Engineering Project Management Test Bank

Course Introduction

Engineering Project Management covers the fundamental principles and techniques required to successfully plan, execute, and monitor engineering projects. The course explores methodologies such as traditional Waterfall and Agile approaches, project life cycles, risk assessment, resource allocation, budgeting, and teamwork. Emphasis is placed on the integration of technical and managerial skills to solve complex, real-world engineering problems within constraints of scope, time, and cost. Students will also develop proficiency in using project management tools and software, preparing them for effective leadership and collaboration in multi-disciplinary engineering environments.

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Contemporary Project Management 3rd Edition by Timothy Kloppenborg

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management

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Q1) In an adaptive or change - driven project life cycle:

A) the product or deliverable is well understood.

B) planning precedes all executing.

C) early results lead into planning later work.

D) the waterfall approach is commonly used.

Answer: C

Q2) Generally,project life cycle stages are designed so that the amount of money spent in each of the stages is nearly equivalent.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q3) Some projects are considered successful if they reap business benefits like increased profitability,even if completed late or over budget.

A)True

B)False

Answer: True

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Chapter 2: Project Selection and Prioritization

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Q1) Portfolios deal with all of an organization's projects,while programs deal with:

A) ongoing operations

B) a specific group of related projects

C) resource availability

D) tradeoffs between schedule,scope and quality

Answer: B

Q2) When a client company decides to engage an external contractor to perform project work,it must be prepared to submit a proposal and prepare a bid.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q3) Which of the following statements concerning strategic analysis is true?

A) Strategic analysis focuses exclusively upon external analysis.

B) External analysis focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the organization.

C) Internal analysis focuses on the threats and opportunities facing the organization.

D) External analysis focuses on the threats and opportunities facing the organization.

Answer: D

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Chapter 3: Organizational Capability: Structure,Culture and

Roles

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Q1) Organizational culture is comprised of the values,social rituals,and symbols that are shared among members of the organization and taught to new members.

A)True

B)False

Answer: True

Q2) Hallmarks of "personal cultures" are skill-based assignments,self-motivated workers,and more deference paid to knowledge than to formal authority.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q3) The decision to kill a project if needed is typically reached jointly through agreement between the project customer and the project contractor.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

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Chapter 4: Chartering Projects

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Q1) A charter is used to quickly screen potential projects and to eliminate the poor choices.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Which of the following statements accurately describes the responsibilities typically associated with the development of the project charter?

A) the project sponsor typically prepares the detailed first draft of the charter

B) the project manager typically prepares the business case and scope overview

C) the customer typically prepares and signs the charter

D) the project manager and team typically prepare the majority of the rough draft for the project charter

Q3) Which of the following charter elements defines the project purpose and justifies the necessity of the project?

A) scope control plan

B) acceptance criteria

C) business case

D) scope overview

Q4) What are risks,and why is it important to identify them in the project charter?

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Chapter 5: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Planning

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Q1) In order to be sure a project meeting runs according to plan,the project manager should develop an agenda in advance and deliver it to participants as they arrive at the meeting.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Project management plans generally include all of the following elements EXCEPT:

A) schedules and budgets

B) business case and recommendations

C) risks and quality considerations

D) communications and stakeholders

Q3) Stakeholders include both those who will use the result of a project as well as those who will be affected by the result of a project.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Project managers should purposefully plan and carry out relationship building activities that lead to respect and trust.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 6: Defining Scope and Constructing Work

Breakdown Structures WBS

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Q1) All of the following conventions are widely adopted when project teams create the second level of the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)EXCEPT:

A) The second level may be organized by project phase.

B) The second level may be organized by major design components.

C) The second level may be organized by work function.

D) The second level may be organized by activities and tasks

Q2) Failure to include project management in the Work Breakdown Structure will increase the likelihood that the project will finish late or over budget.

A)True

B)False

Q3) A Work Breakdown Structure must be decomposed at least four levels in order to be effective.

A)True

B)False

Q4) The project scope is the work that must be performed to deliver a product,service or result with the specified features and functions.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 7: Scheduling Activities

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Q1) The total number of work periods (not including holidays or other non-work periods)required to complete a schedule activity is known as:

A) effort

B) elapsed time

C) duration

D) resource days

Q2) Except in rare circumstances,project teams should not attempt to decompose work packages into project activities because work packages provide sufficient detail to develop a project schedule.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Which of the following remedies may reduce the likelihood of omissions when developing activity duration estimates?

A) lessons learned

B) resource buffers

C) learning curve

D) staggering project start dates

Q4) Describe "slack" and how you can use slack to your advantage in managing a project.

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Chapter 8: Resourcing Projects

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Q1) While a "RACI" chart may be very useful for assigning activities to core team members and project managers,the sheer number of subject matter experts on many projects renders the RACI chart impractical for large projects.

A)True

B)False

Q2) What methods could a project manager use to resolve resource overloads?

