Exam 3: Project Selection and Portfolio Management

The efficient frontier in a profile model is the set of options that offers a maximum return for a given level of risk or a minimum risk for every level of return.

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Question 61

The ________ screening method may arrive at multiple solutions,which is one reason it is used less widely than the net present value technique.

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Question 62

The Analytical Hierarchy Process elegantly addresses scaling issues in criteria and negative utility in alternative scores.

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Question 63

What are three keys to success for project portfolio management? Which is most important?

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Question 64

Souder's project screening criterion that indicates an effective model must reflect organization objectives,including a firm's strategic goals and mission is called:

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Question 65

Which statement about the Analytical Hierarchy Process is FALSE?

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Question 66

A principal cause of project portfolio underperformance is lack of ________.

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Question 67

What criteria might be employed to prioritize projects in a project portfolio? Choose any example project from recent business news and deduce which criteria were most important to the company in question.

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Question 68

If an organization that currently is managing a vast and well-balanced portfolio of projects decides on a new strategic direction,it will initially face the problem of:

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Question 69

Every decision model contains both objective and subjective factors.

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Question 70

A commercial factor in project selection and screening might be:

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Question 71

Numeric project selection models,by their very nature,employ objective values.

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Question 72

How can a payback period approach be used to evaluate potential projects?

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Question 73

Souder's model selection criterion that encourages ease of adaptation to changes in tax laws,building codes,among others,is called:

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Question 74

The most important thing to remember when using project selection models is to be consistent and objective.

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Question 75

A simplified scoring model addresses all the weakness of a checklist model for project screening.

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Question 76

Which statement regarding project selection is best?

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Question 77

Profile models allow managers to plot ________ options for various alternatives.

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Question 78

Between projects A and B,project A will be considered a superior financial undertaking if it has:

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Question 79

Which statement regarding project selection and screening criteria is best?

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The efficient frontier in a profile model is the set of options that offers a maximum return for a given level of risk or a minimum risk for every level of return.

The ________ screening method may arrive at multiple solutions,which is one reason it is used less widely than the net present value technique.

The Analytical Hierarchy Process elegantly addresses scaling issues in criteria and negative utility in alternative scores.

What are three keys to success for project portfolio management? Which is most important?

Souder's project screening criterion that indicates an effective model must reflect organization objectives,including a firm's strategic goals and mission is called:

Which statement about the Analytical Hierarchy Process is FALSE?

A principal cause of project portfolio underperformance is lack of ________.

What criteria might be employed to prioritize projects in a project portfolio? Choose any example project from recent business news and deduce which criteria were most important to the company in question.

If an organization that currently is managing a vast and well-balanced portfolio of projects decides on a new strategic direction,it will initially face the problem of:

Every decision model contains both objective and subjective factors.

A commercial factor in project selection and screening might be:

Numeric project selection models,by their very nature,employ objective values.

How can a payback period approach be used to evaluate potential projects?

Souder's model selection criterion that encourages ease of adaptation to changes in tax laws,building codes,among others,is called:

The most important thing to remember when using project selection models is to be consistent and objective.

A simplified scoring model addresses all the weakness of a checklist model for project screening.

Which statement regarding project selection is best?

Profile models allow managers to plot ________ options for various alternatives.

Between projects A and B,project A will be considered a superior financial undertaking if it has:

Which statement regarding project selection and screening criteria is best?

Introduction: Why Project Management

The Organizational Context: Strategy, structure, and Culture

Leadership and the Project Manager

Scope Management

Project Team Building, conflict, and Negotiation

Risk Management

Cost Estimation and Budgeting

Project Scheduling: Networks, duration Estimation, and Critical Path

Project Scheduling: Lagging, crashing, and Activity Networks

Critical Chain Project Scheduling

Resource Management

Project Evaluation and Control

Project Closeout and Termination

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