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1-Which of the following statements about project scope management are correct?

a. It is concerned with defining all to work of the project.

b. It is concerned with defining all to processes involved during to project.

c. It is not concerned with defining to characteristics of to product or service to be manufactured/ rendered during the project.

2- The project Closure Report should spell out?

a. Details relating to different aspects of the project including objective of the plan, preformed, resources used, and so on.

b. Information on the design and specifications of the deliverable.

c. Lessons learnt from mistakes committed and challenges faces.

d. Performance evaluation of all the people involved in the project.

3- Even as a project is being executed, to management may begin to waver in its support for the project. What can the project manager do to keep to management interested in to project in such a scenario?

a. Identify aspects of the project that got the management interested in to project in the first place and remind to management of those aspects.

b. Identify new goals and objectives.

c. Use organizational contacts to convince the management of the utility of te project.

d. Draw up a new project plan.

4-In which sequences do newly set up project teams go through?

a. forming, norming, storming, performing

b. forming, storming, norming, performing

c. norming, forming, storming, performing

d. forming, storming, performing , norming

5- Plan interpretation is an important part of the plan execution process because?

a. Team members cannot be trusted to understand the intricacies of the plan.

b. It is incumbent on the project manager to make thing crystal clear to the team members.

c. There can be misunderstandings and confusion if team members interpret the plan differently, making it difficult to execute the plan properly.

d. Plan interpretation is not a very important step in the plan execution process and can be skipped if the project manager thinks it right.

6- Project initiation implies?

a. Accepting and formally recognizing the existence of a project.

b. Formally recognizing to continuation of an existing project into its next phase.

c. Carrying out the first activity involved producing the project deliverable.

d. A, b and c.

e. A and b.

f. B and c.

g. A and c.

7- Which of the following statement about projects is correct?

a. Projects are the same as on-going operations.

b. A project comes to an end once the objectives are accomplished.

c. Two or more projects can be the same within an operation.

d. A project is completely successful even if it is completed beyond its projected end date.

8- The following are the objectives of holding a meeting with the client for closing a project EXCEPT?

a. Reviewing the project closure report.

b. Identifying the landmarks achieved.

c. Identifying new ways to improve performance for the next project.

d. Thanking everyone for their cooperation.

9- Which of the following statements regarding the different methods of selecting a project is NOT correct?

a. The profitability index method compares the costs of understanding the project with benefits of implementing it.

b. The payback period method is based on the principle that every capital expenditure is recovered within a certain period of time.

c. The internal rate of return method discounts the cash flows of a project at a suitable rate of return by trial and error process.

10- You are a project manager for a tissue paper manufacturing company. Your company receives a time bound order from a U.K based company to deliver before the 20th. You depend on raw paper for making the tissue paper from a vendor who has been supplying to you for 2 years. You count on the vendor to deliver on time so that you can complete the order on time. This is an example of:

a. Time management.

b. Assumption.

c. Objective.

d. Risk management.

11- Which of these is not a cost of quality?

a. Prevention cost.

b. Precaution cost.

c. Failure cost.

d. Appraisal cost.

12-Between two projects, both with a profitability index(pi) greater than 1, the one with the higher PI is more likely to be selected the other?

a. True.

b. False.

13- A major drawback of the payback period method of project selection is that?

a. It is a complicated method and involves intricate calculations.

b. It does not take the time value of money into account.

c. Both a and b.

d. Neither a nor b.

14- In the SWOT analysis, which are the external factors affecting the project?

a. Strengths

b. Weaknesses

c. Opportunities

d. Threats

15- Keeping employees motivated is crucial to the success of a project. One way to motivate an employee is to move him/her between two or more jobs. This also known as________. another technique of employee motivation is __________, in which the employee is given additional authority, responsibility, control and autonomy?

a. Job rotation, Job enrichment.

b. Job enrichment, Job rotation.

c. Job rotation, work appreciation.

d. Job enrichment, Work appreciation.

16- Which of the following statements most nearly defines reserve time?

a. A time gap which is inserted between two projects.

b. An amount of time that is allotted to the project activity to account for any unplanned delay or unforeseen situation.

c. The extra time that remains if to project is completed before time.

d. The time taken to complete the planning process of the project.

17- Which method of information gathering for risk assessment requires that the participants each write down what risk they think the project faces with each participant writing down only one risk?

a. Brainstorming

b. Delphi technique

c. Nominal group technique

d. Interviewing

18- Which of the following conflict management techniques can have negative repercussions?

a. Problem solving

b. Smoothing

c. Withdrawal

d. All of the above

19- Secondary costs incurred in a project including costs on repair. Maintenance, sales, marketing, etc. are an example of?

a. Capital goods costs

b. Working capital costs

c. Operating costs

20- Which of the following statements regarding WBS are true?

a. WBS must identify all the project deliverables and project activates.

b. WBS should be as rigidly designed as possible.

c. Work component at the lowest level of WBS is called work package.

d. A and c

e. B and c

f. A and b

21-the act of making frequent changes in the workforce of an organization can be termed as a/an__________.

a. External risk

b. Organizational risk

c. Personal risk

d. Company risk

22- Design of experiments is used to identify those variables within a project that can have a negative effect on it.

a. True.

b. False.

23- Which of the following documents is an official acknowledgement of the act that a project exists?

a. Project manual

b. Project initiation report

c. Project charter

d. Project preamble

24-which of the following is true regarding earned value analysis?

a. It is a method to determine to value of team members involved in a project

b. It is a tool used in risk planning

c. It is an industry standard technique for monitoring costs and time schedule of a project

d. It is a tool to control and management a project

25- What are the main activates involved during closure of a project?

a. Sending a project closure message to everyone associated with the project

b. Presenting the project closure report

c. Preforming a benchmarking analysis

d. Preforming a risk analysis

26- Which among the following are the essential qualities of a project manager?

a. Ability to inspire and motivate

b. Good time management skills

c. Problem solving skills

d. Empathy

e. Excellent oratory skills

27- Which of the following are cost estimating tools?

a. Incremental estimating

b. Parametric modeling

c. Bottom-up estimating

d. Close look up estimating

28- The two factors most crucial for a project to be dammed successful are?

a. Time and quality

b. Time and costs

c. Costs and quality

d. None of the above