Project Management Ch3&4 Test Guide

Executive management has officially appointed the project manager

A project manager is far more likely to succeed if it is obvious to everyone that:

False

According to Grinnell and Apple, organizational restructuring was needed because management was unhappy with technical skills though projects were being completed within time and cost.

Wage and salary administration skills

According to the text, the "next generation" project manager must exhibit skills in all of the following except:

Authority plus responsibility

Accountability can be defined as

Wage and salary administration

Before becoming a project manager within a matrix organization, training should be provided in all of the following except:

Projectized

In which organizational form is the worker in the greatest jeopardy of losing their job if the projected gets canceled?

Traditional

In which organizational form is there quite often no customer focal point?

Strong matrix

In which type of matrix structure would a project manager most likely have a command of technology?

True

It is usually easier to manage one large project on a full-time basis than to manage multiple small projects at the same time.

True

Matrix structures allow for workers to be shared on multiple projects and at a lower than usual cost.

Team member and/or line manager

The person most qualified to assess the overall risk in a work package activity in a project is the

All of the above

The wrong people are often selected as project managers because of:

Union versus nonunion personnel

Which of the following is usually not a major concern for the PM during the organizational staffing process?

Assistant project managers

A typical project office (not to be confused with a project management office) responsible for the management of a large project includes the project manager and the:

The project sponsor

After a contract award, a customer requests that some of the senior workers in the functional areas be assigned to the project team. You priced out the project assuming the average worker would be assigned and furthermore assumed that the average worker could do the job effectively. You should discuss this first with:

Released all nonessential personnel so that they can be assigned to other project

As a project begins to wind down, the project manager should:

Projectized

In which organizational form is the project manager least likely to share resources with other projects?

On-the-job training

Which of the following is often regarded as the best way to train project managers?

Assigning functional resources based upon availability and the skill set needed

During project staffing, the primary role of line management is:

Project Manager

During project staffing, the primary role of senior management is in the selection of the:

Business conceptual skills

During the past few years, which project management skill seems to have outpaced all other skills?

Project division leader

In a line-staff organizational structure, the person heading up the project is called the

Both, but the project manager has greater influence

In a strong matrix structure, employees take daily direction from

False

In a weak matrix structure, teamwork is not vital for project success because the team members are under the control of their functional manager.

Division manager above all of the departments

In departmental project management, the person that ultimately ends up managing the project, assuming several departments are involved, is the

True

In line-staff project management, the ultimate authority on the project resides with the division manager.

Be happy! You have two workers

In staffing negotiations with the line manager, you identify a work package that requires a skill set of a grade 7 worker. The line manager informs you that he will assign a grade 6 and a grade 8 worker. You should:

Classical

In which of the following structures is budgeting and cost control easier to perform?

Projectized

In which organization form would the project manager possess the greatest amount of authority?

Traditional

In which organizational form are the formal and informal organizations well established?

Classical/traditional

In which organizational form do project managers have the greatest likelihoood of possessing reward power and have a wage-and-salary administration function? (project and line manager are the same person)

Matrix

In which organizational form do we usually have a sharing of authority and responsibility?

Matrix

In which organizational form do we usually have the best balance among the time, cost and performance constraints on a project?

Projectized

In which organizational form does the project manager have the greatest authority over the assigned resources?

Weak Matrix

In which organizational form does the project manager often have the least amount of authority?

Traditional

In which organizational form is it highly unlikely that project management would be a career path?

Classical/traditional

In which organizational form is it most difficult to integrate project activities?

Traditional

In which organizational form is response to the customer's needs the slowest?

On the job training

Most people believe that the best way to train someone in project management is through:

True

Most people seem to believe that the number one behavioral issue in project management is multiple-boss reporting.

False

Once an employee is assigned to a project, the project manager has the authority to provide team members with work assignments above their pay grade so that they can get promoted.

Projectized

Other than the traditional structure, which organizational form has strong communication channels?

Losing them to other projects at an inopportune time

Probably the greatest risk to a project manager on a long-term project is to receive the best employees and then:

To work in groups with people devoted to their discipline

Professionally trained people with advanced degrees often prefer

False

Project expeditors generally have authority over the functional managers

Senior levels of management

Project manager selection is usually made by the

Projectized

Project team members often feel threatened by the possibility of the cancellation of the project. In which organizational form is this threat the greatest?

The employee must demonstrate performance first

Some companies assign employees to a project management position as a lateral transfer move without a salary increase because:

True

Strange as it may seem, project managers should encourage conflicts to take place during recruitment and staffing.

All of the above

Under which of the following situations can an employee be terminated from the project?

All of the above

Which of the following is a job-related characteristic that a PM should possess or may be expected to possess?

Poor coping skills

Which of the following is generally not considered as a personal attribute of a project manager, but perhaps should be?

Project manager's rank and pay grade

Which of the following is not one of the integration mechanisms considered when creating work integration positions?

Span of control

Which of the following is not one of the three critical terms to consider when looking at organizational workflow?

Removal from the company

Which of the following is not usually an option for a PM dealing with an incompetent worker?

Projectized

Which of the following organizational forms provides the least career path opportunities for project personnel?

Projectized

Which organizational structure generally retains team members long after they are needed?

Functional managers

Which people generally receive no visibility or credit for a job well done?

Functional manager

Who determines grade level of the employee needed to accomplish a task?

False

With a line-staff organizational structure, department managers will readily accept instructions from the project manager.

Project leader

With departmental project management, the person assigned to head up the project is called a:

When a problem arises

With the project expeditor organizational structure, the expeditor is usually brought on board:

See if the grade 9 can do the job in less time

You priced out a project 1000 hours assuming a grade 7 employee would be assigned. The line manager assigns a grade 9 employee. This will result in a significant cost overrun. The project manager should:

Determine the impact on the project and discuss it with the functional manager

You have just been awarded a contract in which you told the customer that a certain employee would be assigned full time on the project. Once the project begins, you discover that the employee is splitting his time between two projects per the instructions of his functional manager. You should: