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Project Management Mastery Quiz

Test your knowledge on the essential principles of project management with our comprehensive quiz! Designed for both beginners and seasoned professionals, this quiz covers various topics that are crucial for successful project execution.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Leadership Styles in Project Management
Project Closure Methods

31 Questions8 MinutesCreated by ManagingExpert42

Dividing complex projects to simpler and manageable tasks is the process identified as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

True

False

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) allows you double check all the deliverables’ specifics with the stakeholders and make sure there is nothing missing or overlapping

True

False

In constructing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Identifying the main deliverables of a project is the starting point for deriving a work breakdown structure.

True

False

Scheduling is just one of the tools used to manage jobs and should not be considered the primary one.

True

False

Activity durations are made for the network on the assumption that activity durations are exactly as specified.

True

False

Control system must focus on project objectives, with the aim of ensuring that the project mission is achieved.

True

False

Project evaluation appraises the progress and performance of a job and compares them to what was originally planned.

True

False

The purpose of a review is to learn lessons that can help the team to avoid doing things that cause undesired outcomes and to continue doing those that help.

True

False

Coercive Leadership is a leadership style that would be rarely used by project managers and would be more apparent during crisis situations especially when a project deadline was looming and in danger of being missed.

True

False

Democratic Leadership is a leadership style that builds consensus through participation.

True

False

Contractual closure brings to completion just what you might expect: contracts, purchase orders, third-party agreements, and the like. Most external activities will fit in this category.

True

False

In Scheduling in Project Management, much larger tasks are broken-down to manageable chunks of work.

True

False

Some people think that project management is nothing but scheduling, and this is correct.

True

False

When you are near the end of a project and enter the closure phase, keep in mind that __________ is the key.

Plan

Patience

Scheduling

Control

WBS stands for ______________________.

Work Breakdown Structure

Working Breakdown Structure

Work Breakthrough Strategy

Work Breakdown Strategy

Is a type of project closure that brings to completion all internal aspects of the project.

Contractual Closure

Administrative Closure

Voluntary Closure

Involuntary Closure

The Critical Path Method (CPM) is also known as __________

Critical Path Project

Critical Path Manaagement

Criteria Path Method

Critical Path Plan

Is a type of project closure that brings to completion just what you might expect

Voluntary Closure

Involuntary Closure

Adminitrative Closure

Contractual Closure

Some process of constructing an Arrow Diagram except:

A work breakdown structure (WBS) should be developed before work on the project is scheduled.

Keep all times in the same increments.

Identifying the main deliverables of a project is the starting point for deriving a work breakdown structure

Schedules should be developed according to what is logically possible, and resource allocation should be done later.

This leader builds consensus through participation. An example of this is where each team member in a Project Management Office (PMO) contributes towards defining and measuring the objectives of the PMO.

Affiliative Leadership

Democratic Leadership

Coercive Leadership

Focus Leadership

Are a function of the level of resources applied to the work, and if that level is not actually available when it comes time to do the work, then the scheduled dates for the task cannot be met.

Activity Durations

Evaluation and Review

Activity Plan

Management Duration

This is a very common management style used by project managers and has a positive impact on the project team.

Affiliative Leadership

Democratic Leadership

Coercive Leadership

Cost Leadership

Means to compare progress against the plan so that corrective action can be taken when a deviation occurs.

Control System

Control

Work

Coordination

This Leadership style would be rarely used by project managers and would be more apparent during crisis situations especially when a project deadline was looming and in danger of being missed.

Focus Leadership

Democratic Leadership

Affiliative Leadership

Coercive Leadership

To determine Earliest Finish times for all activities, we must perform__________

Forward - pass Computations

Backward - pass Computations

Forward - pass Communications

Backward - pass Control

Must be prepared to deal with these because whether you like it not, the behavioral problems come with the job, and failure to deal with them will sink a project eventually.

Department Chair

Project Coordinator

Project Managers

Control Managers

It must focus on project objectives, with the aim of ensuring that the project mission is achieved.

Control

Control System

Work

Activity Duration

The _______ must be done as efficiently and as effectively as possible, and improvement of work processes is a very important issue today

Work

Plan

Work System

Control

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