ESAS 200 objectives 1

Hazel Lynn Ramos · 95問 · 2年前

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Management is:

an art

Engineering is:

a science

Engineers can become good managers only through __________.

Effective career planning

If you are an engineer wanting to become a manager, what will you do?

all of the above

When engineer enters management, what is the most likely problem he finds difficult to acquire?

All of the above

What management functions refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, estimating their likely impact and determining actions that will lead to the desired outcomes and goals?

Planning

What refers to the establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and materials resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company?

Organizing

What management function involves selecting candidates and training personnel?

Staffing

What management function involves orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources?

Directing

Actual performance normally is the same as the original plan and therefore it is necessary to check for deviation and to take corrective action. This action refers to what management function?

Controlling

What refers to management function which is to encourage others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction?

Leading

What refers to a principal function of lower management which is to instill in the workforce a commitment and enthusiasm for pursuing the goals of the organization?

Motivating

What refers to the collection of the tools and techniques that are used on a predefined set of inputs to produce a predefined set of outputs?

Project Management

Which is NOT an element of project management process?

Research and development

What is the most essential attribute of a project manager?

Leadership

In project management, what provides a simple yet effective means of monitoring and controlling a project at each stage of its development?

Life cycle model

What project life cycle model is the most relevant for information technology project?

Waterfall model

In project management, “R & D” stands for:

Research and Development

In project management O & M stands for:

Operation and Maintenance

A project management must be very good in which of the following skills?

All of the above

Project integration management involves which of the following processes?

Quality planning

Project quality management involves all of the following processes except:

Quality feature

What is defined as an organized method of providing past, present, and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence for use in decision-making?

Management Information System

Middle management level undertakes what planning activity?

Intermediate planning

Strategic planning is undertaken in which management level?

Top management level

What is the advantage of free-rein style of leadership?

Little managerial control and high degree of risk

If you are appointed as a division manager, your first task is most likely to

Set goals

What is defined as the process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objective efficiently and effectively?

Operations Management

For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have a good __________.

Interpersonal skills

What type of conflict do managers encounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda?

Politics

The process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency is known as __________.

Departmentalization

By departmentalization of an organization, it decentralizes __________?

All of the above

What type of committee companies or corporations created for a short term purpose only?

Ad hoc committee

What refers to a description of whether the objectives are accomplished?

Effectiveness

An engineering is required to finish a certain engineering job in 20 days. He is said to be __________ if he finished the job within the required period of 20 days

Effective

If an engineer provides less input (labor and materials) to his project and still come out with the same output, he is said to be more __________.

Efficient

To determine a qualified applicant, the engineer manager will subject the applicant to a test that is used to measure a person’s current knowledge of a subject?

Performance test

What type of training is a combination of on-the-job training and experience with classroom instruction in particular subject?

Apprenticeship program

What type of authority refers to a specialist’s right to oversee lower level personnel involved in the project regardless of the personnel’s assignment in the organization?

Functional authority

When a consultant or specialist gives advice to his superior, he is using what type of authority?

Staff authority

When structuring an organization, the engineer manager must be concerned with the determining the scope of words and how it is combined in a job. This refers to __________.

Division of labor

When structuring an organization, the engineer must be concerned with the grouping of related jobs, activities, or processes into major organizational subunits. This refers to:

Departmentation

Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using qualitative evaluation?

Intuition and subjective judgment

Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using quantitative evaluation?

Rational and analytical techniques

What refers to the strategic statement that identifies why an organization exists, its philosophy of management, and its purpose as distinguished from other similar organizations in terms of products, services and markets?

Corporate mission

What refers to a process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives?

Power

What describes how to determine the number of service units that will minimize both customer’s waiting time and cost of service?

Queuing theory

What refers to the rational way to conceptualize, analyze and solve problems in situations involving limited or partial information about the decision environment?

Decision theory

What is quantitative technique where samples of populations are statistically determined to be used for a number of processes, such as quality control and marketing research?

Sampling theory

The engineer manager must be concern with the needs of his human resources. What refers to the need of the employees for food, drinks, and rest?

Physiological need

What refers to the learning that is provided in order to improve performance on the present job?

