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Project Management in Practice, 7th Edition Meredith
Chapter 1-8

Chapter 1: The World of Project Management
True/False
1. A primary purpose of forming projects is to assign the responsibility for
accomplishing some organizational task to a specific person or small group.

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.1
Level: easy



2. One of the few similarities between project management and general management
is that both exist in the well-defined organizational structure of
superior/subordinates in the overall organization.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.2
Level: medium



3. Many recent developments in project management are being driven by changes in
the nature of the American workforce.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.1
Level: medium



4. There has been a growing use of projects to achieve an organization’s strategic
goals

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.1
Level: medium




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,5. While general managers have their authority limited to specific areas in the
overall organization, project managers have authority over any activity required
by the project.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.2
Level: medium



6. Projects are always carried out under conditions of uncertainty.

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.3
Level: easy



7. One can trade-off time and cost when managing a project, but the project’s
technical specifications must be maintained exactly as the client initially specifies.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.3
Level: medium



8. Nonnumeric project selection methods are only suitable if numeric methods are
not available.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium


9. When using financial methods for selecting projects, the payback period is the
simplest and best method to use.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium



10 Rank-ordering a large number of projects can be done with a Q-sort.



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, Answer: True
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium



11. A disadvantage of using the payback period method for selecting projects is that it
cannot reflect the time-value of money.

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium




12. A disadvantage of using the discounted cash flow method (or net present value)
for selecting projects is that it ignores all non-monetary factors associated with the
project except risk.

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium



13. A disadvantage of using scoring models rather than financial models for selecting
projects is that they cannot include the project’s profitability.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium



14. A PM does not need to understand why a project is selected for funding because
he did not initiate the process.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.5
Level: medium



15. The main distinction between platform and breakthrough projects is that the
former usually depend on existing technology.


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, Answer: True
Response: See section 1.6
Level: medium



16. The main distinction between platform and derivative projects is that the latter
depend on existing technology.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.6
Level: medium




17. One reason for the emphasis on project management is that tasks fit neatly into
business-as-usual.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.1
Level: easy



18. Programs are subdivisions of projects.

Answer: False
Response: See section 1.1
Level: easy



19. Projects are subdivisions of programs.

Answer: True
Response: See section 1.1
Level: easy



20. A similarity between project management and general management is the
tendency to ―manage by exception.‖


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