PMP Questions 121 - 140
121. The project manager’s leadership style should be matched to the corresponding developmental level of the project team and should move through successive steps in the following order:
a. Disciplinary, autocratic, participative
b. Projectized, matrix, functional
c. Team building, team development, responsibility assignment
d. Directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
122. A company has signed a contract for new work that is different from work that it has done before. The company’s strategic plan calls for much of this kind of work in the future. It is important that it be able to bring the correct shared resources together to work on different parts of the contract. The type of organization that this suggest is a:
a. Functional organization
b. Contractor organization
c. Matrix organization
d. Pure project organization
123. The manager of a large corporation wants to sign a contract to build a nuclear power plant in Botswana several thousand miles away from the home office. The project will take several years to build and test. What type of organization will be best for managing this project?
a. Functional organization
b. Contractor organization
c. Matrix organization
d. Pure project organization
124. In matrix management organizations, if the organization maintains many of the characteristic of the functional organization and the project managers are considered more like project coordinators or expediters, it is called a:
a. Strong matrix
b. Project team
c. Weak matrix
d. Project office
125. A project manager is selecting team members for her project team. She collects the resumes and past performance reviews for the potential team members and discusses each with their functional manager. Which of the following is not a characteristic that the project manager should use in selecting the team members?
a. Previous experience
b. Personal characteristics
c. Personal interest
d. Salary
126. A project manager is responsible for all that goes on in the project. One of the most important duties that the project manage can perform is the function of:
a. Risk management
b. Quality management
c. Cost management
d. Integration
127. The organization that is a formalized structure directed toward the support of the project community within the organization is called:
a. Matrix organization
b. Project office
c. Project team
d. Project management office
128. On a project team one of the team members has a problem collecting on a medical insurance claim. The team member comes to the project manager and explains the problem. The problem is the responsibility of the:
a. Project team
b. Project manager
c. Executive manager
d. Human resource department
129. The organization that is a formalized structure where the project teams and the project managers reside is called:
a. Matrix organization
b. Project office
c. Project team
d. Project management office
130. A conflict arises about the method to solve a difficult design problem. The project manager is seeking a method of resolving the conflict. In order to achieve the most long lasting resolution to project conflicts, which of the following approached should be used?
a. Problem solving
b. Compromise
c. Withdrawal
d. Smoothing
131. In a large organization a project expediter is being used to manage a project for an important client. The position of project expediter would be found in what kind of an organization?
a. Strong matrix
b. Weak matrix
c. Functional
d. Projectized
132. The project manager of a project is concerned with managing cost and improving morale and is also concerned about notifying other project managers when individuals from his project team will be available to work on other projects. This is best addressed in the project’s:
a. Communications plan
b. Work breakdown structure
c. Staffing plan
d. Project schedule
133. The beginning and the end of the project is defined by:
a. The project plan
b. The project charter
c. The team charter
d. The project lifecycle
134. Herzberg divided motivation factors into two classes: satisfiers and dissatisfiers. Examples of satisfiers are:
a. Vacation time, assignment of a personal staff assistant
b. Work satisfaction, fringe benefit
c. Plush office space, performance-based salary raise
d. Sense of personal achievement, work satisfaction
135. The skill of listening involves more than just hearing the sounds. One of the characteristics of a good listener is that he or she:
a. Finishes the speaker’s sentences
b. Take good notes
c. Repeats some of the things said
d. Agrees with the speaker
136. Primary outputs from team development are:
a. Input to performance appraisals
b. High project team morale
c. Reduced project cost
d. Greater customer satisfaction
137. An automotive oil change station was receiving complaints that service took too long. A coffee machine and television were installed in the waiting room and the complaints went down. This is an example of:
a. Smith-Carlisle method
b. Creative problem solving
c. Analytical problem solving
d. Decision analysis
138. A project manager is concerned about team building on her project. One of the mandatory things that she must have in order to have good team building is:
a. Commitment from top level management
b. Co-location of team members
c. Establishment of clear negotiated goals
d. Open discussion of poor individual performance
139. The project manager of a new project wants to get things started in a positive way with the project team. The project manager wants the team members to get to know one another, to introduce the project team and the project manager to one another, to discuss the objectives and goals of the project, and to identify some of the potential problem areas. This meeting is called a:
a. Project team meeting
b. Project kick-off meeting
c. Goal setting meeting
d. Introduction meeting
140. A project manager is managing a project where there will be a number of persons working together. She wants to enhance the ability of the team to work together and perform as a team. One of the things that she can do to maximize the ability of the team to do this is:
a. Cohabitation
b. Co-location
c. Staffing plan
d. Work breakdown structure
a. Disciplinary, autocratic, participative
b. Projectized, matrix, functional
c. Team building, team development, responsibility assignment
d. Directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
122. A company has signed a contract for new work that is different from work that it has done before. The company’s strategic plan calls for much of this kind of work in the future. It is important that it be able to bring the correct shared resources together to work on different parts of the contract. The type of organization that this suggest is a:
a. Functional organization
b. Contractor organization
c. Matrix organization
d. Pure project organization
123. The manager of a large corporation wants to sign a contract to build a nuclear power plant in Botswana several thousand miles away from the home office. The project will take several years to build and test. What type of organization will be best for managing this project?
