Ch12 - Being A Project Leader Full Test Bank

Chapter 12 - Being a project leader

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 1

01) The oldest professional institution in the world that has long had an interest in project organizing as part of engineering practice:

a. Project Management Institute

b. Association for Project Management

c. Institution of Civil Engineers

d. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 2

02) Only around 1.5% of people employed in project management roles in the UK are members of either the APM or PMI, and fewer of these totals hold formal project management qualifications.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 3

03) Which of these roles refer to owner project manager:

a. Managing delivery to the commercial contract, and making proposals for improvement in delivery performance

b. Delivering the outputs of the project as specified in the PEP

c. Managing the commercial interface with the owner collaboratively

d. Managing the strategic context to ensure that the value proposition remains valid

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 4

04) The Sponsor of the project in some formal project management methodologies is the:

a. Business Change Manager

b. Senior Responsible Owner (SRO)

c. Programme General Manager

d. Appraisal General Manager

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 5

05) The more diverse the background and experience of project team members, the less opportunity for innovative solutions to emerge.

a. True

b. False

Type: matching question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 6

06) One perspective on ethics argues that these revolve around three sets of issues:

Feedback:

One perspective on ethics argues that these revolve around three sets of issues:

• Relationship issues – both interpersonal issues within the project team and inter-organizational issues within and across the interfaces between the three domains.
• Optimization issues arising from trade-offs within the project mission and scope;
• Transparency issues around the extent to which information is shared with stakeholders.

A-head reference: 12.5

a. Relationship issues = arising from trade-offs within the project mission and scope.

b. Optimization issues = around the extent to which information is shared with stakeholders.

c. Transparency issues = both interpersonal issues within the project team and inter-organizational issues within and across the interfaces between the three domains.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 7

07) An important dimension in the Project Leadership Model that project leaders learn throughout their careers – understanding yourself and others’ peoples’ emotions, respecting and supporting each other:

a. Emotional Intelligence

b. Building a team

c. Relating

d. Judging

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 8

08) A psychological syndrome resulting from sustained stress defined as “overwhelming exhaustion; feeling of cynicism and detachment from the job; and a sense of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment:

a. Tiredness

b. Depression

c. Burnout

d. Mental illness

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 9

09) Self-identities are multiple, fluid and dynamic and often expressed through stories of everyday life experiences.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10) Successful project leaders focus on strategic and relational rather than the technical aspects on their projects, and the more complex the project the more important that is.

a. True

b. False