You have been assigned to a project that will allow job seekers to fill out applications and submit them via the company website. You report to the VP of human resources. You are also responsible for screening applications for the information technology division and setting up interviews. The project coordinator has asked for the latest version of your changes to the online application page for his review. Which organizational structure do you work in?
A. Functional organization
B. Weak matrix organization
C. Projectized organization
D. Balanced matrix organization
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Your selection committee meets on a semiannual basis. They've determined that projects must meet or exceed a specific profit limit in order to be accepted and prioritized on the project list. Which of the following is true? A. The selection committee has defined project selection criteria, which is a tool and technique of Initiation. B. The selection committee has defined project selection methods, which is a tool and technique of Initiation. C. The selection committee has defined project selection methods, which is an input to Initiation. D. The selection committee has defined project selection criteria, which is an input to Initiation.
You are a project manager for the information technology division of a local satellite TV broadcasting company. This spring, the chief information officer for your company gave you the project to convert and upgrade all the PCs in the department to the latest release of a specific desktop application. Prior to this conversion, all manner of desktop software existed on machines throughout the company and had caused increasing problems with sharing files and information across the company. A lot of unproductive hours were spent typing information into several formats. This project came about as a result of which of the following? A. Technological advance B. Business need C. Customer request D. Legal requirement
Which logical relationship does the PDM use most often? A. Start to finish B. Start to start C. Finish to finish D. Finish to start
You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. They manufacture window shades for hotel chains that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings on the inside of the shades. Picture Shades is taking their product to the home market, and you're managing the new project. They will offer their products at retail stores as well as on their website. You're developing the project schedule for this undertaking and have determined the critical path. Which of the following is true? A. You calculated the most likely start date and most likely finish dates, float time, and weighted average estimates. B. You calculated the activity dependency, and the optimistic and pessimistic activity duration estimates. C. You calculated the early and late start dates, early and late finish dates, and float times for all activities. D. You calculated the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely duration times and the float times for all activities.
You are a project manager for Fountain of Youth Spring Water bottlers. You are installing a new accounting system and have identified several problems and their causes. You decide to use which of the following to identify the variables that will have the greatest effect on project outcomes? A. Design of experiments B. Bench marking C. Benefit/cost analysis D. Flow charting
What is the concept of project management?
All of the following are tools and techniques of the Integrated Change Control process except: A. Configuration management B. Performance measurements C. Change requests D. Additional planning
What are the outputs of the Performance Reporting process? A. Performance reports and change requests B. Performance reports and other project records C. Change requests and performance reporting D. Change requests and performance measurements
What are the outputs of the Team Development process? A. Performance improvements, input to performance appraisals B. Input to performance appraisals, reward and recognition systems C. Performance improvements, input to performance appraisals, performance reports D. Work results, input to performance appraisals, performance reports
Project managers spend what percentage of their prime communicating? A. 90 B. 85 C. 75 D. 50
You are project manager for an engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp-metering lights to several on-ramps along a stretch of highway at the south end of the city. You subcontracted a portion of the project to another company. The subcontractor's work involves digging the holes and setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor's performance is not meeting the contract requirements. All of the following are valid options except: A. You document the poor performance in written form and send the correspondence to the subcontractor change request through Contract Administration. B. You terminate the contract for poor performance and submit a change request through Contract Administration. C. You submit a change request through Contract Administration to ask the subcontractor to comply with the terms of the contract. D. You agree to meet with the subcontractor to see if a satisfactory solution can be reached.