Exam Prep Ch.1 - Introduction Projecting The Modern World 1e - Test Bank | Strategic Project Org 1e Winch by Graham Miles Winch. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 01 - Introduction: projecting the modern world
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 1
01) Strategic Project Organizing is about:
a. How organizations change their world and thereby change ours.
b. Tools and techniques required to complete projects.
c. Decision making.
d. Projecting the modern world.
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 2
02) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) require radical transformation in how the global society and economy works.
a. True
b. False
Type: matching question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 3
03) An important trend over the last 30 years or so has been:
Feedback: An important trend over the last 30 years or so has been the growing ‘projectification’ of many organizations which has led to the development of the concept of ‘project society’ (Lundin et al., 2015).
An important trend over the last 30 years or so has been the growing emergence of a concept of ‘projecting’ for visioning uncertain future.
An important trend over the last 30 years or so has been adoption of digital technologies to transform industries.
A-head reference: 1.3
a. Adoption of digital technologies = To transform industries
b. Emergence of a concept of ‘projecting’ = For visioning uncertain future
c. The growing projectification’ of many organizations = To transform the society and economy
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 4
04) The process that takes us from idea to reality - from the first idea that there is a potential for achieving performance improvement to delivering an operating facility that enables us to achieve that benefit:
a. The management of projects.
b. Executing projects.
c. Project lifecycle.
d. Value creation.
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 5
05) A project lifecycle is a linear stage process in which a project is executed at particular points in time.
a. True
b. False
Type: matching question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 6
06) Cities are fundamental features of the modern world and its 21st century knowledge economy and their development also relies on projecting:
Feedback: Cities are fundamental features of the modern world and its 21st century knowledge economy, and their development also relies on projecting: water, energy, and sanitation networks were vital to their expansion over the last 400 years, and remain so today.
Cities are fundamental features of the modern world and its 21st century knowledge economy and their development also relies on projecting global challenges for achieving SDGs.
Cities are fundamental features of the modern world and its 21st century knowledge economy and their development also relies on projecting global economy to achieve carbon-free economy.
A-head reference: 1.1
a. Their development relies on projecting: water, energy, and sanitation networks = To achieve carbon-free economy
b. Global challenges = For achieving SDGs
c. Global economy = That were vital to their expansion over the last 400 years and remain so today
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 7
07) The fourth industrial revolution is built around the digital technologies of the internet of things, big data and machine learning.
a. True
A fourth industrial revolution built around the digital technologies of the internet of things (sensor networks); big data (the automated collection of data from sensors) and machine learning (the ability to automate the analysis of that data).
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 8
08) Information technology is profoundly changing our world but has not stimulated the invention of new ways of projecting.
a. True
Information technology is profoundly changing our world and it has stimulated the invention of new ways of projecting.
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 9
09) Not all change in economy and society is the result of strategic project organizing.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 10
10) What are the three broad categories of strategic change projects:
Incorrect
a. Incremental changes, radical changes, hybrid changes.
b. Process, product and service development projects.
c. Transactional, transformational and mediating change projects.
d. Infrastructure projects, new product development (NPD), transformation projects.