E2 CIMA Project and Relationship Management Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

A project team is engaged in a risk assessment process prior to the execution of a major project. One risk is assessed to be of low impact but medium likelihood (probability). In these circumstances the appropriate response is:

A Company achieves its competitive advantage by adopting a positioning view to strategy setting.

Which TWO of the technical models below are most suited to this approach?

A, the Project Manager of Team Y, is frustrated at the lack of progress in the implementation of the new IT system. The team has the required skills and working conditions are good.

Which THREE of the following factors can A usefully manipulate to motivate the team to greater effort?

Based on the Tuckman model of team development, identify the stage when team relationships should start to harmonise and the team agrees on normal work patterns and the best way to tackle the work ahead of them. Job roles and relationships within the team are also agreed.

The new Chief Executive of P Company has recently announced that there will be significant changes made to how the company operates. He has stated that his vision for the company cannot be achieved within the existing organisational paradigm.

Although the changes are significant, due to increased competitive pressures, the Chief Executive has commented that changes will need to be made quickly.

Which of the following types of change will occur in P Company?

Which of the following statements are not true about Gantt Charts, Resource Histograms and Work Breakdown Structures?

Select ALL that apply.

AW is a newly appointed manager of the accounts department in organisation S.  Her appointment has been well received by members of the department who recognise AW as a skilled and well qualified accountant.

However, AW has been frustrated by progress in departmental team meetings which tend to be unruly, unproductive and disorganised.  AW recognises a need to improve the effectiveness of the meetings.

Which THREE actions should AW take in order to have more effective meetings?

John is a young management accountant who, after completing his examinations recently, was put in charge of a small established accounts department.

At his first progress review with his superior, he was very confident and enthusiastic about numerous initiatives. John expressed disappointment that his staff were so reactionary and uncooperative.

It would seem most of the staff reporting to John are dissatisfied about his leadership. The younger ones are frightened of him and they say he his always in a hurry. The older ones who have worked in the department for years are worried about John's risky decisions. Others resent him and are frustrated that John never listens to their ideas.

Which behaviour should John adopt to improve motivation in the department?

A pharmaceutical organisation, whilst developing a drug for the remedy of a cold, discovered by carrying out research tests that the drug made people feel drowsy.

It decided to market this product as a night time cold remedy.

Which of the following best describes this organisation's approach to strategy?

An experienced IT project manager provides the following advice about planning a new project:

"The project should start with a Requirements Analysis which should take 10 days.  When this is finished Detailed Design (10 days) and Interface studies (15 days) can start at the same time. As soon as they are both complete Prototyping can start (30 days).

Prototyping is the predecessor of both Implementation (10 days) and Data Conversion (20 days).

Go-Live is the final activity (5 days) and follows when Implementation and Data Conversion are both complete."

Using critical path analysis which statements are correct.

Select ALL that apply.

X Company is a car manufacturer with significant competition in the market. One of its customers is a large multinational car hire company. Place the correct level of power against the Power of Buyers.

Which TWO of the planning tools listed below show the minimum completion time of a project?

Identify THREE advantages of a matrix organisation structure for the execution of significant business projects:

Which THREE of the following are advantages of empowerment?

U is a retail chain of fashion outlets. It has invested in a new logistics system to control the movement of stock between its warehouses and high street retail outlets.

The project to develop and install the new system was significantly over budget and very late. Now, only three months after the new system has been installed, it is apparent that the project has not delivered its objectives. Many retail managers are complaining that they are not receiving the correct stock to sell. A meeting between the project team and project sponsor ended with everyone blaming each other.

Which of the following statements show how the use of PRINCE2 might have reduced the problems encountered?

Select ALL that apply.

Which of the following are influential drivers of outsourcing?

Select ALL that apply.

Negotiation is an important skill for managers and their relationships with subordinates, stakeholders and suppliers. The negotiation process can be divided into four disctinct stages.

Place the following stages in the correct order:

WBS organisation has recruited a new project manager to manage the implementation of a new accounting package for its UK division.

The previous project manager created a hostile environment for the team involved in developing the new system.

How could the new project manager foster a more motivated team environment?

Which of the following statements relate to Handy's role culture?

Select ALL that apply.