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
