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(M) 1. Typical cost overruns on government contracts in the early years of project
management reached:
A 20%
B 50%
C 100%
*D 300%
(E) 2. Which of the following techniques led to the acceptance of project management
principles?
*A. Ineffectiveness of over-the-fence management
B. Total quality management
C. Six Sigma
D. The need for better management of smaller projects
(E) 3. The growth of project management came about more so from desire rather than
necessity.
A. True
*B. False
(M) 4. Industries that have _____ tasks and operate in a _____ environment demonstrated the
greatest need for project management.
A. simple; dynamic
B. simple; static
*C. complex; dynamic
D. complex; static
(M) 5. During the 1970s and 1980s, formal project management practices were put in place
because the constraints were _____ and _____ boundaries had to be crossed.
A. loose; several
B. loose; few
*C. tight; several
D. tight; few
(E) 6. Project management restructuring allowed companies to manage projects that _____.
*A. Could not be handled by the traditional organization
B. Had undefined objectives
(H) 7. Which of the following is not necessarily an obstacle to effective project management?
A. Changes in technology
*B. Changes in project sponsorship
C. Increased project complexity
D. Unstable economy
(E) 9. Effective project management pushes decision making down in the organization
*A. True
B. False
(M) 10. According to the text, which of the following is not a life cycle phase for project
management maturity?
A. Embryonic Phase
*B. Planning Phase
C. Growth Phase
D. Maturity Phase
(M) 11. Most people seem to believe that the most common driving force for maturity in
project management is:
*A. Survival
B. Executive understanding
C. New Product development
D. Customer expectations
(H) 12. If a company advertises on television that they consider themselves to be a solution
provider to satisfy your business needs, then their driving force was most likely:
A. Competitiveness
*B. Customer expectations
C. Efficiency and effectiveness
D. Executive understanding
(H) 13. Which of the following is not a present view of project management?
A. Accomplishing more work in less time and with fewer people
B. A reduction in power and authority struggles
C. Improvements in quality
*D. Providing good products rather than business solutions
(E) 14. Which of the following industry types has the greatest need for superior project
management performance?
*A. Project-driven
B. Hybrids
C. Non-project-driven
D. Pure functional type
(E) 15. The major difference between projects and programs is usually:
A. Cost
*B. Time
C. Technology requirements
D. Quality requirements
(E) 16. Which category of projects would be most suited for a small project that stays in one
functional unit and is headed up by the functional manager?
*A. Individual
B. Staff
C. Special
D. Matrixed
(E) 17. Which category of projects would involve a large number of functional units where the
workers may be assigned either part-time or full-time?
A. Individual
B. Staff
C. Special
*D. Matrixed
(M) 18. Companies can become reasonably mature in project management by designing the
right support systems. In general, how much time usually elapses after maturity before
a company becomes excellent in project management execution?
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
*C. 5 years
D. 10 years
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is all. I hope you are satisfied. Let us go away again. You ought
really to give us some more dollars for what we have done.’ There
was, however, really next to nothing to see. In the darkness I could
just make out the tabernacle inside the holy of holies. It was a kind of
ark, covered with cheap draperies and surmounted by a crucifix. A
few lanterns lay about. That was all. At any rate, that was all that we
could induce the priest to show us.”[149]
Mr. Hormuzd Rassam has given a sketch of a tabot in his book,
with the following description: “The tabot is a square block of wood
on which the emblem of the cross, with some appropriate passage of
Scripture, is sometimes represented. No church can be consecrated
without it, and in the church from which it has been removed the
Lord’s Supper cannot be celebrated. It is placed upon the altar in the
centre of the holy of holies, and by the ignorant clergy is regarded
with as much veneration as the consecrated elements.”[150]
Annually, on the eve of the festival which commemorates Christ’s
baptism, the tabot is carried out of the church by the chief officiating
priest, “and left all night covered in a tent or hut erected for the
purpose near a stream or pool. At daybreak the following morning it
is taken to the water, and after being sprinkled with a few drops is
again enveloped in the church-cloth, and replaced under the tent
until the time arrives for its formal restoration to the church—a grand
religious ceremony, accompanied with singing of psalms and
dancing.” In this recessional solemnity, which Mr. Rassam saw, “the
priests led the way, bearing various sacred symbols, and chanting
psalms all the while, followed by a train of about three hundred men
and a score of damsels, all dancing, singing, and screeching as they
went.”[151]
The appearance of Abyssinian churches has already been alluded
to, but the following general description, given by Major Harris, may
serve to bring the principles of their construction clearly before the
reader. “There are, perhaps, more churches in Abyssinia than in any
other part of the Christian world; and he who has erected one
believes that he has atoned for every sin. But even the best are very
miserable edifices of wattle plastered with mud, only to be
distinguished from the surrounding hovels by a thin coating of
whitewash, which is dashed over the outside to point with the finger
of pride to the peculiar privilege of the two great powers in the land.
