MCQ Set Project

1. A project is basically a _____activity.
(A) temporary (B) permanent (C) continue (D) global
2. Which of the following statement is NOT true about a project? (A) It is temporary (B) It has an end
date (C) It contains no risk (D) It is unique and brings change
3. Which of the following is NOT considered as a project? (A) building another room (B) maintenance of
the building (C) Switching to new business process (D) Renovating the conference room
4. A graphical chart that shows project tasks against time is known as (A) milestone (B) goal (C) PERT
chart (D) Gantt chart
5.: What form of planning and control focuses on the low volume–high variety end of the continuum?
a. Supply planning and control

b. Lean planning and control
c. Quality planning and control
d. Project planning and control
6. Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects?
a. Uniqueness
b. Uncertainty
c. No defined end point
d. An objective
7. Successful project management does NOT include which of the following factors?
a. Competent team members

b. Responsiveness to clients
c. Interchangable staff
d. Control mechanisms
8. Which is the first stage in the project management model?
a. Project planning
b. Project control
c. Understanding the project environment
d. Project definition
9. A clear hierarchy of objectives in the project definition would NOT normally contain:
a. Control mechanisms
b. Success criteria
c. The purpose
d. An End result
10. Which of the following activities would NOT be an appropriate way of crashing a project?
a. Reducing quality
b. Sub-contracting
c. Additional resources
d. Overtime working
11. Which of the following should be taken into account when planning a project?
a. Political environment
b. Operational environment
c. Social environment
d. All of the above
12. Changes to the project involve moving from:
a. Project control stage to project planning stage.

b. Project control stage to understanding the project environment stage.
c. Project control stage to project definition stage.
d. None of the above
1. In what way is a project family tree different to a bill of material?
a. It specifies items and components instead of tasks and sub-projects.

b. It specifies major tasks or sub-projects instead of items and components.
c. They are both the same.
d. They are different
Question 2. The use of probability curves to describe a project estimate helps to deal with:
a. The impact of uncertainty on demand.

b. The impact of uncertainty on satisfaction.
c. The impact of uncertainty on estimating times.
d. The impact of uncertainty on costs.
Question 3.Estimates that assume that almost everything that can go wrong does go wrong are called:
a. Pessimistic
b. Worst case
c. Critical
d. Negative
Question 4.A project planning and control typology should focus on:
a. Uncertainty and cost control

b. Complexity and cost control
c. Complexity and completion time
d. Uncertainty and complexity
Question 5. Successful project management does NOT include which one of the following objectives?
a. Limited resource allocation

b. Control mechanisms
c. Responsiveness to clients
d. Adequate communication channels
Question 6.What type of plans are used to minimise the impact of uncertainty?
a. Alternate plans
b. Back-up plans
c. Project plans
d. Solid plans
Question 7.From high to low complexity, which of the following is in the correct order?
a. A car plant, product development, an oil tanker
b. Oil tanker, novel writing, a wedding
c. Chemical plant, a UN campaign, company audit
d. A military campaign, an Antarctic expedition, oil exploration
Question 8.It is likely to be especially difficult to define and set realistic objectives for:
a. Projects with high complexity

b. High-cost projects
c. Long-term projects
d. Projects with high uncertainty
Question 9. Projects with high levels of complexity are likely to be:
a. Easier to control than to plan.

b. Easier to plan than to control.
c. Easier to control than to define.
d. None of the above.
Question 10. Which of the following is NOT noted by Pinto and Slevin as a particularly important success
factor for project management?
a. Cost maintenance
b. Feedback capabilities
c. Top management support
d. Competent project team members
Question 11. Which of the following characteristics is NOT seen by Weiss and Wysocki as particularly
important in an effective project manager?
a. Technical expertise in the area of the project

b. Knowledge of key suppliers
c. Leadership and strategic expertise
d. Interpersonal competence
Question 12. Moving from the project control stage to the project planning stage is called:
a. Corrective action
b. Retrospective additions
c. Project changes
d. Revised planning
Question 13.Moving from the project planning stage to the technical execution stage in the project
management model involves moving from:
a. Stage 3 to Stage 4
b. Stage 4 to Stage 6
c. Stage 6 to Stage 7
d. Stage 2 to Stage 3
Question 15. In project management, speed and dependability objectives are compressed into one
composite objective called:
a. Time
b. Range
c. Vision
d. Dependence

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1. A project is basically a _____activity.

(A) temporary (B) permanent (C) continue (D) global

a. Supply planning and control

6. Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects?

a. Competent team members

8. Which is the first stage in the project management model?

12. Changes to the project involve moving from:

a. Project control stage to project planning stage.

a. It specifies items and components instead of tasks and sub-projects.

a. The impact of uncertainty on demand.

a. Uncertainty and cost control

a. Limited resource allocation

a. Projects with high complexity

Question 9. Projects with high levels of complexity are likely to be:

a. Easier to control than to plan.

a. Technical expertise in the area of the project

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