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20 Cards in this Set
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Many organizations claim that using project management provides advantages, such as ________.
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a. higher profit margins
*b. all of these choices c. improved customer relations d. shorter development times |
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According to the Project Management Institute, a(n) ________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
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*a. project
b. program c. product d. operation |
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If the vice president of sales initiates a project to improve direct product sales using the Internet, he or she might be the ________.
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a. project manager
b. Project Management Professional (PMP) c. program manager *d. project sponsor |
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To create a successful project, a project manager must consider scope, time, and cost and balance these often-competing goals. This is sometimes referred to in project management as the ________.
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a. quadruple constraint
b. project portfolio c. critical path *d. triple constraint |
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________ are the people involved in or affected by project activities and include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents of the project.
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*a. Stakeholders
b. Program managers c. Human resource personnel d. Project managers |
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Project ________ management involves defining and managing all the work required to complete the project successfully.
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a. time
b. cost *c. scope d. quality |
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Project ________ management ensures that the project will satisfy the stated or implied needs for which it was undertaken.
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a. cost
b. time c. scope *d. quality |
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Project ________ management involves generating, collecting, disseminating, and storing project information.
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a. procurement
b. human resource c. risk *d. communications |
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Project ________ management involves acquiring goods and services for a project from outside the performing organization.
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a. communications b. risk c. human resource *d. procurement |
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Project ________ management is an overarching function that affects and is affected by all of the other knowledge areas.
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*a. integration
b. procurement c. cost d. scope |
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Motivation techniques, empathic listening, team building exercises, resource histograms, and project management charts are examples of the tools and techniques project managers can use in project ________ management.
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a. integration
b. quality *c. human resource d. scope |
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In many organizations, project managers also support an emerging business strategy of project ________ management, in which organizations group and manage projects as a portfolio of investments that contributed to the entire enterprise's success.
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*a. portfolio
b. scope c. procurement d. integration |
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Which of the following helps projects succeed?
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*a. executive support
b. flexible basic requirements c. broad scope d. customized software infrastructure |
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Which IT project portfolio category helps transform business?
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a. growth
*b. venture c. core d. mature |
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Generally, a ________ focuses on long-term goals and big-picture objectives, while inspiring people to reach those goals.
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a. sponsor
b. stakeholder *c. leader d. manager |
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Generally, a ________ often deals with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals.
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a. leader
*b. manager c. stakeholder d. sponsor |
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A ________ is a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format.
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a. critical path
*b. Gantt chart c. resource histogram d. network diagram |
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Members of the Navy Polaris missile/submarine project first used ________ in 1958 to help managers model the relationships among project tasks.
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a. network diagrams
b. resource histograms c. critical paths d. Gantt charts |
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By August 2008, there were roughly how many certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs)?
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*a. 295,000
b. 125,000 c. 184,000 d. 105,000 |
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Microsoft Project is the most widely used project management software today and is an example of a ________ tool.
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a. low-end
b. high-end c. diagramming *d. midrange |
