MIS 460 CH2 (MCQ)
Project Management Mastery Quiz
Test your knowledge on project management concepts with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz contains 35 multiple-choice questions covering a range of important topics, including organizational structures, project life cycles, and stakeholder management.
Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone interested in improving their project management skills. Join now and see how much you really know!
- 35 multiple-choice questions
- Learn about various project management frameworks
- Challenge yourself and improve your skills
Projects must operate in a broad organizational environment, and project managers need to consider projects within the greater organizational context. Which approach describes the holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization?
A. Linear analysis
B. Systems thinking
C. Reductionism
D. The silo approach
Which problem-solving approach requires defining the scope of a system, dividing it into its components, and then identifying and evaluating its problems, opportunities, constraints, and needs?
A. Linear programming
B. Independent component analysis
C. Principal component analysis
D. Systems analysis
Which perspective of an organization focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management?
A. Structural frame
B. Human resources frame
C. Political frame
D. Symbolic frame
The _____ frame of an organization focuses on providing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of people
Structural
Human resources
Political
Symbolic
The symbolic perspective of an organization
Focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities to meet the goals and policies set by top management
views the organization as coalitions composed of varied individuals and interest groups.
Focuses on providing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of people
Focuses on the meanings of the culture, language, traditions, and image of the organization.
Which perspective on organizations assumes that organizations are coalitions composed of varied individuals and interest groups
Political frame
Symbolic frame
Structural frame
Human resources frame
Grey’s Infotech sells customized hardware and software solutions for businesses. The salespeople for Grey’s have a strict dress code when meeting clients. They are required to wear dark business suits, in order to convey the company’s dedication to quality. The meaning conveyed to the clients’ through the salespeople’s clothing is part of the _____ frame of the organization.
Political
Symbolic
Structural
Human resources
In Rizzati Corp, vice presidents in departments such as engineering, manufacturing, IT, and human resources report directly to the chief executive officer and undertake their tasks independently of each other. The staffs of these departments have specialized skills in their respective disciplines. Which type of organizational structure does Rizatti Corp have?
Project
Symbolic
Matrix
Functional
In a _____organizational structure, program managers, rather than functional managers or vice presidents, report to the CEO. Their staffs have a variety of skills needed to complete all required tasks within their programs
Project
Symbolic
Matrix
Functional
In a _____ organizational structure, personnel often report to both a functional manager and one or more project managers
Project
Symbolic
Matrix
Functional
In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the most authority
Functional
Project
Matrix
Circular
. In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the least amount of authority
Functional
Project
Matrix
Circular
Which of the following is true of a matrix organizational structure?
In a matrix organizational structure, employees are organized into departments according to their skills, and there is little interaction between employees from different departments.
Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from only a single functional area working on their projects
In a strong matrix organizational structure, the project manager controls the project budget and has moderate to high authority.
A matrix organizational structure is hierarchical, but instead of functional managers reporting to the CEO, program managers report to the CEO
. _____ refers to a set of shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that characterize the functioning of an organization
Chain of command
Line of control
Organizational culture
Organizational structure
Which characteristic of organizational culture describes the degree to which management’s decisions take into account the effect of outcomes on people within the organization
Member identity
Group emphasis
People focus
Unit integration
Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which employees identify with the organization as a whole, rather than with their types of job or profession
Member identity
People focus
Group emphasis
Unit integration
Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which departments within an organization are encouraged to coordinate with each other
Member identity
People focus
Group emphasis
Unit integration
In organizational culture, what does people focus refer to
The degree to which the organization monitors and responds to changes in the external environment
. The degree to which rules, policies, and direct supervision are used to oversee and control employee behavior
The degree to which management’s decisions take into account the effect of outcomes on employees within the organization
The degree to which employees are encouraged to be aggressive, innovative, and risk seeking
In organizational culture, what does means-end orientation refer to
The degree to which the organization monitors and responds to changes in the external environment
The degree to which rules, policies, and direct supervision are used to oversee and control employee behavior
The degree to which management focuses on outcomes rather than on techniques and processes used to achieve results
The degree to which employees are encouraged to be aggressive, innovative, and risk seeking
Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which the organization monitors and responds to changes in the external environment
Means-ends orientation
Open-systems focus
Conflict tolerance
Risk tolerance
. In organizational culture, what does control refer to?
The degree to which the organization monitors and responds to changes in the external environment
The degree to which rules, policies, and direct supervision are used to oversee employee behavior
The degree to which management focuses on outcomes rather than on techniques and processes used to achieve results
The degree to which employees are encouraged to be aggressive, innovative, and risk seeking
Select an example of external stakeholders for an organization.
Top managers
Functional managers
Employees
Competitors
Which term refers to a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, a piece of hardware, or a segment of software code, produced or provided as part of a project?
Deliverable
Input
System
Resource
Which of the following is true of the project life cycle
In the early phases of a project life cycle, resource needs are usually lowest
In the later phases of the project life cycle, the level of uncertainty is usually the highest.
. It is much more expensive to make major changes to a project during the earlier phases than the latter phases
More resources are usually needed during the initial phases of a project than during the middle or final phases.
In which product life cycle the scope, schedule, and cost are determined early, and changes to scope are carefully managed
Iterative
Incremental
Predictive
Adaptive
In which development life cycle do stakeholders define and approve the detailed scope before the start on an iteration
Adaptive
Hybrid
Incremental
Iterative
Which approach to product development is currently used by many organizations so a predictive set of steps is used as an overall means to coordinate more detailed steps that are adaptively managed
Adaptive
Hybrid
Predictive
Incremental
Which systems development life cycle model assumes that requirements will remain stable after they are defined
Spiral life cycle
Waterfall life cycle
Prototyping life cycle
RAD life cycle
. In which systems development life cycle do model developers use a model to generate functional requirements and physical design specifications simultaneously
RAD life cycle
Prototyping life cycle
Spiral life cycle
Waterfall life cycle
The _____ model uses an approach in which developers work with an evolving prototype, using tools such as computer-aided software engineering, joint requirements planning, and joint application design to facilitate rapid prototyping and code generation
Prototyping life cycle
Waterfall life cycle
RAD life cycle
Spiral life cycle
Which of the following best describes a kill point in the project life cycle
The period of time given to managers during the feasibility phases to decide on the cost, quality, and time constraints for the project
A review of the status of a project at each phase of development to determine if it should be continued, redirected, or terminated
The point of time in the project lifecycle after which it is impossible to terminate a running project
The final submission of the project deliverables after which the project is terminated
Which statement best describes outsourcing
An organization selling its products in a market outside its domestic market
An organization’s acquisition of goods and services from an outside source
An organization setting up manufacturing and retailing facilities in a new country
An organization’s use of virtual teams with employees located in different countries
Which is a disadvantage for virtual teams compared to traditional teams
Increased costs for office space and support
Reduced opportunities for informal transfer of information
Limited flexibility in team working hours
Reduced dependence on technology and processes for accomplishing work
Which characteristic is true of virtual teams
It is easier for a virtual team to build relationships and trust.
Negative incentives do not impact virtual team members
. It is important to select team members carefully
As they never meet, virtual teams do not have conflicts
Which observation is true of the agile approach to software development
In the agile method, requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration
An agile approach sets scope goals, but leaves time and cost goals flexible
Agile is a predictive model of software development
In the agile approach, requirements must be clearly expressed early in the life cycle
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