1)All of the following are considered as three of the most important contextual issues impacting project management EXCEPT:

A) Culture.

B) Strategy.

C) Organizational structure. D) Information systems.

2) The science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives is BEST described as:

A) Operations management.

B) Strategic management.

C) Project management.

D) Marketing management.

3) External stakeholders that are external to a project but possess the power to effectively disrupt the project's development are:

A) Intervenor groups.

B) Environmental groups.

C) Stressor groups.

D) Special-interest groups.

4) Which of the following is NOT an element of organizational structure? A) Well-articulated mission, vision, and value statements

B) Formal reporting relationships

C) Grouping together of individuals into departments

D) Systems designed to ensure effective communication

5) A major player in the software industry stumbles from one new edition of its operating system and office automation package to another. As soon as one package is released, the programmers and developers have two weeks to latch onto a different team that is updating a different package. Failure to find another team to work for means an end to their employment. This organizational structure is BEST classified as a:

A) Functional organization. B) Matrix organization

C) Project organization.

D) Flexible organization.

6) The Larson and Gobeli study that compared projects that had been managed in a variety of structural types revealed that new product development projects tended to be MOST effectively executed when the organizational structure was a:

A) Project matrix.

B) Project organization. C) Balanced matrix.

D) Functional matrix

7) In a partnership, each member of the project team is responsible for the project's outcomes and the current situation, whether it is positive or shows evidence of project problems. The term that BEST describes this responsibility is:

A) Exchange of purpose.

B) A right to say no.

C) Joint accountability. D) Absolute honesty.

8) Task-oriented leadership behavior is characterized by:

A) Showing trust in project team members.

B) Acting friendly and supportive towards project team members. C) Contributing to the completion of project assignments.

D) Recognizing the accomplishments of team members.

9) Project management is first and foremost: A) A people management challenge.

B) A customer service challenge.

C) A perception management challenge.

D) A budget management challenge.

10) The emotional intelligence element that implies having a deep understanding of one's own strengths and weaknesses, ego needs, drives, and motives is called:

A) Motivation.

B) Self-regulation.

C) Self-awareness. D) Social skill.

11) Tim slapped together his first web page and proudly showed it to all his colleagues, pointing out what he thought were obvious and overwhelming advantages in simplicity and portability. His championing of web pages that he had read about in a trade journal ultimately shamed everyone else into adopting a web-based approach for all communication and cemented his status as a true: A) Creative originator.

B) Entrepreneur.

C) Godfather.

D) Project manager.

12) Recent research in organizational leadership declares that the new project leader should be adept at:

A) Analytics regarding project team performance.

B) Recognizing and rewarding talent.

C) Managing the progressive discipline process. D) Analytics regarding the project's performance.

13) Stacey noted that the client was a cantankerous old man and that her current project team lacked the requisite skills to work with him. Time was running short, so the BEST approach to making sure the project team had the necessary skills was to:

A) Locate a new client for this project.

B) Identify a suitable training program and implement it.

C) Hire a contractor for the life of the project.

D) Modify the skill set to something that her current team possessed.

14) The study group that Philip had formed in his first MBA class had gotten him through his management science course; of that there could be no question. Now as he neared the end of his MBA he reflected on how team members had chosen courses together each semester, keeping the study group intact and keeping themselves one step ahead of their classmates. His MBA project team had:

A) Trust coming out of their ears.

B) Cohesiveness in spades.

C) An overabundance of enthusiasm.

D) A plethora of results orientation.

15) It appeared that everyone on the project team was finally on board; Jim would bring the doughnuts to all team meetings and Jenny would make the coffee. Fully caffeinated and on a sugar high, the team was coming together and fully committed to the project development process. The team was now planted firmly in the:

A) Storming stage of group development.

B) Forming stage of group development.

C) Norming stage of group development.

D) Performing stage of group development.

16) Your first project team meeting got off to a bad start when the functional manager for your team's physician refused to allow her to attend the meeting. This:

A) Goal-oriented conflict threatened the project's success.

B) Administrative conflict posed a serious threat to the project's success.

C) Interpersonal conflict was devastating to the project's chance for success.

D) Interactionist conflict meant there would be no project completion party in your future.

17) Robert didn't mince words. If a person's ideas were ill-considered, he was likely to tell them that their ideas were bad. If there was a disagreement, he plainly stated that the person with the opposing viewpoint was wrong. To some, his manner was abrasive and uncollegial and this was a source of:

A) Goal-oriented conflict. B) Administrative conflict. C) Interpersonal conflict. D) Interactionist conflict.

18) The globalization committee was halfway through their first meeting before the team leader realized that his boss had granted him authority that wasn't going to be agreed to by the functional managers of his team. After the meeting, his team members reported back to their units and the team leader's phone began to ring. The source of the conflict he is about to experience is:

A) Differentiation. B) Uncertainty.

C) Scarce resources. D) Reward systems.

