1.The advent of project management has been most profound in
A) Automobile manufacturing
B) Construction
C) Information technology
D) The U.S. Department of Defense
E) Film making
2.Which of the following is not considered to be a characteristic of a project?
A) An established objective
B) A clear beginning and end
C) Complex tasks
D) Only for internal use
E) Never been done before
3.From among the following activities, which is the best example of a project?
A) Processing insurance claims
B) Producing automobiles
C) Writing a term paper
D) Completing a college degree
E) All of these are good examples of projects
4.Which of the following choices is not one of the stages of a project life cycle?
A) Conceptualizing
B) Defining
C) Planning
D) Executing
E) Delivering
5.In which of the following stages are project objectives established, teams formed, and major responsibilities assigned?
A) Conceptualizing
B) Defining
C) Planning
D) Executing
E) Delivering
6.In which of the following stages are you more likely to find status reports, many changes, and the creation of forecasts?
A) Conceptualizing
B) Defining
C) Planning
D) Executing
E) Delivering
7.Which of the following choices is not one of the driving forces behind the increasing demand for project management?
A) Compression of the product life cycle
B) Knowledge explosion
C) Development of third world and closed economies
D) More emphasis on the product and less on the customer
E) Corporate downsizing
8.Project management is ideally suited for a business environment requiring all of the following except
A) Accountability
B) Flexibility
C) Innovation
D) Speed
E) Repeatability
9.Which of the following is the number one characteristic that is looked for in management candidates?
A) Overall intelligence
B) Works well with others
C) Experience
D) Past successes
E) Good references
10.A common rule of thumb in the world of high-tech product development is that a six-month project delay can result in a loss of product revenue share of ___ percent.
A) 10
B) 20
C) 33
D) 45
E) 50
11.Integration of project management with the organization takes place with the
A) Master budget
B) Strategy plan
C) Process of managing actual projects
D) Both b and c are correct
E) A, B, and C are all correct
12.Which of these is not part of the "technical dimension" of project management?
A) WBS
B) Budgets
C) Problem solving
D) Schedules
E) Status reports
13.Corporate downsizing has increased the trend toward
A) Reducing the number of projects a company initiates
B) Outsourcing significant segments of project work
C) Using dedicated project teams
D) Shorter project lead times
E) Longer project lead times
14.A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects that continue over extended time intended to achieve a goal is known as a
A) Strategy
B) Program
C) Campaign
D) Crusade
E) Venture
15.From 1994 to 2009 the trend for projects late or over budget was:
A) Significantly better
B) Slightly better
C) About the same
D) Slightly worse
E) Significantly worse