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1. What refers to the establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and material
resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company?
a. planning b. leading c. organizing* d. controlling

2. If you are appointed as a division manager, which of the following task is MOST likely you will do?
a. determine the resourced needed b. develop strategies and tactics
c. set a standard d. set goals*

3. Which of the following technique must a manager use if he decides to absorb the risk in the project?
a. use a different technology
b. buying insurance
c. use a different supplier
d. create buffer in the form of management reserve or extra time to schedule*

4. Buying insurance is a form of

a. Risk elimination b. Risk reduction c. Risk sharing* d. Risk absorption

5. Risk management is
a. Risk avoidance b. Controlling risk* c. To gain opportunities d. All of the above

6. What refers to any technique used either to minimize the probability of an accident or to mitigate its consequences?
a. Reliability management b. Risk management*
c. Quality assurance management d. Project assurance management

7. What refers to the techniques that encompass risk assignment and the inclusive evaluation of risk, costs and benefits of
alternative projects or policies?
a. Risk management b. Risk-benefit analysis*
c. Benefit management d. Uncertainty analysis

8. 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?
a. Responsibility b. Leadership c. Authority* d. Tradeoff skill

9. What is defined as a course of action aimed at ensuring that the organization will achieve its objectives?
a. Goal b. Strategy* c. Program d. Plan

10. When there is a degradation of service provided by the company to clients, it is a sign that the engineer manager in-
charge
a. Lacks leadership skill b. Has inadequate control*
c. Has poor organization d. Has no proper planning

11. What principal element of uncertainty refers to a measure of the relevance of available information to the problem at
hand?
a. Statistical confidence b. Tolerance*
c. Incompleteness of the data d. Ambiguity in modeling the problem

12. One of the mnemonic management tool used is the SMEAC. What does the acronym SMEAC stands for?
a. Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Coordination
b. Situation, Mission, Execution, Application, Communication
c. Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication*
d. Strategy, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication

13. In project management, what is usually the first step underlying in the process of performing a project?
a. Select appropriate performance measures
b. Define the goals of the project and their relative importance
c. Identify a need for a product or service*
d. Develop a technological concept
14. In the process of performing a project, after the need for a product or service is identified, what is usually the next
step?
a. Define the goals of the project and their relative importance*
b. Develop a budget
c. Develop a schedule
d. Develop the technological concept

15. What is usually the last step in the process of performing a project?
a. Select appropriate performance measures b. Implement a plan
c. Monitor and control the project* d. Evaluate project success

16. 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”.
a. Three* b. Four c. Two d. Two and a half

17. In the typical functional organization hierarchy, the chief engineer is under the __________.
a. Finance manager b. Manufacturing manager
c. General manager* d. Marketing manager

18. What is a diagram of the organization’s official positions and formal lines of authority called?
a. Organization chart* b. Authority chart
c. Policy chart d. Control chart

19. 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?
a. Engineering management* b. Engineering technology
c. Technical manger d. General management

20. Which is NOT an element of project management process?

a. Data and information b. Research and development*
c. Decision making d. Implementation and action

21. It is the process of unifying the power of technology with entrepreneurial skills and capabilities.
a. entrepreneurship b. technopreneurship*
c. inovations d. business management

22. What is the standard color for safety signages to indicate the presence of radiation hazards example in the X-ray
laboratory in the hospital?
a. green with combination of red b. orange
c. blue d. purple with combination of yellow*

23. This provides detailed information about a specific hazardous material and contains some of the following such name
of substance physical hazards, health hazard, safe handling procedures, control measures, emergency first aid procedures,
etc. What is this called?
a. Management Safety Duty Sheet b. Material Signages Data Sheet
c. Management Safety Data Sheet d. Material Safety Data Sheet*

24. Which of the following is/are hazardous practice/s?

a. using equipment improperly b. failure to warn or secure
c. all of these* d. horseplay

25. What is the reason why incidents are investigated?

a. to prevent or control a future recurrence on a similar incident*
b. to determine the causes of incident
c. to gather evidence of the incident
d. to determine who is at fault in the incident

26. Which of the following is NOT a hazardous practice?

a. using the right tools/equipment* b. using improvised tools
c. servicing equipment in motion d. operating without authority

27. When analyzing the evidence you want to do the following EXCEPT,
a. review equipment manuals b. review witness statements
c. review employee medical records* d. review company standard operating procedure
28. Your investigation tool bag should include the following EXCEPT
a. digital camera b. tape recorder* c. graph paper d. tape measure

29. An incident is considered to be an

a. accident b. near miss
c. accident and near miss* d. none of these

30. Most accidents in the workplace can be forecasted

a. true* b. false c. maybe d. none of these

31. Risk management includes all of the following processes except

a. risk monitoring and control b. risk identification
c. risk avoidance* d. risk response planning

32. Risk management can be defined as the art and science of ___ risk factors throughout the life cycle of a project.
a. researching, reviewing and acting on* b. identifying, analyzing and responding to
c. reviewing, monitoring and managing d. identifying, reviewing and avoiding

33. When should a risk be avoided?

a. When the risk event has a low probability of occurrence and low impact
b. when the risk event is an acceptable, generally one with a very high probability of occurrence and high impact*
c. when it can be transferred by purchasing insurance
d. a risk event can never be avoided

34. Risk mitigation involves all but which of the following

a. developing system standards (policies, procedures, responsibility standards)
b. obtaining insurance against loss
c. identification of projection risk*
d. performing contingent planning

35. System risk assessment may be defined as

a. linear b. nonlinear c. both a and b* d. none of these

36. _____ may be affected by phycological, ideological, religious or otherwise subjective factors, which impact rationality
of the process
a. system risk assessment b. individual risk assessment*
c. simple risk assessment d. all of these

37. Which of the following information can not be found in MSDS?

a. first and measures
b. accident release measures
c. handling and storage information
d. medicine to be taken by the effected person if exposed to the chemical*