1. Consulting firms typically use which of the following techniques to plan and monitor the engagements of the firm or specific projects?
- Materials requirements planning (MRP)
- Quantitative layout
- CPM/PERT
- Qualitative forecasting
2. Which of the following would be the result of subdividing a project?
- Tasks
- Job orders
- Work events
- Job categories
3. A work breakdown structure is
- a Cost and Performance tracking schedule
- a hierarchy of tasks, subtasks, and work packages
- a structure that is incompatible with the Critical Path Method
- a simple list of the activities making up a project
4. A Responsibility Chart specifically identifies which of the following?
- Commitment to quality
- Planning the tasks for a project
- Customer satisfaction
- Level of inventory
5. At the onset, a project originates as which of the following?
- A series of milestones
- Critical path method (CPM)
- A statement of work (SOW
- A Gantt chart
6. The vertical axis on a Gantt chart is usually which of the following?
- Time
- Profit
- Activities
- Cost
7. Which of the following identifies a key principle of Reengineering?
- Downsize (lay-off) workers and do the same amount of work as before.
- Merge information-processing work into the real work that produces the information.
- Capture information both at the source and where it is interpreted.
- Organize around tasks.
8. An example of a graphic project report utilized within project management is:
- Humphrey chart
- Equipment and supplies chart
- Project proposal
- Cost and performance tracking schedule
9. Which project progress technique includes the essential features of a project plan, budgeted cost of work scheduled and budgeted cost of work performed?
- Earned value management
- Critical path method
- Gantt chart
- Cost analysis