Q3) Consider the project crashing information presented in Figure 8-4.What is the incremental cost to achieve a one-day reduction in the duration of this project in the most cost efficient manner?

A) $ 30

B) $ 35

C) $ 40

D) $ 60

Q4) Consider the project crashing information presented in Figure 8-4.What is the cost to complete this project in the normal time?

A) $ 40

B) $ 120

C) $ 145

D) $ 405

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Chapter 9: Budgeting Projects

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Q1) Discuss how the accuracy of cost estimates becomes more precise during a project.

Q2) Early in a project when very little detail is known about a project,it is impractical to render even a rough estimate of the final project cost.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Decisions related to fixed and variable costs are very sensitive to changes in volume related factors and project scope.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Projects often include indirect costs that are not associated directly with one specific project.Which of the following items are most typically considered to be indirect costs?

A) costs associated with material and purchased parts

B) the cost of labor provided by project team members,consultants and subcontractors

C) executive salaries,utilities and insurance

D) travel cost for the project team

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Chapter 10: Project Risk Planning

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Q1) The primary output of risk identification is the Risk Identification Matrix (RIM).

A)True

B)False

Q2) All of the following are benefits that can be attributed to the effective use of a risk management plan EXCEPT:

A) It enables project managers to eliminate or reduce the impact of some threats.

B) It enables the project manager to identify and eliminate all risks

C) It facilitates communication with various project stakeholders.

D) It enables project managers to capitalize on some opportunities.

Q3) All of the following methods have proven to be useful techniques to help project teams identify the risks that might impact the project EXCEPT:

A) reviewing project documents

B) documenting lessons learned

C) interviewing stakeholders

D) brainstorming among team members and subject matter experts

Q4) Identify five common project risk strategies employed to address threats that your project may face.Give an example of each.

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Chapter 11: Project Quality Planning and Project Kick-Off

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Q1) The goal of empowered performance is to improve performance results each and every period.

A)True

B)False

Q2) The project manager is responsible for selecting appropriate quality standards for the project.Typically,these standards apply to all of the following EXCEPT:

A) team selection criteria

B) documentation created during the project

C) deliverables created by the project

D) materials and related inputs used by the project

Q3) A high level view of processes and stakeholders,that starts with suppliers and ends with customers,is sometimes referred to as a "Plan-Do-Check-Act" (PDCA)model.

A)True B)False

Q4) Project quality is defined as the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 12: Project Supply Chain Management

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Q1) Supply chains use a combination of modes of transportation including: air,rail,water,pipeline and truck.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Project managers must frequently decide whether to obtain needed products and services from internal sources or from external sources.This decision is often referred to as the "make or buy" decision.Briefly identify and explain at least three reasons that support the decision to "make" the products and at least three reasons that support the decision to "buy" the products.

Q3) Project partnerships can be advantageous to both the client and the vendor,in terms of improved project execution,flexibility,and reduced bid administration.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Effective project partnerships generally require shared responsibilities,shared resources,shared information,shared rights and shared risks between suppliers and customers.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 13: Leading and Managing Project Teams

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Q1) All of the following are among the activities a project manager should undertake to develop a highly effective team EXCEPT:

A) assess sponsor capability

B) assess project team capability

C) establish team ground rules

D) assess individual member capability

Q2) All project teams progress uniformly through five stages of team development.

A)True

B)False

Q3) The value of engaging a subject matter expert early in a project should be balanced against the potentially significant cost of paying for his or her expertise.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Great team synergy can make a team's capability better than the individual members' capabilities.

A)True

B)False

Q5) Identify and describe five characteristics of a high-performing project team.

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Chapter 14: Determining Project Progress and Results

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Q1) Consider the project performance report presented in figure 14.1.As a project manager,these results should lead you to...

A) take actions to understand and remedy the schedule performance on the active avionics work packages.

B) take actions to understand and resolve budgetary overruns on the active communications work packages.

C) take actions to understand and remedy the schedule performance on the active training work packages.

D) notify the project owner that you will not require all of the funding currently budgeted for this project.

Q2) Your most recent project performance report indicates that your cumulative Schedule Performance Index (SPI)is .85 and your cumulative Cost Performance Index (CPI)is .90.What conclusions can you draw from these performance indices? What actions might you take to address project performance based on these results?

Q3) Earned Value (EV)is the authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 15: Finishing the Project

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Q1) Any of the following attributes can serve as a useful factor for coding lessons learned EXCEPT:

A) type of project

B) stage in project life cycle

C) issue it concerns

D) lessons learned owner

Q2) More organizations effectively collect lessons learned than effectively disseminate and use them.

A)True

B)False

Q3) On some projects,some deliverables remain incomplete at project close-out.Activities that are not complete should be itemized,and responsibility for each should be clearly identified.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Identify two actions a project manager can take to avoid terminating a project early.If these actions aren't effective,how should the project manager approach an early termination?

Q5) What is "validate scope" and why is it important to the project?

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