AMS Comp. Test I – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Revision Notes
Project management is not easy work. Some of the most significant challenges can be little
authority, project __________, team members who have never worked together before, client
__________, and high __________ demands. - ✔✔Overload, Demands, Communication
The best term to describe a project where a team member lives in the U.S. and the project
manager lives in Mexico is: - ✔✔Virtual
Project planning is detailed and functions from a specified budget. (T/F) - ✔✔True
Some of the specific roles undertaken by a project manager include supervising the satisfactory
__________ of the project. They are responsible for determining scope, resources, budgets,
__________, creating and sustaining a focused team, setting __________ and achieving them,
resolving __________amongst team members, keeping clients and upper/senior __________
informed of the project's progress, and dealing with any and all problems that arise. -
✔✔Completion, Schedules, Deputes, Goals, Management
Which of the following is NOT a type of aggregate project plan? - ✔✔NOT: Derivative,
Platform, Breakthough, R&D
A successful project will consist of which of the following elements: - ✔✔All of the above
Unfamiliar relationships among team members may slow a project down and cause difficulty for
the project manager in successfully completing the project. (T/F) - ✔✔True
According to author Jay Congers, what are the elements of effective persuasion? - ✔✔(1)
effective persuaders must be credible to those they are trying to persuade;
(2) they must find goals held in common with those being persuaded;
, (3) they must use "vivid" language and compelling evidence;
(4) they must connect with the emotions of those they are trying to persuade.
A project whose output is a major departure from existing offerings in terms of either the
product and/or service is? - ✔✔Platform Projects
Project managers must have special skills, have conflict __________, and good customer
__________. - ✔✔Resolution, Service
The two types of project management software are stand-alone __________ software and
__________ project management software - ✔✔Specialty, Integrated
When supporters buy in to a project's objectives, the project has little chance that people will
work their hardest to achieve the objectives. (T/F) - ✔✔False
An annual budget is a detailed list of the categories and individual initiatives on which all
organization funds will be spent during the year. (T/F) - ✔✔True
In a SMART objective the R stands for: - ✔✔Realistic
The three steps a project manager should undertake to determine possible limitations on their
project are to speak with upper __________ and __________ members, review long-range
__________, annual budgets, feasibility studies, and related project reports, and resolve any
__________ among team members. - ✔✔Management, Team, Goal, Conflicts
To determine a project's limitations a project manager should: - ✔✔- Consult Project's
audiences and stakeholders
- Review relevant written materials
- Note the source of any identified limitation
Project management is not easy work. Some of the most significant challenges can be little
authority, project __________, team members who have never worked together before, client
__________, and high __________ demands. - ✔✔Overload, Demands, Communication
The best term to describe a project where a team member lives in the U.S. and the project
manager lives in Mexico is: - ✔✔Virtual
Project planning is detailed and functions from a specified budget. (T/F) - ✔✔True
Some of the specific roles undertaken by a project manager include supervising the satisfactory
__________ of the project. They are responsible for determining scope, resources, budgets,
__________, creating and sustaining a focused team, setting __________ and achieving them,
resolving __________amongst team members, keeping clients and upper/senior __________
informed of the project's progress, and dealing with any and all problems that arise. -
✔✔Completion, Schedules, Deputes, Goals, Management
Which of the following is NOT a type of aggregate project plan? - ✔✔NOT: Derivative,
Platform, Breakthough, R&D
A successful project will consist of which of the following elements: - ✔✔All of the above
Unfamiliar relationships among team members may slow a project down and cause difficulty for
the project manager in successfully completing the project. (T/F) - ✔✔True
According to author Jay Congers, what are the elements of effective persuasion? - ✔✔(1)
effective persuaders must be credible to those they are trying to persuade;
(2) they must find goals held in common with those being persuaded;
, (3) they must use "vivid" language and compelling evidence;
(4) they must connect with the emotions of those they are trying to persuade.
A project whose output is a major departure from existing offerings in terms of either the
product and/or service is? - ✔✔Platform Projects
Project managers must have special skills, have conflict __________, and good customer
__________. - ✔✔Resolution, Service
The two types of project management software are stand-alone __________ software and
__________ project management software - ✔✔Specialty, Integrated
When supporters buy in to a project's objectives, the project has little chance that people will
work their hardest to achieve the objectives. (T/F) - ✔✔False
An annual budget is a detailed list of the categories and individual initiatives on which all
organization funds will be spent during the year. (T/F) - ✔✔True
In a SMART objective the R stands for: - ✔✔Realistic
The three steps a project manager should undertake to determine possible limitations on their
project are to speak with upper __________ and __________ members, review long-range
__________, annual budgets, feasibility studies, and related project reports, and resolve any
__________ among team members. - ✔✔Management, Team, Goal, Conflicts
To determine a project's limitations a project manager should: - ✔✔- Consult Project's
audiences and stakeholders
- Review relevant written materials
- Note the source of any identified limitation
