scope into
smaller, manageable components?
a) Project Charter
b) Gantt Chart
c) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
d) Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Answer: c
12. “Scope Creep” refers to:
a) Uncontrolled changes or growth in a project’s scope without proper approval
b) Reducing the scope to save costs
c) Expanding the project team
d) Changing the project sponsor
Answer: a
13. Which of the following is part of scope management planning?
a) Stakeholder analysis
b) Creating a WBS
c) Performing Earned Value Analysis
d) Closing the project
Answer: b
14The main purpose of project time management is to:
a) Reduce project scope
b) Ensure the project is completed on time
c) Increase project costs
d) Avoid stakeholder involvement
Answer: b
15. Which tool is commonly used for project scheduling?
a) Risk register
b) Gantt Chart
c) Ishikawa diagram
d) Pareto chart
Answer: b
16. The Critical Path Method (CPM) helps in:
a) Reducing quality issues
b) Identifying tasks that directly affect project duration
c) Calculating project costs
d) Defining project scope
Answer: b
17. Float (or slack) in project scheduling refers to:
a) Extra money in the budget
b) Extra time available to delay a task without affecting project completion
c) Extra resources assigned to a task
d) Extra quality checks performed
Answer: b
18. Which time estimation technique uses three estimates (optimistic,
pessimistic, most likely) to calculate expected duration?
a) PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
b) CPM (Critical Path Method)
c) Gantt chart analysis
d) Fast tracking
Answer: a
19. Fast tracking in time management means:
a) Reducing project costs
b) Performing activities in parallel that were planned sequentially
c) Skipping quality checks
d) Extending project deadlines
Answer: b
[Link] main goal of project cost management is to:
a) Spend as much as possible
b) Keep project costs within the approved budget
c) Avoid cost reporting
d) Increase profit margins only
Answer: b
21. Which process involves estimating the costs of the resources needed to
complete project work?
a) Cost budgeting
b) Cost estimating
c) Cost control
d) Earned value analysis
Answer: b
[Link] stands for:
a) Budget at Completion
b) Benefit after Cost
c) Baseline Actual Cost
d) Business Asset Calculation
Answer: a
23. The triple constraint in project management includes:
a) Time, cost, scope
b) Time, cost, resources
c) Scope, risk, budget
d) Quality, time, stakeholders
Answer: a
24. The PMBOK Guide identifies how many process groups?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
Answer: c
25. Which process group focuses on monitoring and controlling project
progress?
a) Planning
b) Executing
c) Closing
d) Monitoring and Controlling
Answer: d
26. A deliverable is:
a) A financial report
b) Any unique and verifiable product, result, or service output
c) A project risk
d) A milestone date
Answer: b
[Link] Statement of Work (SOW) describes:
a) Detailed project risks
b) Products or services to be delivered
c) Team roles
d) Procurement policies
Answer: b
28. The business case for a project is developed to:
a) Evaluate project feasibility and justification
b) Assign work packages
c) Track project quality
d) Record actual costs
Answer: a
29. A project sponsor is responsible for:
a) Providing funding and high-level guidance
b) Doing daily project work
c) Auditing costs
d) Approving timesheets
Answer: a
30. Identifying stakeholders is important because:
a) It avoids planning work
b) It helps understand needs and expectations
c) It finalizes budgets
d) It closes the project
Answer: b
