Exam 1: Introduction: Why Project Management

Keith Monroe nails hundreds of pieces of culled lumber in the blazing July sun to form a parquet deck for his barn roof.He and his assistant are clearly in:

The degree of risk associated with the project is typically at its highest during the:

Acme uses no recognizable project management processes and has entertaining project meetings because each member has a unique way of reporting progress or lack thereof.Acme is most likely at the moderate level in the generic project management maturity model.

The degree of innovation and creativity is typically at its highest during the:

Which of these factors are highly similar from an intensity perspective across the project life cycle?

Creativity is at its zenith during the ________ stage of the project life cycle.

Projects are typically ongoing,day-to-day activities that have goods and services as outputs.

Projects are ________-focused.

All groups that are affected by a project are known by this name:

Which of the following types of activities is more closely associated with projects rather than processes?

The most basic level in Kerzner's project management maturity model is:

The use of benchmarking allows companies that are relatively immature at project management to achieve quantum leaps of improvement.

Which of these is NOT characteristic of a project?

Low inflation is a trigger for improved project management skills because:

The technical challenges that the project has to face are typically at their lowest during the:

Which of the following is accomplished through project management?

What are key differences between projects and processes?

The business success dimension of project success determines whether the project achieved significant commercial success.

The special nature of projects relieves project managers from their routine of planning,organizing,motivating,directing,and controlling.

Which statement regarding the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)is best?