QUESTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS The environment in which technical people work 1.1 Read the following 3 statements: a) The 3Ps refer to profit, people and production. b) Professionalism and ethics are knowledge areas that an engineer is expected to have knowledge of. c) The free market system flourishes because of diversity of consumer choice, products and brands. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a [2] a and b [3] a, b and c [4] b and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. 1.2 Which of the following is/are example/s of a project that may be initiated during the life of an existing shaft, plant or factory? a) maintenance project b) facility upgrading project c) facility expansion project d) initial project to establish/construct a new shaft, plant or factory Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a [2] a and b [3] a, b and c [4] a and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. Principles of general management 1.3 Read the following 3 statements: a) The traditional management functions are performing, organising, leadership and control (POLC). b) The aim of the organising function is to correct or improve outcomes by revising plans or formulating new ones. c) The management process has great influence over both the internal and external environments.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a [2] a and b [3] a, b, and c [4] a and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. 1.4 Read the following 3 statements: a) Planning should precede acting. b) Decision-making is related to the general management function of planning. c) Planning without leadership may not result in action. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a [2] a and b [3] a, b, and c [4] a and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. Human resource management 1.5 Which one of the following items does not form part of the human resource planning process? (2) [1] Review strategic business plan [2] Develop strategic human resource plan [3] Set human resource objectives [4] Compile skills profile [5] Drawing up a job advertisement. 1.6 Read the following three statements: a) Internal recruitment has both advantages and disadvantages. b) An engineer should form part of the panel when a technologist or engineer is interviewed for placement in a technical position at such a company. c) The Skills Development Act makes provision for learnerships.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] c [2] a and b [3] a, b and c [4] a and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. Managing people and teams 1.7 Teams usually go through the following four stages in their development: forming, storming, norming and performing. Which one of the following best describes the storming stage? (2) [1] The team members come together and the team is formed. Team members have not worked together previously as a team. [2] The team is productive and achieves its goals. [3] Team members start to communicate. They have not yet established guidelines or rules to guide their behaviour and actions. [4] Team members establish ground-rules to guide themselves. Marketing for technical people 1.8 Read the following three statements: a) Engineers are mostly involved with the marketing of industrial products and intellectual property rather than the marketing of end-user products and services. b) When a mine equipment manufacturer sends a representative to a mine to promote its products, then it is an example of business-to-business marketing. c) The marketing of industrial products is also referred to as business-to-business marketing. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] b and c [2] a, b and c [3] a and c [4] a and b [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct.

Principles of project management 1.9 Read the following three statements: a) A project is constrained by its objective, schedule and budget. b) The project brief states the solution to the customers problem. c) Each project is unique. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] a and c [3] a and b [4] b and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. 1.10 Read the following three statements: a) What a project manager should be doing is determined to a large extend by where the project is in its life cycle. b) The iron law of the project life cycle can be summarised as follows: problems downstream are symptoms of neglect upstream. c) The definition phase of the project life cycle is sometimes also referred to as the handover phase. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] b [2] b and c [3] a and c [4] a and b [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct Introduction to accounting, economics, financial management and budgeting 1.11 Read the following three statements: a) Engineering economics is concerned with the cost of alternative engineering solutions to a problem. b) Value is created when management invests in a project with an NPV that is greater than zero. c) Value is created when management invests in a project of which the IRR is greater than the hurdle rate of the company.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] a and c [3] a and b [4] b and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. 1.12 Read the following three statements: a) The law of comparative advantage states that nations or companies should specialise in producing and selling commodities that they can produce at relatively low cost. b) Accounting is a means of communicating financial information. c) Cash inflow is delayed when a credit sale transaction takes place. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] a and c [3] a and b [4] b and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. Cost estimating, cost engineering and cost management 1.13 Read the following three statements: a) Activity-based costing is an accounting technique that allocates overhead costs in actual proportion to the overheads consumed by the production activity. b) Detailed engineering data is used to make order-of-magnitude estimates. c) Economy of scale is considered in the end-products estimating technique. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] a [3] a and b [4] b and c [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct. [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct.

Business and technology strategy 1.14 Read the following three statements: a) implement a vision which promotes change (it serves as a roadmap for companies) as they move through accelerated change + eases transition. b) Draft a vision which provides a basis for strategic plan (a plan conceived as a vision proves great incentive to action. c) Recruit many employees and union members to avoid industrial actions. Which one of the above is/are the benefits of management with vision? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] b and c [3] a and b [4] b [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct 1.15 Read the following three statements: a) The organisation analyses the internal and external environments. b) The organisation determines the mission, goals & objectives. c) The reason for an organisations existence is usually described in its mission statement. Which one of the above is/are the step/s in the strategic management process? (2) [1] a, b and c [2] b and c [3] a and b [4] b [5] None of the options (1, 2, 3, or 4) is correct