GMS 455: Quiz Questions - Pre-Midterm || All Correct 100%.
Your boss has just asked you to organize the annual summer picnic for your department. The
boss mentions to you that a great job was done last year and he expects you to do the same this
year. You are excited about the opportunity and you want to make sure you do a good job. You
talk to the person in charge last year, as it turns out the last 10 years, and they give you all the
documentation that was used to plan the project. How should you approach this assignment?
a. Treat as a project as it is a temporary endeavour
b. Treat as operations as it just doing what was done last year
c. Treat as a project as it will be unique
d. Treat as a project as there is uncertainty correct answers b.
Your family has decided to move, again. You parents have asked you to look after the move.
Although you have moved before, this time will be different as it you are moving from an
apartment into a house and there are some tricky times involved. The move is going to happen in
September when school is starting and has to be done just before family arrives from over
overseas to visit. For this project, which attribute should you be most concerned about?
a. Schedule
b. Budget
c. Scope
d. Uncertainty correct answers a.
Projects are used by all types of organizations in all sectors. Organizations use projects many
reasons, but the most important is:
a. Keep staff busy
b. Implement organization strategy
c. Organization work
d. Assign responsibilities correct answers c.
Being a project manager can be a challenging job that requires many skills. As you are thinking
about leading the family move project, the most critical skills you will have to use for the move
to be successful is:
a. Creating a schedule
b. Delegation
c. Communications
d. Ethics correct answers c.
One of the exciting parts of being a project manager is the number of people you get to work
with. However, this can be a challenge when there is a disagreement between the stakeholders.
As you use your negotiation skills to work with the key stakeholders, you guiding principle is to
do what is in the best interest of the _________.
a. Client
b. Sponsor
c. Project
d. Owner correct answers c.
,You are managing a project to do some home renovations. The neighbour asks if you could help
him out and fix a wall in his house. The neighbour has been very helpful and has brought water
over to the crew on the very hot days. What should you do?
a. Go ahead and do the work, you client will not mind paying a little
b. Talk to your client
c. Say you would be glad to arrange for a quote for the work
d. Say you will do the work for cash correct answers c.
It is Monday morning, you just had a great weekend. The project is going very well, everyone is
happy. You are just knocking off the deliverables and the client is accepting them, which is
great. The suppliers are submitting their invoices in a timely manner and they are being paid by
finance. You did notice an email from your boss, that revenues for your company are down and
that there will be a focus on reducing costs. As you enter your office, your project prime from
finance and his boss are waiting for you and they have a concerned look on their face. Why?
a. They are looking for your revised project budget
b. They want to know when the spending will stop
c. They are concerned about your personal expenses
d. They are delivering your bonus cheque correct answers b.
What a great time! You are heading home from a company function. It was great to see so many
of the people who had worked on the project again and talk about the good times. It was a good
time, but next week you get to start on your next assignment. Why was the function being held?
a. Project team reunion
b. Lesson learned session
c. End of project celebration
d. Annual company party correct answers c.
You and a couple of your friends are starting up a company. You are trying to convince your
friends to use some basic project management techniques in launching your company. However
all they will talk about is getting the minimum viable product, MVP, launched. And once they
get the MVP launched, then they can add all the exciting features that will add more value and
make more money. You too are excited, but you need to get the MVP launched first. Your
friends are talking about?
a. The product life cycle
b. The project life cycle
c. Agile approach
d. Approaching venture capitalists correct answers a.
Your project manager has just assigned you the job to identify all the project stakeholders. You
think this will be fun as the project is small and internal to your organization. So you start
writing down the project sponsor, the internal support groups, and the internal client. As you are
heading home, a thought pops into your head that you have missed a key stakeholder. Which
one?
a. PMO
b. Project Team
c. Shareholders
, d. CEO correct answers b.
You have just had a very productive meeting with the PMO Director. You had a long discussion
about your project and the objectives of your project. You talked about the methodology you
were using for your project. The Director was supportive and did offer some suggestions. Then
the conversation turned to the various policies that the organization had concerning projects and
the Director want to ensure you understood that these policies had to be followed. From this
meeting, you can assume the mandate for the PMO is:
a. Methodology
b. Compliance
c. Coaching and Mentoring
d. Project selection correct answers b.
One of the key roles of the project governance structure is to define success for a project or
program. Success is measured by a project or program achieving the objectives. You have been
told you are working on a program. If this is the case, which of the following would be an
appropriate objective for the program.
a. Complete on or before December 31st
b. Complete for under $100,000
c. Improve the productivity of the call centre by 20%
d. Have no severity zero defects. correct answers d.
Your boss has just assigned to you work on a project. You are excited about working on the
project as it will allow you to learn more about the company and how it works. Finally the first
meeting is called to kick off the project. What a disaster, it seems no one is in charge. There
seems to be a lot of work to do but it is not organized. You are thinking you can really help out,
but then your boss, gives you a high priority assignment to do in addition to your assignment on
the project. What is the organization structure?
a. Project‐based
b. Balanced matrix
c. Weak matrix
d. Functional correct answers d.
You have really enjoyed working on this project, but unfortunately it is coming to an end. Some
of your colleagues have already been moved to their next project. You have been discussions
with your project manager about your next project. Your project manager has told you that the
client really likes your work and would like you to stay on the project team longer. What is the
organization structure?:
a. Project‐based
b. Balanced matrix
c. Weak matrix
d. Functional correct answers a.
Boy is this frustrating. Yet another meeting to discuss the current project issue and no resolution
in sight. This process of consultation is taking lots of time and if the issue is not resolved
quickly, the project will be late. What is the reason why decision is taking so long?
