Systems Engineering Test Preparation
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Introduction
Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary field focused on the design, integration, and management of complex systems throughout their life cycles. This course covers fundamental principles, methodologies, and tools used to define customer needs, develop requirements, and create system architecture while addressing technical, organizational, and operational factors. Emphasis is placed on life cycle thinking, systems modeling, risk analysis, trade-off studies, verification and validation, and project management. Students will gain practical skills in applying systems engineering processes to real-world projects, enabling them to effectively collaborate across disciplines to deliver robust, efficient, and sustainable solutions to complex engineering challenges.
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Project Management in Practice 4th Edition by Samuel J. Mantel Jr
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Chapter 1: The World of Project Management
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Q1) Achieving both strategic and routine goals are growing in importance in project management.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Many recent developments in project management are being driven by changes in the nature of the American workforce.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In project management,it is often necessary to trade-off one objective for another.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) When using financial methods for selecting projects,the payback period is the simplest and best method to use.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Manager, the Organization, and the Team
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Q1) It is common practice to select the project manager prior to the project being selected.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Functional project organizations have higher personnel costs than pure project organizations.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Morale of the project team is a key responsibility of the project manager. A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Project team conflict stifles team creativity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Planning the Project
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Q1) Entries above the diagonal in the Design Structure Matrix indicate
A) tasks that need to be shortened
B) tasks that have no resources assigned to them
C) tasks that are on the critical path
D) potential rework situations
E) tasks with no predecessors
Answer: D
Q2) The salary requirements of human resources are a required element in the project plan.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to the text,the use of sticky-notes can be particularly useful for constructing a(n)
A) RACI matrix
B) Work Breakdown Structure
C) Gantt chart
D) Design Structure Matrix
E) Aggregate Project Portfolio
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: Budgeting the Project
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Q1) The project budget acts as a project control.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A requirement of top-down budgeting is:
A) involvement of the project team
B) estimating the detailed level of the project's tasks
C) applying the learning curve to labor time estimates
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Q3) A task is expected to take 20 hours of labor at $25 per hour.The required material cost is $500 and the organization charges 30% of direct labor for overhead.The total task cost is:
A) $500
B) $1,150
C) $1,250
D) $1,300
E) $1,500
Q4) A budget is a plan for allocating resources to project activities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Scheduling the Project
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Q1) Standard Pert/CPM networks can be use to resolve probabilistic concerns
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is easiest to see lead and lag time in a project task on a PERT/CPM networks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When it was originally developed,PERT used certain (deterministic)methods to estimate activity duration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) PERT was originally used for what type of project?
A) construction
B) R & D
C) military
D) computer software development
E) advertising
Q5) A project schedule is a project action plan converted into a timetable.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Allocating Resources to the Project
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Q1) For resources that are consumed when used,the problem is which project gets to use the resource first and which must wait.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to research,the best overall priority rule is A) as soon as possible
B) as late as possible
C) shortest task duration first
D) minimum slack first
E) most critical successor
Q3) The amount of resources a project can use depends in part on the timing of the allocation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Good PM are able to estimate project task times with absolute certainty
A)True
B)False
Q5) All tasks can be crashed to some extent.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
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Q1) The most common source of changes to a project based on the natural tendency of the client and project team members to improve the project's output is called
A) scope creep
B) projectitis
C) multitasking
D) dynamic scoping
E) unfreezing
Q2) In general,it is preferable to have periodic reports.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Statistical quality control techniques can be helpful for determining what size variances are significant.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the text,there is no satisfactory way to measure accurately the percent of completion of most tasks.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Evaluating and Terminating the Project
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Q1) Early project audits usually focus on the project's budget and schedule.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The formal audit is a special type of project evaluation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The project final report is a history of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is concerned with appraising a project relative to its initial or revised plan?
A) project evaluation
B) project termination
C) project monitoring
D) project control
E) project planning
Q5) Project termination should be treated as a mechanistic process.
A)True
B)False
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