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1、MGMT627 - Project ManagementMidterm MCQ’s1.1 True/False1) Projects, rather than repetitive tasks, are now the basis for most value-added in business. Answer: TRUE2) Projects have a process orientation. Answer: FALSE3

2、) A typical project stays within functional and organizational boundaries. Answer: FALSE4) The special nature of projects relieves project managers from their routine of planning, organizing, motivating, directing, and

3、 controlling. Answer: FALSE5) A project exists outside of the standard line organization. Answer: TRUE6) The initial goal and technical specifications of the project are developed during the planning stage. Answer: F

4、ALSE7) Client interest in a project is highest during the termination and conceptual phases. Answer: TRUE8) The classic triple constraint standard for project performance is composed of time, cost, and client acceptanc

5、e. Answer: FALSE9) The business success dimension of project success determines whether the project achieved significant commercial success. Answer: TRUE10) The Atkinson model for assessing project success gathers inp

6、ut from all of the project's stakeholders. Answer: TRUE11) The use of benchmarking allows companies that are relatively immature at project management to achieve quantum leaps of improvement. Answer: FALSE10) The

7、 degree of risk associated with the project is at its highest during the __________ stage. Answer: conceptualization11) The triple constraint of project success is __________. Answer: time, cost, performance12) Atkinso

8、n suggests that all groups that are affected by a project, otherwise known as __________, should have a hand in assessing project success. Answer: stakeholders13) __________ are used to allow organizations to benchmark

9、 the best practices of successful project management firms. Answer: Project management maturity models14) The Center for Business Practices maturity model stage that describes project management as an ad hoc process i

10、s __________. Answer: Level 1 or Initial Process Diff: 215) In general, all project management maturity models agree that an organization that has internalized all necessary project management principles and is activel

11、y seeking to move beyond these in innovative ways is __________. Answer: (project) mature1.3 Multiple Choice1) Which of the following types of activities is more closely associated with projects rather than processe

12、s? A) an activity that is ongoing B) an activity that is day-to-day C) an activity that uses existing systems D) an activity that establishes its own work rules Answer: D2) Which of the following is accomplished through

13、 project management? A) A cellular phone company activates a new customer's service. B) An automotive manufacturer produces a day's quota of vehicles. C) A software developer creates a new crash-proof operating s

14、ystem. D) A retailer restocks the shelves after a day of brisk sales. Answer: C3) A project typically has: A) a defined start and end date. B) a defined start date but no defined end date. C) no defined start but a defi