Your boss has just asked you to organize the annual summer picnic for your department. The
boss mentions to you that a great job was done last year and he expects you to do the same this
year. You are excited about the opportunity and you want to make sure you do a good job. You
talk to the person in charge last year, as it turns out the last 10 years, and they give you all the
documentation that was used to plan the project. How should you approach this assignment?
a. Treat as a project as it is a temporary endeavour
b. Treat as operations as it just doing what was done last year
c. Treat as a project as it will be unique
d. Treat as a project as there is uncertainty correct answers b.
Your family has decided to move, again. You parents have asked you to look after the move.
Although you have moved before, this time will be different as it you are moving from an
apartment into a house and there are some tricky times involved. The move is going to happen in
September when school is starting and has to be done just before family arrives from over
overseas to visit. For this project, which attribute should you be most concerned about?
a. Schedule
b. Budget
c. Scope
d. Uncertainty correct answers a.
Projects are used by all types of organizations in all sectors. Organizations use projects many
reasons, but the most important is:
a. Keep staff busy
b. Implement organization strategy
c. Organization work
d. Assign responsibilities correct answers c.
Being a project manager can be a challenging job that requires many skills. As you are thinking
about leading the family move project, the most critical skills you will have to use for the move
to be successful is:
a. Creating a schedule
b. Delegation
c. Communications
d. Ethics correct answers c.
One of the exciting parts of being a project manager is the number of people you get to work
with. However, this can be a challenge when there is a disagreement between the stakeholders.
As you use your negotiation skills to work with the key stakeholders, you guiding principle is to
do what is in the best interest of the _________.
a. Client
b. Sponsor
c. Project
d. Owner correct answers c.
,You are managing a project to do some home renovations. The neighbour asks if you could help
him out and fix a wall in his house. The neighbour has been very helpful and has brought water
over to the crew on the very hot days. What should you do?
a. Go ahead and do the work, you client will not mind paying a little
b. Talk to your client
c. Say you would be glad to arrange for a quote for the work
d. Say you will do the work for cash correct answers c.
It is Monday morning, you just had a great weekend. The project is going very well, everyone is
happy. You are just knocking off the deliverables and the client is accepting them, which is
great. The suppliers are submitting their invoices in a timely manner and they are being paid by
finance. You did notice an email from your boss, that revenues for your company are down and
that there will be a focus on reducing costs. As you enter your office, your project prime from
finance and his boss are waiting for you and they have a concerned look on their face. Why?
a. They are looking for your revised project budget
b. They want to know when the spending will stop
c. They are concerned about your personal expenses
d. They are delivering your bonus cheque correct answers b.
What a great time! You are heading home from a company function. It was great to see so many
of the people who had worked on the project again and talk about the good times. It was a good
time, but next week you get to start on your next assignment. Why was the function being held?
a. Project team reunion
b. Lesson learned session
c. End of project celebration
d. Annual company party correct answers c.
You and a couple of your friends are starting up a company. You are trying to convince your
friends to use some basic project management techniques in launching your company. However
all they will talk about is getting the minimum viable product, MVP, launched. And once they
get the MVP launched, then they can add all the exciting features that will add more value and
make more money. You too are excited, but you need to get the MVP launched first. Your
friends are talking about?
a. The product life cycle
b. The project life cycle
c. Agile approach
d. Approaching venture capitalists correct answers a.
Your project manager has just assigned you the job to identify all the project stakeholders. You
think this will be fun as the project is small and internal to your organization. So you start
writing down the project sponsor, the internal support groups, and the internal client. As you are
heading home, a thought pops into your head that you have missed a key stakeholder. Which
one?
a. PMO
b. Project Team
c. Shareholders
, d. CEO correct answers b.
You have just had a very productive meeting with the PMO Director. You had a long discussion
about your project and the objectives of your project. You talked about the methodology you
were using for your project. The Director was supportive and did offer some suggestions. Then
the conversation turned to the various policies that the organization had concerning projects and
the Director want to ensure you understood that these policies had to be followed. From this
meeting, you can assume the mandate for the PMO is:
a. Methodology
b. Compliance
c. Coaching and Mentoring
d. Project selection correct answers b.
One of the key roles of the project governance structure is to define success for a project or
program. Success is measured by a project or program achieving the objectives. You have been
told you are working on a program. If this is the case, which of the following would be an
appropriate objective for the program.
a. Complete on or before December 31st
b. Complete for under $100,000
c. Improve the productivity of the call centre by 20%
d. Have no severity zero defects. correct answers d.
Your boss has just assigned to you work on a project. You are excited about working on the
project as it will allow you to learn more about the company and how it works. Finally the first
meeting is called to kick off the project. What a disaster, it seems no one is in charge. There
seems to be a lot of work to do but it is not organized. You are thinking you can really help out,
but then your boss, gives you a high priority assignment to do in addition to your assignment on
the project. What is the organization structure?
a. Project‐based
b. Balanced matrix
c. Weak matrix
d. Functional correct answers d.
You have really enjoyed working on this project, but unfortunately it is coming to an end. Some
of your colleagues have already been moved to their next project. You have been discussions
with your project manager about your next project. Your project manager has told you that the
client really likes your work and would like you to stay on the project team longer. What is the
organization structure?:
a. Project‐based
b. Balanced matrix
c. Weak matrix
d. Functional correct answers a.
Boy is this frustrating. Yet another meeting to discuss the current project issue and no resolution
in sight. This process of consultation is taking lots of time and if the issue is not resolved
quickly, the project will be late. What is the reason why decision is taking so long?