a. Functional organization
b. Contractor organization
c. Matrix organization
d. Pure project organization
124. In matrix management organizations, if the organization maintains many of the characteristic of the functional organization and the project managers are considered more like project coordinators or expediters, it is called a:
a. Strong matrix
b. Project team
c. Weak matrix
d. Project office
125. A project manager is selecting team members for her project team. She collects the resumes and past performance reviews for the potential team members and discusses each with their functional manager. Which of the following is not a characteristic that the project manager should use in selecting the team members?
a. Previous experience
b. Personal characteristics
c. Personal interest
d. Salary
126. A project manager is responsible for all that goes on in the project. One of the most important duties that the project manage can perform is the function of:
a. Risk management
b. Quality management
c. Cost management
d. Integration
127. The organization that is a formalized structure directed toward the support of the project community within the organization is called:
a. Matrix organization
b. Project office
c. Project team
d. Project management office
128. On a project team one of the team members has a problem collecting on a medical insurance claim. The team member comes to the project manager and explains the problem. The problem is the responsibility of the:
a. Project team
b. Project manager
c. Executive manager
d. Human resource department
129. The organization that is a formalized structure where the project teams and the project managers reside is called:
a. Matrix organization
b. Project office
c. Project team
d. Project management office
130. A conflict arises about the method to solve a difficult design problem. The project manager is seeking a method of resolving the conflict. In order to achieve the most long lasting resolution to project conflicts, which of the following approached should be used?
a. Problem solving
b. Compromise
c. Withdrawal
d. Smoothing
131. In a large organization a project expediter is being used to manage a project for an important client. The position of project expediter would be found in what kind of an organization?
a. Strong matrix
b. Weak matrix
c. Functional
d. Projectized
132. The project manager of a project is concerned with managing cost and improving morale and is also concerned about notifying other project managers when individuals from his project team will be available to work on other projects. This is best addressed in the project’s:
a. Communications plan
b. Work breakdown structure
c. Staffing plan
d. Project schedule
133. The beginning and the end of the project is defined by:
a. The project plan
b. The project charter
c. The team charter
d. The project lifecycle
134. Herzberg divided motivation factors into two classes: satisfiers and dissatisfiers. Examples of satisfiers are:
a. Vacation time, assignment of a personal staff assistant
b. Work satisfaction, fringe benefit
c. Plush office space, performance-based salary raise
d. Sense of personal achievement, work satisfaction
135. The skill of listening involves more than just hearing the sounds. One of the characteristics of a good listener is that he or she:
a. Finishes the speaker’s sentences
b. Take good notes
c. Repeats some of the things said
d. Agrees with the speaker
136. Primary outputs from team development are:
a. Input to performance appraisals
b. High project team morale
c. Reduced project cost
d. Greater customer satisfaction
137. An automotive oil change station was receiving complaints that service took too long. A coffee machine and television were installed in the waiting room and the complaints went down. This is an example of:
a. Smith-Carlisle method
b. Creative problem solving
c. Analytical problem solving
d. Decision analysis
138. A project manager is concerned about team building on her project. One of the mandatory things that she must have in order to have good team building is:
a. Commitment from top level management
b. Co-location of team members
c. Establishment of clear negotiated goals
d. Open discussion of poor individual performance
139. The project manager of a new project wants to get things started in a positive way with the project team. The project manager wants the team members to get to know one another, to introduce the project team and the project manager to one another, to discuss the objectives and goals of the project, and to identify some of the potential problem areas. This meeting is called a:
a. Project team meeting
b. Project kick-off meeting
c. Goal setting meeting
d. Introduction meeting
140. A project manager is managing a project where there will be a number of persons working together. She wants to enhance the ability of the team to work together and perform as a team. One of the things that she can do to maximize the ability of the team to do this is:
a. Cohabitation
b. Co-location
c. Staffing plan
d. Work breakdown structure
Answers
121. D
Directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
122. C
Matrix organization
123.D
Pure project organization
124.C
Weak matrix
125. D
Salary
126. D
Integration
127. B
Project office
128. D
Human resource department
129. D
Project management office
130. A
Problem solving
131. B
Weak matrix
132. C
Staffing plan
133. D
The project lifecycle
134. D
Sense of personal achievement, work satisfaction
135. C
Repeats some of the things said
136. A
Input to performance appraisals
137. B
Creative problem solving
138. A
Commitment from top level management
139. B
Project kick-off meeting
140. B
Co-location
Directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
122. C
Matrix organization
123.D
Pure project organization
124.C
Weak matrix
125. D
Salary
126. D
Integration
127. B
Project office
128. D
Human resource department
129. D
Project management office
130. A
Problem solving
131. B
Weak matrix
132. C
Staffing plan
133. D
The project lifecycle
134. D
Sense of personal achievement, work satisfaction
135. C
Repeats some of the things said
136. A
Input to performance appraisals
137. B
Creative problem solving
138. A
Commitment from top level management
139. B
Project kick-off meeting
140. B
Co-location
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