Training

What technique is best suited for projects that contain many repetitions of some standard activities?

Benchmark job technique

What organizational structure is based on the assumption that each unit should specialize in a specific functional area and perform all of the tasks that require its expertise?

Functional organization

What type of organization structure in which each project is assigned to a single organizational unit and the various functions are performed by personnel within the unit?

Product organization

What organizational structure provides a sound basis for balancing the use of human resources and skills?

Matrix organization

In which type of organization where the structure can lead to a “dual boss” phenomenon?

Matrix organization

Which one is an advantage of a matrix organization?

Rapid reaction organization

Which one is a disadvantage of a matrix organization?

Inefficient use of specialist

Which one is an advantage projectized organization?

Efficient use of technical personnel

Which one is a disadvantage of a projectized organization?

Slower work flow

Which one is an advantage of a functional organization?

Rapid reaction time possible

Which one is disadvantage of a functional organization?

Inefficient use of specialist

In what type of organization where a project manager is held responsible for completion of the project and is often assigned a budget?

Matrix organization

In selecting an organizational structure, which of the following is not a criterion?

Location

What is NOT a factor to be taken into consideration when selecting an organizational structure for managing projects?

Location of the project

If a project have multidimensional goals, the project manager often use his __________ to reach a compromise solution.

Tradeoff analysis skill

Who is responsible for ensuring that the project is completed successfully as measured by time, cost, performance and stakeholder satisfaction?

Project manager

Who is responsible for running a department so that all his customers are served efficiently and effectively?

Functional manager

What is the major activity of the project support office?

Administrative support for projects

What is the major activity of the project office?

Overall project management support

What is an important tool for the design and implementation of the project’s work content?

Linear responsibility chart

What chart summarizes the relationships between project stakeholders and their responsibilities in each project element?

All of the above

What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by using only one time factor per activity?

Critical path method

What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by employing three time estimate for each activity?

Program evaluation review technique

For a project manager to have an effective means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as CPM. What does CPM stands for?

Critical path method

For a project manager to have an efficient means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as PERT. What does Pert stands for?

Project evaluation review technique

What is the benefit of using PERT/CPM network as integral component of project management?

All of the above

The CPM was developed by Rand and Walker in what year?

1957

In what year was PERT developed?

1958

In Morris life cycle model, a project is divided into how many stages to be performed in sequence?

What is the first stage in the life cycle of a project using Morris model?

Feasibility

Risk management is:

Controlling risk

What technique a manager must use if he decides to absorb the risk in the project?

Create buffer in the form of management reserve or extra time in schedule

Buying insurance is a form of:

Risk sharing

What refers to any technique used either to minimize the probability of an accident or to mitigate its consequences?

Risk management

What refers to the techniques that encompass risk assignment and the inclusive evaluation of risk, costs and benefits of alternative projects or policies?

Risk-benefit analysis

What is measured by the amount of resources that a manager can allocate without the need to get an approval from his or her manager?

Authority

What is defined as a course of action aimed at ensuring that the organization will achieve its objectives?

Strategy

When there is a degradation of service provided by the company to clients, it is a sign that the engineer manager in-charge:

Has inadequate control

What principal element of uncertainty refers to a measure of the relevance of available information to the problem at hand?

Tolerance

One of the mnemonic management tool used is the SMEAC. What does the acronym SMEAC stands for?

Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication

In the management tools, SMEAC, where A stands for administration, which is the appropriate question will the manager ask?

What do we need to get it done?

In project management, what is usually the first step underlying in the process of performing a project?

Identify a need for a product or service

In the process of performing a project, after the need for a product or service is identified, what is usually the next step?

Define the goals of the project and their relative importance

What is usually the last step in the process of performing a project?

Evaluate project success

To consider the consequence of uncertainly on project management, laws on project management are developed. One of which is “A careless planned project will take __________ times longer to complete than expected”.

Three

In the typical functional organization hierarchy, the chief engineer is under the __________.

General manager

What is a diagram of the organization’s official positions and formal lines of authority called?

Organization chart

What is defined as the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situations?

Decision-making

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What refers to the activity of incorporating the technical know how with the ability to organize and coordinate workforce, materials, equipment and all other resources including money?

Engineering management

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