Operations And Supply Chain Management 15Th edition By Jacobs – Test Bank

Operations And Supply Chain Management 15Th edition By Jacobs – Test Bank

Chapter 04 Test Bank Static

1_. Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources to meet the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project.

TRUE

Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources (people, equipment, and material) to meet the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: What Is Project Management?

2. A project may be defined as a series of related jobs directed toward some major output and requiring a significant period of time to perform.

TRUE

A project may be defined as a series of related jobs usually directed toward some major output and requiring a significant period of time to perform.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: What Is Project Management?

3. The second step in managing a project is writing the statement of work.

FALSE

A project starts out as a statement of work.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Work Breakdown Structure

4. An event unit package is a subdivision of a project.

FALSE

There is no such item as an event unit package described in the text.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Work Breakdown Structure

5. Complex projects are often subdivided into a series of tasks that are typically configured to be not longer than several months in duration.

TRUE

A task is a subdivision of a project. It is usually not longer than several months in duration and is performed by one group or organization.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Work Breakdown Structure

6. A work breakdown structure is used in project management but it is not used when the critical path method is involved.

FALSE

Activities are identified as part of the work breakdown structure. Activities are also the essence of the critical path method. Hence, the work breakdown structure is used when the critical path method is involved.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Create

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Managing Resources

7. The fact that organizations are flattening is one of the reasons that project management is important.

TRUE

As organizations flatten (through reengineering, downsizing, outsourcing), more organizations will depend on projects and project leaders to get work done, work that previously was handled within departments.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: What Is Project Management?

8. The Gantt chart is an example of a project control chart.

TRUE

Exhibit 4.11A is a sample Gantt chart, sometimes referred to as a bar chart, showing both the amount of time involved and the sequence in which activities can be performed.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Work Breakdown Structure

9. Upper-level management must decide between pure, functional, and matrix structures as ways to organize projects.

TRUE

Before the project starts, senior management must decide which of three organizational structures will be used to tie the project to the parent firm: pure project, functional project, or matrix project.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

10. One of the disadvantages of a pure project organizational structure is that the project manager has full authority over the project.

FALSE

The project manager having full authority over the project is listed as an advantage in the text.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

11. One of the advantages of a functional project organizational structure is that a team member can work on several projects.

TRUE

That a team member can work on several projects in a functional organizational structure is listed as an advantage in the text.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

12. A matrix project attempts to blend properties of functional and pure project structures.

TRUE

The classic specialized organizational form “the matrix project” attempts to blend properties of functional and pure project structures.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

13. A matrix project structure is often referred to as a “skunkworks.”

FALSE

A pure project is nicknamed skunkworks.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

14. A disadvantage of a matrix project organizational structure is that a project manager is held responsible for successful completion of the project.

FALSE

That a project manager is held responsible for successful completion of the project is listed as an advantage of a matrix organizational structure.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-01 Explain what projects are and how projects are organized.

Topic: Structuring Projects

15. The critical path of activities in a project is the sequence of activities that form the shortest chain in a project network of activities.

FALSE

The critical path of activities in a project is the sequence of activities that form the longest chain in terms of their time to complete.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 04-03 Evaluate projects using earned value management.

Topic: Network-Planning Models

16. CPM is an abbreviation for critical path method.

TRUE

CPM is defined as an abbreviation for critical path method in the text.

AACSB: Analytic

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 04-03 Evaluate projects using earned value management.

Topic: Network-Planning Models