Project Management A Strategic Managerial Approach 10th Edition By Jack R. Meredith – Test Bank

Overview

Multiple-Choice

1. A majority of uncertainty has its source in systems that lie outside the project, in its __________.
a) environment
b) stakeholder area
c) sourcing model
d) control zone

Ans: a
Section Reference: Introduction
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 423

2. There are no purely mechanistic problems on projects. All problems have a _____ element, too.
a) computer
b) client
c) workers
d) human

Ans: d
Section Reference: Introduction
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Communication
Page: 424

3. By and large, people respond to the goal-directedness of control systems in one of three general ways. Which of the following is not one of these ways?
a) By active and positive participation and goal seeking
b) By passive participation in order to avoid loss
c) By active but negative participation and resistance
d) By actively working to change the goals of the project

Ans: d
Section Reference: Introduction
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Communication
Page: 425

4. Control is focused on three elements of a project. They are __________.
a) scope, quality, and customer satisfaction
b) performance, delivery, and cost
c) scope, cost, and time
d) cost, time, and customer satisfaction

Ans: c
Section Reference: Introduction
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 427

5. Physical asset control is concerned with asset maintenance, whether __________.
a) detective or estimative
b) addition or removal
c) detection or estimation
d) preventive or corrective

Ans: d
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Comprehension
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 427

6. When performing control, project managers need to be attentive to __________.
a) maintaining laissez faire leadership
b) avoiding directive behaviors
c) regulation and conservation equally
d) regulation more than conservation

Ans: c
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Comprehension
AACSB: Ethics
Page: 427

7. Physical asset control requires control of the __________ of physical assets and is concerned with asset maintenance, whether preventative or corrective.
a) use
b) location
c) storage
d) repair

Ans: a
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Intermediate
Bloom’s: Comprehension
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 427

8. The two fundamental objectives of control are the regulation of results and the __________.
a) procurement of organizational assets
b) distribution of organizational assets
c) stewardship of organizational assets
d) refurbishing of organizational assets

Ans: c
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 427

9. With respect to financial controls, courts will require the practice of __________ regarding financial controls, practices, and record-keeping.
a) efficiency
b) due diligence
c) effectiveness
d) management

Ans: b
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
AACSB: Analysis
Page: 428

10. The stewardship of human resources requires __________ the growth and development of people.
a) flattening
b) demolition
c) controlling and maintaining
d) mandating

Ans: c
Section Reference: 11.1 The Fundamental Purposes of Control
Level: Easy
Bloom’s: Comprehension
AACSB: Ethics
Page: 428