Resource Management – Practice Questions

Q1: As a Project Manager, while doing the assessment of the team members, you’ve realized that two of them are not knowledgeable enough to handle the tasks assigned. You will,
A. Warn the functional manager and ask for other resources
B. Ask for both of them to provide daily progress reports by EOD
C. Communicate the need for improvement and establish a performance review schedule
D. Get extra budget and hire additional resources

Q2: If you are highly knowledgeable in a certain technical area, what kind of power do you have?
A. Expert
B. Storming
C. Self Actualization
D. Referent

Q3: You want to resolve a conflict to ensure a long lasting solution, which technique would work best?
A. Compromise
B. Withdrawal and Forcing
C. Problem Solving
D. Pareto Chart

Q4: Your colleague Project Manager is out on an emergency and might not be back to work for a long term. You are now handed over the project and you realize that there are 85 employees and 15 contractors working on the project. Where will you look to find out who’s doing what?
A. Pareto Chart
B. Resource Histogram
C. RACI Chart
D. Project Organization Chart

Q5: Your project team typically goes for an evening snack at 4 PM. Due to budget constraints, you are no longer able to provide free snacks and the team isn’t happy about it. Which motivation theory is at play here?
A. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
B. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory
C. McClelland’s Human Motivation Theory
D. Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory

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ANSWERS

Q1: C. Communicate the need for improvement and establish a performance review schedule
Q2: A. Expert Power
Q3: C. Problem Solving
Q4: C. RACI Chart
Q5: D. Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory

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