19) A project manager is estimating costs on her video game development project. She utilizes total costs from a similar project that was completed last year to estimate the costs on her current project. This is an example of:

A) Bottom-up estimation

B) Rough order magnitude estimation C) Analogous estimation

D) Parametric estimation

20) The One Shovel Construction Company is hired by the City of Edmond to lay sewer pipe from the east end of town to the west end of town using their single shovel to dig the trench. While the crew would like to begin at both ends simultaneously and have a dramatic ceremony when both ends meet, they find themselves with a bit of a:

A) Time constraint.

B) Resource constraint. C) Mixed constraint.

D) Partial network.

21) The assistant professor frantically prepared his tenure and promotion dossier for the personnel committee. The deadline loomed and he had several other things to accomplish deadlines for papers and key correspondence that demanded replies. By his reckoning, he probably didn't have enough toner, paper, or computing time available to accomplish all that he had left to do. His project is unfortunately:

A) Time constrained.

B) Resource constrained. C) Mix-constrained.

D) Personally constrained.

22) A resource loading form is also known as a(n): A) Load schedule.

B) Resource usage calendar.

C) Activity resource schedule.

D) Network resource profile.

23) A resource loading form can be generated once you have developed: A) The activity network and productivity profile.

B) The work breakdown structure and the project budget.

C) The activity network and the work breakdown structure.

D) The project budget and the productivity profile.

24) Which of the following would NOT typically be displayed in a resource loading table? A) The project team members

B) The tasks the project team members have been assigned

C) The time the activities are expected to take

D) The expenses allocated to the activities

25) Use this resource load chart to determine which activity uses the fewest resources. A) Activity A

B) Activity B

C) Activity C

D) Activity D

26) The process that addresses the complex challenges of project constraints is known as: A) TOC.

B) Resource leveling.

C) Constraint scheduling.

D) Resource scheduling.

27) The project was over, so each worker went back to her usual assignment, taking with them the notebook they were issued when the project began. They never were sure whether the project had been successful or unsuccessful, but they could be positive that the project was terminated by:

A) Extinction.

B) Addition. C) Integration. D) Starvation.

28) The departmental patriarch spent his last years at the university developing and promoting a Student Portfolio Project that required all departmental faculty to create integrated course projects and maintain a database of their students' work. New graduates could refer their prospective employers to the Student Portfolio Project database to mine examples of their work. The patriarch retired, funding and effort dried up, and the project lingered in a few syllabi and on the department's web site for a year or two but now any mention of it elicits either puzzled looks or wry grins from the remaining faculty. The patriarch's Student Portfolio Project has officially been terminated by:

A) Extinction. B) Addition. C) Integration. D) Starvation.

29) A significant challenge during the finishing the work element of project closeout management is to:

A) Demonstrate viability of the project.

B) Gain customer acceptance of the product.

C) Maintain focus on the current project.

D) Capitalize on new opportunities that arise from this project.

30) The BOT option for large projects is designed to:

A) Automate the payment process.

B) Automate the closeout process.

C) Keep the door open for new projects between the customer and project organization. D) Limit risk for the customer in the short run.

31) A research study on the critical success factors for projects found that an important determination of whether the project is successful is the element of:

A) Putting it all to bed.

B) Reviewing how it all went.

C) Disbanding the team.

D) Gaining acceptance for the product.

32) Which statement about project closeout activities is BEST?

A) Closeout activities are usually given a high priority.

B) Getting the project signed off encourages other closeout activities.

C) Because all projects are unique, the actual carryover from project to project is minimal. D) Closeout activities are impossible to ignore.

33) A static factor that may lead to early termination for a project is: A) Less capital availability.

B) High sunk costs.

C) Better alternatives available

D) Loss of the project champion.

34) Research indicates that the number one reason for terminating research and development projects is:

A) That the project is found to be inconsistent with organizational goals.

B) The project costs more to complete than originally planned.

C) The low probability of achieving technical or commercial success. D) Increased government restrictions.

35) Which of these factors weighs heavily in the decision to terminate a project? A) Inability to protect results

B) Increased market receptiveness

C) Meeting project cost milestones

D) Low probability of return on investment

36) A behavioral issue that is crucial to maintaining the ongoing viability of a project is: A) Worker commitment.

B) Increasing importance to the firm.

C) Financial impact to the company.

D) Relatively minor technical problems.

37) Construction of the largest egg in the world seemed like a good idea when the Pixley city council awarded Halliburton the construction contract, but as the weeks turned into months the idea had lost much of its charm. What emotional issues might the project team be facing?

A) Availability of key personnel

B) Loss of project-derived motivation C) Disposal of unused material

D) Communicating closure

38) Many times, clients will shift new people into the project who have no experience with it as they move their key people to new challenges. This issue is:

A) An emotional one for the project team.

B) An emotional one for the clients.

C) One that is internal and intellectual. D) One that is external and intellectual.

39) When contractual claims are defaulted due to the failure of a project to be completed and delivered:

A) The client firm should file an ex-gratia claim.

B) The client firm may have some legal claim to punitive damages.

C) The project firm should file an ex-gratia claim.

D) The project firm may have some legal claim to recovery.

40) The formalized system of dealing with grievances and administering corrective justice to parties in a bargaining position is:

A) Collective bargaining.

B) Distributive justice.

C) Arbitration.

D) Compensation.