Question 1

In the new project management professionalism model:

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A)  personnel should be in a state of flux with regard to job assignment.
B)  process skills will not be important.
C)  traditional project champion activities will supplant the currently emphasized nontraditional skills.
D)  project management should be a dedicated career path.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which statement regarding the duties of leaders and managers is best?

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A)  Leaders embrace change while managers support the status quo.
B)  Management is more about interpersonal relationships than leadership is.
C)  Leaders aim for efficiency.
D)  Managers aim for effectiveness.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

What can a project manager do to motivate project team members?

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Question 4

A recent development in many companies is to:

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A)  reassign functional managers to functions outside their area of expertise in order to build well-rounded employees.
B)  reassign project managers back to functional duties as soon as a project ends;then assign them to the next project within their functional area.
C)  keep skilled project managers in project work;when one project ends they are immediately assigned to another project.
D)  hire talent from outside the organization,effectively outsourcing project management talent to professional project management organizations.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

For the project manager,leadership is:

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A)  the process by which she influences the project team.
B)  the process of assembling a group of individuals.
C)  the process of building skills among all team members.
D)  the process of maintaining control of the budget.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

The ________ is a project champion that is a senior-level manager who does everything possible to promote the project,including obtaining resources,coaching the team,and protecting the project when necessary.

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Question 7

Give two examples each of traditional and nontraditional project champion duties.Which set of duties is more important? Why?

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Examples may vary,but the traditional du...

Question 8

Describe the four things that are necessary to promote the partnership idea between the project manager and the team.

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Question 9

A project manager's function should be:

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A)  to control the "soft" people issues.
B)  to manage the hard technical details.
C)  to holistically manage the entire project.
D)  to apply a laissez faire approach and let the work progress unimpeded.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Which of these is the more meaningful measure of leadership effectiveness?

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A)  subject matter knowledge
B)  emotional intelligence
C)  technical skill
D)  analytical abilityE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

In a survey of thousands of managers within U.S.corporations,a significant majority felt that the most important characteristic of superior leaders is honesty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Among the essential abilities for effective project managers identified by a survey of 58 firms on their project management practices and skills was:

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A)  obfuscation.
B)  humor.
C)  speed.
D)  experience.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

The organizational factor that is most vital in preventing a project manager from being recognized as a leader is lack of resources.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Uncle Rico spends every waking hour selling Tupperware and reminiscing about his glory years in high school,mostly the latter.The past is his:

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A)  timeline orientation.
B)  time span.
C)  time conception.
D)  temporal preference.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

A project champion is:

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A)  a project manager that always completes projects within the allotted time frame.
B)  a sponsor in top management that is keenly interested in the project's success.
C)  a project manager that always completes projects within the allotted budget.
D)  a project manager that always completes projects within the allotted time frame and under budget.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Which of these lists of duties is more reflective of managerial tasks?

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A)  creating vision and strategies
B)  problem solving
C)  long-term risk taking
D)  communication by word and deedE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Pettersen's study of project managers found that most do not have the capacity to exercise power that derives from formal positional authority and therefore they must develop:

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A)  project champions.
B)  cadres of trained professionals.
C)  effective influencing skills.
D)  efficient communications networks.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

A good starting point for matching employees to project work would be:

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A)  finding out who has the most spare time.
B)  conducting basic personality assessment.
C)  making sure that every department in the organization has at least one representative on the project team.
D)  observing what clusters of employees develop during informal situations.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

Present-oriented tasks make use of the temporal skills of:

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A)  time conception and chunking time.
B)  recapturing the past and predicting.
C)  time warping and polychronicity.
D)  creating future vision and monochronicity.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

A recent study of new product development projects at a variety of organizations revealed that:

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A)  almost 50% of the successful projects had a clearly identifiable champion.
B)  almost 25% of the successful projects had a clearly identifiable champion.
C)  almost 100% of the successful projects had a clearly identifiable champion.
D)  almost 75% of the successful projects had a clearly identifiable champion.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 4: Leadership and the Project Manager

A project manager's function should be:

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Which of these lists of duties is more reflective of managerial tasks?

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A recent study of new product development projects at a variety of organizations revealed that:

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Describe the four things that are necessary to promote the partnership idea between the project manager and the team.

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Uncle Rico spends every waking hour selling Tupperware and reminiscing about his glory years in high school,mostly the latter.The past is his:

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In a survey of thousands of managers within U.S.corporations,a significant majority felt that the most important characteristic of superior leaders is honesty.

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A recent development in many companies is to:

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A good starting point for matching employees to project work would be:

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Pettersen's study of project managers found that most do not have the capacity to exercise power that derives from formal positional authority and therefore they must develop:

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A project champion is:

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Which statement regarding the duties of leaders and managers is best?

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Give two examples each of traditional and nontraditional project champion duties.Which set of duties is more important? Why?

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In the new project management professionalism model:

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What can a project manager do to motivate project team members?

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The ________ is a project champion that is a senior-level manager who does everything possible to promote the project,including obtaining resources,coaching the team,and protecting the project when necessary.

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For the project manager,leadership is:

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The organizational factor that is most vital in preventing a project manager from being recognized as a leader is lack of resources.

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Present-oriented tasks make use of the temporal skills of:

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Which of these is the more meaningful measure of leadership effectiveness?

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Among the essential abilities for effective project managers identified by a survey of 58 firms on their project management practices and skills was:

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