MGMT 404 Midterm exam 2025
questions with correct answers
Emphasizing areas of agreement and deemphasizing areas of non-agreement represents which type of
conflict resolution mode?
a. Confrontation
b. Compromise
c. Forcing
d. Smoothing - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅D
Activates with zero-time duration are called:
a. Low-slack activities
b. No-slack activities
c. Milestone activities
d. Special activities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅C
Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network?
a. It is the longest path in the network
b. It is the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed
c. It is that contains the greatest number of activities
d. It is the path where each activity has zero slack - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅C
Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to
each work package that is being compressed?
a. Overtime
b. Crashing
c. Outsourcing
d. Descoping - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
, Of the following, which is the logical order of the project management processes?
a. Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
b. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
c. Planning, initiating, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
d. Planning, initiating, executing, closing, monitoring and controlling - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
All of the following are true statements about the project life cycle, except for which one?
a. The project life cycle defines the work to be done in each phase of the project
b. The project life cycle defines the deliverables that each phase will create
c. The project life cycle defines who involved in each phase
d. The project life cycle defines how much each phase will cost - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅D
What is the only tool and technique used during scope verification?
a. Inspection
b. Quality control
c. Stakeholder analysis
d. Defect repair review - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅A
Which one of the following is NOT one of the quality management processes?
a. Quality control
b. Quality adherences
c. Quality control
d. Quality assurance - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to
crash the project. What is crashing?
a. Adding lag time between all project activities
b. Adding lead time between all project activities
questions with correct answers
Emphasizing areas of agreement and deemphasizing areas of non-agreement represents which type of
conflict resolution mode?
a. Confrontation
b. Compromise
c. Forcing
d. Smoothing - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅D
Activates with zero-time duration are called:
a. Low-slack activities
b. No-slack activities
c. Milestone activities
d. Special activities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅C
Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network?
a. It is the longest path in the network
b. It is the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed
c. It is that contains the greatest number of activities
d. It is the path where each activity has zero slack - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅C
Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to
each work package that is being compressed?
a. Overtime
b. Crashing
c. Outsourcing
d. Descoping - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
, Of the following, which is the logical order of the project management processes?
a. Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
b. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
c. Planning, initiating, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
d. Planning, initiating, executing, closing, monitoring and controlling - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
All of the following are true statements about the project life cycle, except for which one?
a. The project life cycle defines the work to be done in each phase of the project
b. The project life cycle defines the deliverables that each phase will create
c. The project life cycle defines who involved in each phase
d. The project life cycle defines how much each phase will cost - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅D
What is the only tool and technique used during scope verification?
a. Inspection
b. Quality control
c. Stakeholder analysis
d. Defect repair review - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅A
Which one of the following is NOT one of the quality management processes?
a. Quality control
b. Quality adherences
c. Quality control
d. Quality assurance - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅B
Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to
crash the project. What is crashing?
a. Adding lag time between all project activities
b. Adding lead time between all project activities
