SECTION A - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS [10 MARKS]

Answer ALL questions. Each question carries ONE (1) mark.

Choose the best alternative answer.

1. Identify the example that would not usually be considered a project.

A. Building a car

B. Developing a computer software application programme

C. Designing a new product

D. Installing new equipment.

2. The prime objectives of project management are cost, time and

A. Schedule

B. Quality

C. Customer satisfaction

D. Performance.

3. The five attributes that characterize a project are:

A. Purpose, repetition, interdependencies, consistency, uncertainty

B. Lifecycle, schedule, cost, uncertainty, independence

C. Purpose, lifestyle, uniqueness, conflict, interdependencies

D. Purpose, lifestyle, conflict, certainty, independence.

4. A project manager is responsible for planning, _______________________, budgeting, directing, organizing, and controlling the project.

A. Drafting

B. Funding

C. Insuring

D. Staffing.

5. The project manager needs to possess technical and _________________ credibility.

A. Informal

B. Administrative

C. Formal

D. Financial.

6. The project manager's responsibilities are broad and fall primarily into the three separate areas of responsibility to the ___________________, to the project, to the client, and to the members of the project team.

A. Parent organization

B. Investors

C. Interveners

D. Special interest groups.

7. Projects that produce waste and encourage slack management often do so because the project budget is _____________________

A. Underfunded

B. Properly funded

C. Overfunded

D. Altered by change requests during execution of plan.

8. ______________________ uses data supplied by monitoring to bring actual performance into approximate congruence with planned performance.

A. Auditing

B. Controlling

C. Evaluation

D. Verifying

9. _____________________ is the process of making judgements about the quality and effectiveness of project performance.

A. Planning

B. Controlling

C. Evaluation

D. Estimating.

10. Assembling the project team and assigning their responsibilities are done during which phase of project management? A. Initiation

B. Planning

C. Execution

D. Closure.

SECTION B - TRUE/FALSE [10 MARKS]

Answer ALL questions in this section. Each question carries ONE (1) mark.

Choose True or False.

1. Because the customer is not a member of the performing organization, the customer is not a stakeholder of the project. A. True

B. False

2. Directing and managing project execution involves carrying out the project management plan by performing the activities in it.

A. True

B. False

3. A project charter typically does not authorize the project manager to use organizational resources to complete the project.

A. True

B. False

4. A commonsense approach to improving the coordination between project plan development and execution is to follow this simple rule: Those who will do the work should not plan the work.

A. True

B. False

5. Information from the project charter provides a basis for further defining the project scope.

A. True

B. False

6. A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.

A. True

B. False

7. Project schedules grow out of the basic documents that initiate a project.

A. True

B. False

8. It is important that the people who help determine what resources are necessary include people who have experience and expertise in similar projects and with the organization performing the project.

A. True

B. False

9. Quality is a lower priority than project scope, time and cost.

A. True

B. False

10. Before you can improve risk management, you must understand what risk is.

A. True

B. False

SECTION C - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS [30 MARKS]

Answer all questions.

1. How would you define a project? 3 marks

2. Give an example of a project found in Botswana, and provide a brief description of its primary goals. 5 marks

3. Briefly describe a project you know that failed in Botswana. Which of the reasons considered in the course could be responsible for the project's failure? 10 marks

4. Explain: a) a project plan 4 marks

b) a project charter 4 marks

c) Work Breakdown structure 4 marks

SECTION D - ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS [50 MARKS]

1. The Kazungula Bridge is an important project for Botswana. Collect important information about it and perform a stakeholder analysis of the project. 25 marks

2. Taking any one of the projects you identified in Botswana, perform a risk analysis on it. 25 MARKS