Successful Project Management 6th Edition By Jack Gido Jim Clements – Test Bank

Overview

1. In many projects, people who have never worked together are assigned to the same project team.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct In many projects, people who have never worked together are assigned to the same project team.
Incorrect In many projects, people who have never worked together are assigned to the same project team.

2. A personal relationship between two people takes time to develop and teams evolve through various stages of development.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A personal relationship between two people takes time to develop and teams evolve through various stages of development.
Incorrect A personal relationship between two people takes time to develop and teams evolve through various stages of development.

3. The project manager must secretly communicate the project objective and create a vision of the successful result of the project and the benefits it will provide.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct The project manager must clearly communicate the project objective and create a vision of the successful result of the project and the benefits it will provide.
Incorrect The project manager must clearly communicate the project objective and create a vision of the successful result of the project and the benefits it will provide.

4. Project constraints regarding the work scope, quality levels, budget, and schedule must be hidden.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct Project constraints regarding the work scope, quality levels, budget, and schedule must be stated.
Incorrect Project constraints regarding the work scope, quality levels, budget, and schedule must be stated.

5. A project team is more than a group of individuals.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A project team is more than a group of individuals.
Incorrect A project team is more than a group of individuals.

6. A project team is a group of independent individuals working cooperatively to achieve the project objective.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct A project team is a group of interdependent individuals working cooperatively to achieve the project objective.
Incorrect A project team is a group of interdependent individuals working cooperatively to achieve the project objective.

7. Helping these individuals develop and grow into a cohesive, effective team takes effort on the part of the project manager and each member of the project team.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Helping these individuals develop and grow into a cohesive, effective team takes effort on the part of the project manager and each member of the project team.
Incorrect Helping these individuals develop and grow into a cohesive, effective team takes effort on the part of the project manager and each member of the project team.

8. Clear understanding of the project objective is a characteristic associated with poor project teams.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct Clear understanding of the project objective is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.
Incorrect Clear understanding of the project objective is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.

9. Clear expectations of each person’s role and responsibilities is a characteristic associated with effective project
teams.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Clear expectations of each person’s role and responsibilities is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.
Incorrect Clear expectations of each person’s role and responsibilities is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.

10. Results orientation is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Results orientation is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.
Incorrect Results orientation is a characteristic associated with effective project teams.