Project management - grid test

1) The project is a task:

a) laborious and temporary;

b) which involves the elaboration of documentation that includes written

parts and drawings;

c) executed by automatic calculation systems.

2) The project is temporary in nature because:

a) must be executed in a short period of time;

b) has fixed terms of execution;

c) its results are temporary.

3) The project is characterized by:

a) uniqueness;

b) it is not unique;

c) it is typified.

4) The result of a project survives the project itself:

a) yes;

b) never;

c) only in rare cases.

5) The budget of a project is:

a) unlimited;

b) well established;

c) set only as the lower limit.

6) The life cycle of the project involves the planning of its phases:

a) yes;

b) only as the duration of time;

 c) no.

7) Execution of the project:

a) involves the execution of each activity and tasks established;

b) does not require monitoring and control of results;

c) does not imply the identification of risks.

8) Regardless of its size, a project has the following aspects: specified

results; deadlines set; established budget. Each of these aspects affects
the other two:

a) no;

b) only the results and the budget influence each other;

c) yes.

9) The concepts of project, process and program have the same meaning:

a) yes;

b) no;

c) only the notions of project and program.

10) During the development of a project, situations may arise in which the
team members do not know each other:

a) never, because the team keeps from one project to another;

b) sometimes, but these situations have a beneficial effect;

c) this can happen and may slow down the project.

11) What traditional rewards can be applied within a project:

a) salary increases and bonuses;

b) hierarchical promotion;

c) none of the above.

12) Project manager:

a) must distribute tasks to subordinates without discussing them;

b) must accept without reservation the tasks drawn up by the superiors;

 c) establishes how the ideas generated by the superiors are
implemented.

13) For the project to be successful, the project manager must:

a) share the information with the interested persons;

b) to keep the secret from everyone in order to avoid leaking information;

c) to prohibit the involvement of other persons in the project.

14) The appearance of the idea of a project raises two questions: "Should the
project be completed?" And "Can the project be completed?". Under what
conditions can the project definition phase be passed:

a) if at least one answer to the two questions is "YES";

b) if to both questions the answer is "YES";

c) defining the project is an action before analyzing the two questions.

15) Cost benefit analysis allows the decision to make a project. Is it advisable
for the anticipated benefits to be expressed in money?

a) yes;

b) no;

c) only in certain cases.

16) The success of the project depends on the clarity and accuracy of the
planning:

a) always;

b) never;

c) only for projects that are not very urgent, because planning is delayed
their start.

17) When starting the project and forming the team:

a) establishes the date on which the roles will be assigned within the team;

b) each member of the team will be assigned the role;

c) the initiator of the project is chosen.

18) The completion of the project involves handing over the documentation to
the beneficiary:
 a) never, because the documentation is secret;

b) always;

c) the documentation will be published in magazines of wide circulation.

19) There are cases in which two or more projects are linked:

a) no, because each project is unique;

b) yes, and these projects must be identified as soon as possible;

c) yes, and the identification of these projects can be done only after their
completion.

20) When looking for information necessary for a project it is necessary:

a) to choose as few sources as possible to avoid contradictory information;

b) to use a single source in order not to waste time;

c) to search as many sources as possible.

21) Preferable sources of information are:

a) the primary ones, because they contain the original

information;

b) secondary ones, because the information is already verified;

c) any of these provided that they are obtained from the press.

22) In any important discussion it is good to make sure that another witness
from the project team participates:

a) no, because the interlocutor may have the impression that you do not
trust him and he will feel offended;

b) yes, because in this way there will be two people interpreting the ones
discussed;

c) yes, because in this way you have a witness in case of litigation.

23) The objectives of the project should be:

a) measurable;

b) as general as possible;

c) unclear formulas.
24) The description of the objectives should be:

a) as long as possible to provide all the details;

b) as short as possible;

c) formulated in technical jargon.

25) People involved in a project:

a) are only those who are part of the organization that implements the
project;

b) they are only from outside that organization;

c) they can be inside or outside the organization.

26) The members of the team are part of the group of interested persons:

a) yes, without exception;

b) only some of them;

c) no, because the group of interested persons includes only persons from
outside.

27) When developing the working plan of a project:

a) free spaces must be left in which unforeseen activities can be planned;

b) no free spaces should be left;

c) the activities must be superimposed.

28) The breakdown of the work structure can make the project seem more
complex than it is in reality:

a) no, because the complexity of the project depends on the level

of detail;

b) yes, and therefore the level of detail should not exceed the level
established by the project manager;

c) the breakdown of the work structure is done only for long-term projects.

29) Breakdown of the structure of work for long-term projects:

a) the refining must be done as precisely as possible from the beginning;

b) the refining must be done in a rolling manner;

 c) it must be made in such a way that unforeseen situations can be
avoided at any cost.

30) If you have a project consisting of 10 activities, each lasting a week, the
duration of the project will be:

a) 1 week;

b) 10 weeks;

c) between 1 and 10 weeks, depending on the possibility of

simultaneous activities.