Circular in form, with a door to each quarter of the compass, and a
conical thatch, they have an apex surmounted by a brazen cross,
which is usually adorned with ostrich eggs; and the same depraved
and heathenish taste pervades the decorations of the interior.
Sculpture is strictly forbidden; but the walls are bedaubed with
paintings of the patron saint of the church, the Blessed Virgin, and a
truly incongruous assemblage of cherubim and fallen angels, with
the evil one himself enveloped in hell flames. Timbrels and crutches
depend in picturesque confusion from the bare rafters of the roof,
and no ceiling protects the head from the descent of the lizard and
the spider.”[152] Mr. Hormuzd Rassam has given a sketch of the
ground plan of an Abyssinian church, showing the entrances and
“courts.”[153] According to him “the outer enclosure is for the
congregation generally, male and female, the former occupying the
western portion, and praying with their faces towards the east; the
latter standing opposite to them and facing the west.”[154]
The “crutches” mentioned by Major Harris astonished Mr. Vivian
at a later date. He saw them in a monastery, and “imagined they had
been contributed by lame people, to whom the saint of the place had
restored the use of their legs. As a matter of fact, however, they were
merely the crutches which every priest uses in the ritual of the
dance.”[155] The manner in which these singular adjuncts of the
priestly office are employed has been described by Mr. Vivian. He
attended a service at Trinity Church in Addis Abiba, and has given a
very interesting account of the ceremonies. At a certain stage “all the
priests grasp their long crutches and go through a kind of gymnastic
exercise, which reminds me of the use of spears at a Somali dance.
The crutches are five feet long, and must, I imagine, have originally
taken their origin from spears, adapted for civilian use. The tops are
either of ivory or brass, some of them elaborately carved. . . . One
priest acts as conductor, and the others imitate his movements, all
singing loudly through their noses. . . . The crutches are held in the
middle and darted at the ground, now near, now far, with a forward
movement made by slightly bending the right knee. It is as though
spears were being poised and aimed playfully at objects on the floor.
The crutches are then lifted, crook end up, a foot into the air, they
are poised, they are swung, with ever-increasing vigour. All of a
sudden the whole exercise ceases without any warning
whatever.”[156]
Major Harris wrote, with regard to certain other clerical functions
—“The Father Confessor is bound to the strictest secrecy; and it is
believed that on this point a dread oath is taken before ordination,
when all the mysteries are expounded by the Abouna, and especially
those which have reference to the preparation of bread for the holy
supper. In a small house styled Bethlehem,[157] which rises
immediately behind every church, the mysterious ceremony is
performed. The deacon can alone bake the cake; and the most
vigilant guard is invariably preserved against the approach or
intrusion of females or other improper visitors during the hour of
solemn preparation.”[158]
The first appendix to Vol. III. of Major Harris’s book contains a list
of the sacred writings used by the Abyssinian Church. These
include, inter alia—
The Old Testament.
The four gospels with readings, and all the other books of the New Testament.
Genset. A book used in funeral solemnities, ascribed to Athanasius, and stated to
have been discovered by Helena at the digging out of the Holy Cross.
Retna Haimanot. The orthodox faith.
Henoch. The prophecies of Enoch.
Gadela Tekla Haimanot. Life of Tekla Haimanot. (And the lives of many other
saints.)
Synodos. Canons of the Church, attributed to the Apostles.
Sena Febrak. History of the Creation; containing certain fabulous traditions
concerning the Creation and the Antediluvian world, said to have been
communicated to Moses on Mount Sinai, but not recorded in the Book of
Genesis.
Tamera Mariam. Miracles of the Holy Virgin, wrought during her sojourn in
Abyssinia, where she is said to have tarried three years and six months with the
infant Jesus, before her return to Palestine.
Nagara Mariam. Words of the Holy Virgin.
Ardeet. Words said to have been spoken by Christ before his ascension.
Kedasie. Liturgy of the Abyssinian Church.
Gadela Adam. History of Adam.
Auda Negest. Book for prognostication.
Kufalik. Mysteries revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, not written in the
Pentateuch.
Serata beita Chrestian. Institutions of the Christian Church.
Degwa. Book of anthems, in which all the pieces of the liturgy that are chanted are
set to music by St. Yareed, a native of Simien, who lived thirteen centuries ago
and is believed to live still.
Lefafa Zedik. Prayers and spells against evil spirits and diseases, a book much
esteemed, and buried along with the corpse.
Zalota Musa. Prayers of Moses against the influence of evil spirits.
Melka Michael. Prayers to St. Michael.
Mazafa Tomar. A letter which Christ is said to have written.
Germama. Prayers to frighten evil spirits.
Fekaric Yasoos. Christ’s prophecy of the consummation of the world.
Haimanot Abao. Doctrines of the Abyssinian Church, comprising extracts from the
Holy Scriptures, from synods, councils, and writings of the Fathers.
Gelota Monakosat. Prayers of the monks.
Felekisus. Book on monastic subjects.
Gadela Yob. Life of Job.
Raia Miriam. Dream of the Holy Virgin.
Gadela Samoetal. Lives of the martyrs.