Chapter 2

The Project Management Environment

2.1. Who has the MOST power in a projectized organization?

A. The project manager

B. The functional manager
C. The team
D. They all share power

2.2. Some key features of a PMO include the following EXCEPT:

A. A mentoring platform for project managers

B. Optimizes use of shared organizational resources across all projects
C. Determine strategic objectives for the organization D. Coordination of overall
project quality standards

2.3. In which of the following organizations is the project manager MOST likely to be part-time?

A. Weak matrix
B. Strong matrix
C. Functional
D. Projectized

2.4. A project manager is trying to complete a software development project, but cannot get
enough attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process-related
work and the project manager has little authority to properly assign resources. What form
of organization must the project manager be working in?

A. Functional
B. Matrix
C. Expediter
D. Coordinator

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2.5. In a projectized organization the project team:

A. reports to many bosses.

B. has no loyalty to the project.
C. reports to the functional manager.
D. will not always have a “home”

2.6. A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that so many
people are asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the
power to give direction to the team member?

A. The project manager

B. The functional manager
C. The team
D. Tight matrix

2.7. What is one of the advantages of a functional structure?

A. All employees report to one manager and have a clear chain of command.
B. All employees report to two or more managers, but project team members show
loyalty to functional managers.
C. The organization is focused on projects and project work
D. Teams are collocated.

2.8. Life-cycle costing involves:

A. Determining what all resources will be needed to complete a project.

B. Considering the overall costs of a project during and after its completion.
C. Assigning a value to each activity on the project.
D. Calculating the internal rate of return.

2.9. An organization where the project manager is in charge of the projects and has primary
responsibility for the resource is:

A. Functional
B. Projectized
C. Matrix
D. Hierarchial
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