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1. The growing demand for a broad range of complex, sophisticated, customized goods
and services would have which one of the following implications for the management of
projects in modern organizations
A. Project managers are responsible for making detailed technical decisions
B. Project managers should rely on the use of teams to plan and execute projects
C. Most projects will be performed using subcontractors
D. The design of a project solution should always be frozen early in the planning process
3. According to the authors, the prime objectives of project management are cost, time
and
A. Schedule
B. Quality
C. Customer satisfaction
D. Performance
6. Rising client expectations during execution of a project may lead to a condition known
as ________.
Answer: scope creep
9. With respect to project goals throughout the project's lifecycle, early in the lifecycle,
the project team's focus should be on how to achieve the required ________.
Answer: performance (1.3)
10. An important implication of the project lifecycle concept is that a project will resist
________ of its existence.
Answer: termination (1.3)
Chapter 2
1. The text identifies two basic types of project selection models. They are
A. Biased and fair
B. Iconic and analog
C. Numeric and nonnumeric (2.3)
D. Numeric and qualitative
2. If a system is being updated due to operating necessity, the project was selected
because
A. The system is a sacred cow system that is not important to business success
B. The system is worth saving at the estimated cost of the project (2.4)
4. If the NPV for a project is > 0, it indicates that the project will
A. Report a profit loss
B. Report a profit gain
C. Cover its hurdle rate (2.4)
D. Fail to cover its hurdle rate
5. Identify the numeric model that usually does not account for all cashflows.
A. Internal rate of return
B. Average return on investment
C. Net present value
D. Payback period (2.4)
6. The process of modeling a problem seeks to carve away the ________ from the bones
of a problem.
Answer: unwanted reality (2.2)
8. If repetitions of a measurement produce results that vary from one another by less than
a pre-specified amount, the measurement is said to be a ________ measurement.
Answer: reliable (2.6)
10. The RFP solicitation document includes information about price and ________.
Answer: methodology (2.8)
Chapter 3
1. A project manager is responsible for planning, ________, budgeting, directing,
organizing, and controlling the project.
A. Drafting
B. Funding
C. Insuring
D. Staffing (3.1)
C. Formal
D. Financial
5. The project manager's responsibilities are broad and fall primarily into the three
separate areas of responsibilities to the ________, to the project and the client, and to the
members of the project team.
A. Parent organization (3.1)
B. Investors
C. Interveners
D. Special-interest groups
6. During the ________ stage of the project lifecycle, there is no significant difference in
the importance that project managers place on the three goals of cost, time, and
performance.
Answer: Design or formation stage (3.2)
7. A set of interrelated components that accept inputs and produce outputs in a purposeful
manner is called a ________.
Answer: system (3.1)
8. During the build-up stage of a project lifecycle, __________is the dominant goal of
many project managers.
Answer: schedule (3.2)
9. Culture contains the following four elements of technology: ________, language, and
arts.
Answer: institutions (3.4)
10. Art is the aspect of culture that communicates the ________ of the culture.
2. Identify the statement that is a major advantage of placing a project within a functional
department of the parent organization.
A. The flexible use of staff increases (4.1)
B. Expertise is not easily shared across multiple projects
C. The functional division tends to be oriented towards activities particular to its function
D. The functional division advocates technological discontinuity
4. Identify the statement that is a major advantage of placing a project within the pure
project organization.
A. The functional manager retains full line authority over project team members
B. The lines of communication are more complex
C. Centralized authority tends to decrease the speed of decision-making
D. A holistic approach to performing the project is supported (4.2)
5. The sharing of control by a PM with the functional managers when executing a project
is a major characteristic of a ________ organizational structure.
A. Projectized
B. Pure project
C. Matrix (4.3)
D. Weak project
7. By dividing a large and monolithic organization into smaller, more flexible units, the
parent organization is using the technique of ________ to capture some of the advantages
of small, specialized organizational units while retaining some of the advantages that
come with larger size.
Answer: divisionalization (4.4)
8. If pure functional and pure project organizations coexist in the firm, the firm is said to
have a ________ organizational structure.
Answer: mixed (4.4)
10. The ________ is the planning document that describes how the scope of the project
will be accomplished.
Answer: WBS (work breakdown structure).
Chapter 5
1. The Linear Responsibility Chart (LRC) is a specialized view of the action plan that
focuses on ________.
A. Who has what responsibility for each project task
2. Identify the statement that describes one of the three major objectives for systems
integration.
A. Performance will be acceptable to the project manager
B. The desired performance will be achieved by optimizing each component in the
system
C. Cost is a design parameter that can be minimized through value engineering (5.2)
D. Project efficiency is of paramount concern
3. During the ________ process, it is important to ensure that managers do not mix
outcomes (events) with the specific tasks (activities) needed to produce them.
A. Brainstorming
B. Activity definition
C. Schedule development
D. Even planning (5.3)
7. When the relevant cost trade-offs can be estimated, ________ is the simple and
consistent use of cost-effectiveness analysis to achieve the cost objectives for system
integration.
Answer: value engineering (5.2)
8. The set of physical elements required to build a product are documented using a
________.
Answer: bill of materials
9. The ___________ displays how a statistic is changing over time compared to its
average and selected control limits.
Answer: control chart
10. The ________ is a measure of project progress frequently related to planned cost of
tasks accomplished.
Answer: earned value
Chapter 6
1. In a conflict scenario between two parties, when the level of frustration for the first
party has been lowered to the point where no action against the second party is
contemplated, the first party will usually be
A. Totally demoralized by the second party's domination
B. Satisfied with the outcome
C. Plotting future revenge against the second party
D. Dissatisfied with the outcome
2. Property rights and contractual obligations provide a major source of conflicts that
involve the organization and ________.
A. Functional managers
B. Project team members
C. External customers (6.1)
D. Internal customers
5. Pressure to complete the project and anxiety about leaving the project will often
generate ________ conflicts during project phaseout.
A. Technical
B. Administrative
C. Cost
D. Personality (6.3)
7. The project should move from a general concept to a highly detailed set of plans during
the project ________ phase.
Answer: build-up (6.3)
8. During project build-up, the project manager seeks a commitment of people from the
functional departments when the ________ matrix organizational structure is used to
manage the project.
Answer: strong (6.3)
9. During project build-up, the project manager seeks a commitment of work from the
functional departments when the ________ matrix organizational structure is used to
manage the project.
Answer: weak (6.3)
10. The need to manage technical interfaces and to correct incompatibilities is likely to
create technical conflicts during the __________ phase of the project lifecycle.
Answer: Main program (6.3)