Resource Management 20Q Test

1. A Project Manager has the reputation of being a Micro Manager.
This is an illustration of:

2. Jerry is managing a project in which two of the key team leaders were car pooling to travel to office. They were discussing all important technical matters while driving to office and in team meetings, these two team leaders would convey the decision taken in the car to the rest of the team and Jerry was just going with the decision of these two leaders. This trend left the rest of the team disappointed as they were not involved in decision making. They express this to Jerry and Jerry discusses this with the two team leaders and together they come to a conclusion that project issues that impact the whole team will not be discussed in private circumstances and will only be discussed in team meetings so that nobody will be left out.

This newly formed ground rule is an example of:

3. Two team leads of sub-projects A and B come to the Project Manager. They have an inter-sub-project scheduling issue.

The Project Manager says he is busy and he will look into the problem subsequently.

This is an illustration of:

4. Your project involves coordinating with team members through video conferencing, phone calls etc. Scheduling these team meetings becomes a challenge at times due to different time zones. Which kind of a team are you leading?

5. You are the Project manager for designing a car. The design of ignition system has been outsourced to a vendor. There is a conflict between you and the vendor, because the vendor has just informed you of his inability to meet the original schedule of completion of work. You inform the vendor that you will accept the schedule delay only if he accepts 5% less payment compared to the agreed upon cost. This is an example of:

6. You are performing Plan Human Resource Management process in your project. Which of the following is not a part of this process

7. Which of the following is not part of the definition of leadership?

8. One of the subprojects of your Project requires the team members to stay in harsh terrain and perform risky tasks.

As such, the team members are reluctant to join the subproject. Which of the following is a best option for the Project Manager?

9. A team comprising of multiple functional departments has been formed to undertake a Project for process rationalization within a Company.

Since the team members come from multiple departments, they are suspicious of each others and not open to differing ideas.

Which Stage of the Team formation will be impacted first in this context?

10. John works for a cement manufacturing industry. He is assigned and authorized to set up a warehouse for finished products.

He has been able to acquire less human resources than required. He decides to submit the information on ‘overworked’ resources to management and request for further resources to be assigned to his team.

Which of the following documents would provide him with the necessary information?

11. A new team member gets assigned to the Project. The Project Manager subsequently discovers the team member does not have adequate technical knowledge for Project.
Which of the following represents the best option for the Project Manager?

12. John is a Project Manager in a Country, where the inherent culture is of fostering individual competition.

In which of the following aspects, John will find it difficult to motivate the Team?

13. A Project to create an underwater tunnel is in the initiation stage. It was decided to include the name of a few team members in the Project Charter itself. This is an example of:

14. Your subordinate has written a research paper assigned to you as a part of the Project. The responsibility was particularly assigned to you. You want to take it and modify it with changes, and then submit it to your management yourself. Your subordinate is fine with this approach. What is most appropriate action in this situation?

15. Which of the decision-making styles, the Project manager in a matrix organization can effectively use to resolve conflicts?

16. Raj is identified to manage an outsourced project in which the IT manager from the customer organization and a business stakeholder have conflicting opinion about a specific feature. After seeing that this conflict is not getting resolved by itself, Raj takes up the responsibility of resolving the conflict and starts understanding the basis of the opinions of the two parties and communicating this to each other party and finally build a consensus.

Which conflict resolution mechanism is Raj adopting?

17. Magic software is into the gaming software business. It has a team of professionals to undertake the market survey and recommend features in the game.

Towards completion of the Project, many team members try to gather information about other ongoing and to be started Projects. What should John the Project Manger do to handle this situation?

18. In a Balanced matrix Project organization, a functional team member’s

performance has been below par. Which is the best method for the Project

Manager to handle this?

19. Tom is managing a project that employs an old technology. One of the star team members is a little disappointed with this project as he wants to work in a project involving cutting edge technology.

Tom arranges for a one-to-one meeting with this star team members and highlights other benefits of being part of this project and what's in it for the star team member.

Which interpersonal skill is Tom using in this scenario?

20. Stakeholders in a project have conflicting opinion on requirements due to which the team is not clear on what is to be delivered. Who is responsible for resolving such requirement conflict?