Final Exam Multiple Choice (Project Management) ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A project is a series of activities and tasks that: E. All of the Above
A. Have a specific objective
B. Have defined start and end dates
C. Have funding limits (if applicable)
D. Consume Resources
E. All of the above
Successful project management can be defined as D. All of the above
achieving project objectives:
A. Within time
B. Within Cost
C. At the desired performance/technology level
D. All of the above
E. A and B only
A benefit of project management is the _______ B. Early, corrective action
identification of problems so that _______ can follow.
A. Rapid, executive involvement
B. Early, corrective action
C. Untimely, contingency plans
D. Executive, project replanning
E. Rapid, customer notification
,Project management is designed to overcome the ______ A. class or prestige
gaps between the various levels of management.
A. Class or prestige
B. Marketing
C. Marketing and engineering
D. Executive
E. None of the above
A typical short-term project would be: E. dependent on the company and/or industry
A. Three months
B. Six months
C. One year
D. Less than two years
E. Dependent on the company and/or industry
Company resources generally include all of the following E. All of the above are resources
except:
A. Money
B. People
C. Equipment and facilities
D. Information and technology
E. All of the above are resources
Under most situations, functional employees that are B. Their line manager
assigned to a project take their technical direction from:
A. The project manager
B. Their line manager
C. The project sponsor
D. The customer's in-house representative
E. All of the above
Broadly speaking, effective project management requires A. Quantitative tools, organizational behavior, organizational structures
an understanding of which three major areas?
A. Quantitative tools, organizational behavior,
organizational structures
B. Quantitative tools, marketing, working with people
C. Customer relations, planning skills, cost control
D. Managing your customer, employee relations,
scheduling
E. Scheduling techniques, wage and salary administration,
organizational behavior
, Setting a project selection criteria and establishing C. Senior management
project priorities is the responsibility of:
A. The project manager
B. Line managers
C. Senior management
D. Customers
E. All of the above
Determining "who" will do the work, "where" the work will B. Line manager
be done, and "how" the work will be done is most often
the responsibility of the:
A. Project manager
B. Line manager
C. Senior levels of management
D. Customer interfafce
E. All of the above
Which individual has to cope most frequently with an B. Line manager
unplanned absence of resources, breakdown of
resources, loss of resources, and turnover of personnel?
A. Project manager
B. Line manager
C. Senior management/sponsor
D. Customer interface
E. All of the above
Successful project management is often based upon how A. Line manager
well the _____ keeps his/her promises to the project.
A. Line manager
B. Functional employee
C. Project sponsor
D. Customer interface
E. All of the above
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A project is a series of activities and tasks that: E. All of the Above
A. Have a specific objective
B. Have defined start and end dates
C. Have funding limits (if applicable)
D. Consume Resources
E. All of the above
Successful project management can be defined as D. All of the above
achieving project objectives:
A. Within time
B. Within Cost
C. At the desired performance/technology level
D. All of the above
E. A and B only
A benefit of project management is the _______ B. Early, corrective action
identification of problems so that _______ can follow.
A. Rapid, executive involvement
B. Early, corrective action
C. Untimely, contingency plans
D. Executive, project replanning
E. Rapid, customer notification
,Project management is designed to overcome the ______ A. class or prestige
gaps between the various levels of management.
A. Class or prestige
B. Marketing
C. Marketing and engineering
D. Executive
E. None of the above
A typical short-term project would be: E. dependent on the company and/or industry
A. Three months
B. Six months
C. One year
D. Less than two years
E. Dependent on the company and/or industry
Company resources generally include all of the following E. All of the above are resources
except:
A. Money
B. People
C. Equipment and facilities
D. Information and technology
E. All of the above are resources
Under most situations, functional employees that are B. Their line manager
assigned to a project take their technical direction from:
A. The project manager
B. Their line manager
C. The project sponsor
D. The customer's in-house representative
E. All of the above
Broadly speaking, effective project management requires A. Quantitative tools, organizational behavior, organizational structures
an understanding of which three major areas?
A. Quantitative tools, organizational behavior,
organizational structures
B. Quantitative tools, marketing, working with people
C. Customer relations, planning skills, cost control
D. Managing your customer, employee relations,
scheduling
E. Scheduling techniques, wage and salary administration,
organizational behavior
, Setting a project selection criteria and establishing C. Senior management
project priorities is the responsibility of:
A. The project manager
B. Line managers
C. Senior management
D. Customers
E. All of the above
Determining "who" will do the work, "where" the work will B. Line manager
be done, and "how" the work will be done is most often
the responsibility of the:
A. Project manager
B. Line manager
C. Senior levels of management
D. Customer interfafce
E. All of the above
Which individual has to cope most frequently with an B. Line manager
unplanned absence of resources, breakdown of
resources, loss of resources, and turnover of personnel?
A. Project manager
B. Line manager
C. Senior management/sponsor
D. Customer interface
E. All of the above
Successful project management is often based upon how A. Line manager
well the _____ keeps his/her promises to the project.
A. Line manager
B. Functional employee
C. Project sponsor
D. Customer interface
E. All of the above
