. The project manager spends a great deal of her time communicating with project stakeholders. Which of the following represent an example of a stakeholder group for her project?

a. Top management

b. Customers

c. Project team members

d. Functional group heads

e. All are project stakeholders

2. Effective leadership involves all of the following, except:

a. Managing oneself through personal time management, stress management, and other activities

b. Managing team members through motivation, delegation, supervision, and team building

c. Maintaining tight control of all project resources and providing information to team members only as needed

d. Employing and utilizing project champions where they can benefit the project

3. A project manager is meeting with his team for the first time and wants to create the right environment in which relationships develop positively. Which of the following guidelines should he consider employing to create an effective partnership with his team?

a. The right to say no

b. Joint accountability

c. Exchange of purpose

d. Absolute honesty

e. All are necessary to create a partnership

4. Joan is very motivated to create a positive project experience for all her team members and is reflecting on some of the approaches she can take to employ leadership, as opposed to simply managing the process. Which of the following is an example of a leadership practice she can use?

a. Focus on plans and budgets

b. Seek to maintain the status quo and promote order

c. Energize people to overcome obstacles and show personal initiative

d. Maintain a short-term timeframe and avoid unnecessary risks

5. Frank has been learning about the effect of emotional intelligence on his ability to lead his project effectively. Which of the following is not an example of the kind of emotional intelligence that can help him perform better?

a. Self-awareness and self-regulation

b. Motivation

c. Social skills

d. Results orientation (work to get the job done)

6. A project manager's function should be:

a. To control the "soft" people issues.

b. To manage the hard technical details.

c. To holistically manage the entire project.

d. To apply a laissez faire approach and let the work progress unimpeded.

7. The task-oriented behavior of summarizing accomplishes which specific outcome?

a. Check on understanding and assess progress.

b. Guide and sequence discussion.

c. Check on agreement.

d. Increase comprehension.