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Chapter 1: The World of Project Management
True/False
- A primary purpose of forming projects is to assign the responsibility for
accomplishing some organizational task to a specific person or small group.
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- Projects are characterized by conflict.
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- The difference between a project and a nonproject is always crystal clear.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- Projects are usually large.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- Many recent developments in project management are being driven by changes in the
nature of the American workforce.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Medium
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- There has been a growing use of projects to achieve an organization’s strategic goals
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Medium
- One reason for the emphasis on project management is that tasks fit neatly into
business-as-usual.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- Programs are subdivisions of projects.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- Projects are subdivisions of programs.
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.1
Level: Easy
- One of the few similarities between project management and general management is
that both exist in the well-defined organizational structure of superior/subordinates in the overall organization.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- Project budgeting differs from standard budgeting in regards to accounting
techniques.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
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- While general managers have their authority limited to specific areas in the overall
organization, project managers have authority over any activity required by the project.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- A similarity between project management and general management is the tendency to
“manage by exception.”
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- Project budgets are primarily modifications of budgets for the same activity in the
previous period.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- In project management, superior-subordinate relationships are known and lines of
authority are clear.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- Having responsibility for the outcome of a project without the authority of rank or
position is common in project management.
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
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- Negotiating the purchase of a new car would typically be characterized as win-win
negotiation.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- The project manager depends on legitimate authority to gain the cooperation of the
many departments in the organization that may be asked to supply technology, information, resources and personnel to the project.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Medium
- The group of 17 developed a list of 12 Agile Principles that support the values
articulated in the Agile Manifesto. The following is one of those twelve principles: Avoiding changing requirements so that the project can be completed on time and within budget.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Easy
- The group of 17 developed a list of 12 Agile Principles that support the values
articulated in the Agile Manifesto. The following is one of those twelve principles: On-time delivery is the primary measure of progress.
Answer: False
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Easy
- The group of 17 developed a list of 12 Agile Principles that support the values
articulated in the Agile Manifesto. The following is one of those twelve principles: Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
Answer: True
Response: See Section 1.2
Level: Easy
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