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The advent of project management has been most profound in

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Information technology

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Which of the following is not considered to be a characteristic of a project?

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Only for internal use

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From among the following activities, which is the best example of a project?

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Writing a term paper

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Which of the following choices is not one of the stages of a project life cycle?

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Conceptualizing

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In which of the following stages are project objectives established, teams formed, and major responsibilities assigned?

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Defining

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In which of the following stages are you more likely to find status reports, many changes, and the creation of forecasts?

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Executing

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Which of the following choices is not one of the driving forces behind the increasing demand for project management?

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More emphasis on the product and less on the customer

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Project management is ideally suited for a business environment requiring all of the following except

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Repeatability

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Which of the following is the number one characteristic that is looked for in management candidates?

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Works well with others

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Integration of project management with the organization takes place with the

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B) Strategy plan C) Process of manag

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Which of these is not part of the "technical dimension" of project management?

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Problem solving

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Corporate downsizing has increased the trend toward

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Outsourcing significant segments of project work

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A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects that continue over extended time intended to achieve a goal is known as a

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Program

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From 1994 to 2009 the trend for projects late or over budget was:

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Slightly better

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Which of the following is not one of the commonly heard comments of project managers?

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Why is this project so strongly linked to the strategic plan?

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Organizational culture is best explained as organizational

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Personality

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A good project management system provides for defining the interface between the project team and the organization in all the following areas except

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Development of project team members

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Which of the following is an advantage of a functional project management organization?

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Maximum flexibility in the use of staff

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MegaComputers, Inc. has assigned a project manager for each of the five new-product teams. The managers as well as the project team members work on the projects on a full-time basis. The structure being used is ________ organization.

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Project

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Elizabeth is considering how to structure a project team that will not directly disrupt ongoing operations. The project needs to be done quickly and a high level of motivation will be needed in order to do that. For this situation, the ______ organization would be the best choice.

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Project

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In which of the following is the balance of authority strongly in favor of the functional managers?

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Weak matrix

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Matrix management violates the management principle of

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Unity of command

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The project structure that is ranked as least effective is _______ organization.

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Functional

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From the list below, which is not a primary characteristic of organization culture?

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History

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Who is responsible for determining how tasks will be done in a matrix project management structure?

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The functional manager

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The Macintosh development team at Apple is a good example of what kind of project structure?

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Project

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The Organizational Culture Diagnosis Worksheet classifies cultural characteristics into all of the following except:

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Command center

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Which of the following cultural characteristics relates to the degree to which management focuses on outcomes rather than on techniques and processes used to achieve those results?

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Means versus end orientation

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Strategy considered to be under purview of senior management is

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Old school thinking

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The intended outcome of strategy/projects integration is

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A) Clear organization focus B) Best use of scarce organization resources C) Improved communication across projects and departments

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Project managers who do not understand the role that their project plays in accomplishing the organization's strategy tend to make all the following mistakes except:

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A) Focusing on low priority problems B) Overemphasizing technology as an end in and of itself C) Focusing on the immediate customer D) Trying to solve every customer issue

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The textbook indicated that ________ is the major dimension of strategic management.

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A) Responding to changes in the external market B) Allocating scarce resources of the organization

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Which of the following questions does the organization's mission statement answer?

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What do we want to become?

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Strategy formulation includes which of the following activities?

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A) Determining alternatives B) Creating profitability targets

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The assessment of the external and internal environments is called _______ analysis.

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SWOT analysis

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Which of the following is not one of the requirements for successful implementation of strategies through projects?

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A) Allocation of resources B) Prioritizing of projects C) Motivation of project contributors D) Adequate planning and control systems

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Susie's department is implementing many projects. She finds herself starting and stopping work on one task to go and work on another task, and then return to the work on the original task. Susie is experiencing

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Multitasking

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Project selection criteria are typically classified as:

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Financial and non-financial

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Which of the following is not one of the classifications for assessing a project portfolio?

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Sacred cow

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Which of the following is the reason(s) why project managers need to understand their organization's mission and strategy?

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A) To make appropriate decisions and adjustments B) To be effective project advocates

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Which of the following is not true of multi-weighted scoring models?

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A) Will include quantitative criteria B) Will include qualitative criteria C) Each criterion is assigned a weight D) Projects with higher scores are considered more desirable

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Which of the following is a common multicriteria selection model?

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Checklist Weighted criteria model

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The method used to collect information to use through all phases of the project life cycle is called

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Work breakdown structure

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The first step in creating the necessary information to manage a project is to

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Define the project scope

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Research shows the most frequently mentioned barrier to project success is

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Poorly defined scope or mission

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An expected output over the life of a project would be classified as

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A deliverable

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The ability of 911 emergency systems to identify the caller's phone number and location are considered to be a

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Technical requirement

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"To construct a high-quality, custom home within five months at costs not to exceed $150,000" is best classified as

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An objective

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Which of the following is not one of the basic classifications of project priorities?

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Profit

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If a project criterion indicates that the project must meet a specific date, that criterion is classified as

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Constrained

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The tool used to assist in making project trade-offs between schedule, budget, and performance objectives is called a

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Project priority matrix

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The highest element in the hierarchical breakdown of the WBS is

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The project

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All of the following are usually included in a work package except

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All of these are included in a work package A) What will be done? B) The time needed to complete the work C) A single person who is responsible for its completion D) All the costs for the work package

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The final step in the creation of a Work Breakdown Structure is to

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Code the WBS for tracking

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The intersection of the WBS and the OBS is called the

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Cost account

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If a project is small or of narrow scope and does not require an elaborate system, which of the following is a good choice?

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Responsibility matrix

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The tendency for the project deliverables to expand over time-usually by changing requirements, specifications, and priorities-is called:

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Scope creep

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