UNIVERSITY ALABAMA OM 300 EXAM
ONE TEST PAPER 2026 DETAILED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 1)All necessary activities are finished in order and on time
2)The project comes in within budget
3)The project meets quality goals
4)The people assigned to the project receive motivation, direction, and
information. Answer: What are the responsibilities of a project manager?
⩥ 1)Offers of gifts from contractors
2)Pressure to alter status reports to mask delays
3)False reports for charges of time and expenses
4)Pressure to compromise quality to meet schedules. Answer: What
types of ethical issues could arise for a project manager?
⩥ planning. Answer: goal setting, defining the project, team
organization, determining resources, establishing objectives
⩥ scheduling. Answer: relate people, money, and supplies to specific
activities and activities to each other
, ⩥ controlling. Answer: monitor resources, costs, quality, and budgets;
revise plans and shift resources to meet time and cost demands
⩥ project manager. Answer: Who coordinates activities and monitors
schedule and cost?
⩥ project managers. Answer: ___________ ___________should be
good coaches, good communicators, and able to organize activities from
a variety of disciplines
⩥ Gantt charts do not show how activities relate to one another, but
CPM does (Gantt charts are useful for visualizing the timeline of
individual tasks, while CPM is useful for identifying the critical path and
calculating the overall project completion time). Answer: What is the
main difference between using a Gantt chart versus using the CPM
techniques?
⩥ 1.Define the project and prepare the work breakdown structure
2.Develop relationships among the activities - decide which activities
must precede and which must follow others
3.Draw the network connecting all of the activities
4.Assign time and/or cost estimates to each activity
5.Compute the longest time path through the network - this is called the
critical path
ONE TEST PAPER 2026 DETAILED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 1)All necessary activities are finished in order and on time
2)The project comes in within budget
3)The project meets quality goals
4)The people assigned to the project receive motivation, direction, and
information. Answer: What are the responsibilities of a project manager?
⩥ 1)Offers of gifts from contractors
2)Pressure to alter status reports to mask delays
3)False reports for charges of time and expenses
4)Pressure to compromise quality to meet schedules. Answer: What
types of ethical issues could arise for a project manager?
⩥ planning. Answer: goal setting, defining the project, team
organization, determining resources, establishing objectives
⩥ scheduling. Answer: relate people, money, and supplies to specific
activities and activities to each other
, ⩥ controlling. Answer: monitor resources, costs, quality, and budgets;
revise plans and shift resources to meet time and cost demands
⩥ project manager. Answer: Who coordinates activities and monitors
schedule and cost?
⩥ project managers. Answer: ___________ ___________should be
good coaches, good communicators, and able to organize activities from
a variety of disciplines
⩥ Gantt charts do not show how activities relate to one another, but
CPM does (Gantt charts are useful for visualizing the timeline of
individual tasks, while CPM is useful for identifying the critical path and
calculating the overall project completion time). Answer: What is the
main difference between using a Gantt chart versus using the CPM
techniques?
⩥ 1.Define the project and prepare the work breakdown structure
2.Develop relationships among the activities - decide which activities
must precede and which must follow others
3.Draw the network connecting all of the activities
4.Assign time and/or cost estimates to each activity
5.Compute the longest time path through the network - this is called the
critical path
