EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Section A

(20 MARKS)

Question A1

A group of milestones or phases, activities or tasks that support an effort to accomplish something:

A. Project.

B. Management.

C. Organizing.

D. Controlling.

(1 mark)

Question A2

______________is the most critical and gets the least amount of our time.

A. Planning

B. Controlling

C. Management

D. Contributing

(1 mark)

Question A3

__________________is critical if we are to use our limited resources wisely.

A. Controlling

B. Planning

C. Measuring

D. Management

(1 mark)

Question A4

Primary point of contact for the project are:

A. Project Sponsor.

B. Business.

C. Business requirement.

D. Business value.

(1 mark)

Question A5

Less familiarity generates more risk know as:

A. Familiarity with application.

B. Familiarity with technology.

C. Project Size.

D. Compatibility.

(1 mark)

Question A6

The right climate and culture for innovation, true cross-functional teams, and senior management commitment to ______.

A. NPD.

B. BYOD.

C. NAM.

D. NBO.

(1 mark)

Question A7

Resource commitment and focusing on the right projects, or solid __________________.

A. portfolio management.

B. innovation.

C. quality.

D. idea.

(1 mark)

Question A8

Project scope is everything about a __________.

A. project.

B. control.

C. statement.

D. selection.

(1 mark)

Question A9

A SOW is a detailed ______________description of the work required for a project

A. narrative

B. technical

C. timeline

D. client

(1 mark)

Question A10

A sequence of connected, dependent activities known as:

A. Path.

B. Activity.

C. Parallel.

D. Even.

(1 mark)

Question A12

Any process or means used to __________ or efforts towards accomplishing a goal could be

considered Project Management.

A. track task

B. track back

C. track ball

D. track best

(1 mark)

Question A13

A dynamic ______________ that utilises the appropriate resources of the organisation in a

controlled and structured manner, to achieve some clearly defined objectives identified as needs.

A. process

B. management

C. test

D. practice

(1 mark)

Question A14

The _______________ is the amount of time it will take to recoup, in the form of net cash inflows,

the net dollars invested in a project.

A. payback period

B. payback time

C. payback last time

D. payback previous

(1 mark)

Question A15

Communication software like e-mail and the Web help clarify and communicate _____________.

A. scope information

B. scope process

C. scope management

D. scope time

(1 mark)

Question A16

_____________diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity sequencing.

A. Project network

B. Project process

C. Project inspect

D. Project finished

(1 mark)

Question A17

Cost is a resource sacrificed or foregone to achieve a specific objective or something given up in __________________.

A. exchange.

B. trace.

C. place.

D. name.

(1 mark)

Question A18

Power is much stronger than ____________, because it is often used to force people to change

their behavior.

A. influence

B. parent

C. record

D. data

(1 mark)

Question A19

Project managers should know how a major problem might affect the __________ of the

organization.

A. bottom line

B. bottom after

C. bottom before

D. bottom left

(1 mark)

Question A20

Some organizations make the mistake of only addressing tactical and ___________ when

performing project risk management.

A. negative risks

B. negative life

C. negative long

D. negative short