McGraw Hill Connect Chapter 4 Questions Study Guide 2026 | Practice
Questions & Test Prep
What are the three types of projects based on the amount of change involved? -
✔✔Derivative, breakthrough, and platform
What are the four major categories of projects based on the type of change involved? -
✔✔Product change, process change, research & development, and alliance and partnership
What is the term for a group of project activities that are assigned to a single organizational
unit? - ✔✔Work Package
What feature in project management information systems can be used to resolve overallocation
of project resources? - ✔✔Leveling
What was the first major project management information system that is now commonly used
for managing very large projects? - ✔✔Primavera Project Planner
What type of chart compares the current project schedule with the original baseline schedule
so that deviations from the original plan can be easily noticed? - ✔✔Tracking Gantt chart
Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources to meet
the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project. - ✔✔TRUE
Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources (people,
equipment, and material) to meet the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project.
A project may be defined as a series of related jobs directed toward some major output and
requiring a significant period of time to perform. - ✔✔TRUE
, The second step in managing a project is writing the statement of work. - ✔✔FALSE
A project starts out as a statement of work.
An event unit package is a subdivision of a project. - ✔✔FALSE
There is no such item as an event unit package described in the text.
Complex projects are often subdivided into a series of tasks that are typically configured to be
not longer than several months in duration. - ✔✔TRUE
A task is a subdivision of a project. It is usually not longer than several months in duration and is
performed by one group or organization.
A work breakdown structure is used in project management but it is not used when the critical
path method is involved. - ✔✔FALSE
Activities are identified as part of the work breakdown structure. Activities are also the essence
of the critical path method. Hence, the work breakdown structure is used when the critical path
method is involved.
The fact that organizations are flattening is one of the reasons that project management is
important. - ✔✔TRUE
As organizations flatten (through reengineering, downsizing, outsourcing), more organizations
will depend on projects and project leaders to get work done, work that previously was handled
within departments.
Questions & Test Prep
What are the three types of projects based on the amount of change involved? -
✔✔Derivative, breakthrough, and platform
What are the four major categories of projects based on the type of change involved? -
✔✔Product change, process change, research & development, and alliance and partnership
What is the term for a group of project activities that are assigned to a single organizational
unit? - ✔✔Work Package
What feature in project management information systems can be used to resolve overallocation
of project resources? - ✔✔Leveling
What was the first major project management information system that is now commonly used
for managing very large projects? - ✔✔Primavera Project Planner
What type of chart compares the current project schedule with the original baseline schedule
so that deviations from the original plan can be easily noticed? - ✔✔Tracking Gantt chart
Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources to meet
the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project. - ✔✔TRUE
Project management can be defined as planning, directing, and controlling resources (people,
equipment, and material) to meet the technical, cost, and time constraints of the project.
A project may be defined as a series of related jobs directed toward some major output and
requiring a significant period of time to perform. - ✔✔TRUE
, The second step in managing a project is writing the statement of work. - ✔✔FALSE
A project starts out as a statement of work.
An event unit package is a subdivision of a project. - ✔✔FALSE
There is no such item as an event unit package described in the text.
Complex projects are often subdivided into a series of tasks that are typically configured to be
not longer than several months in duration. - ✔✔TRUE
A task is a subdivision of a project. It is usually not longer than several months in duration and is
performed by one group or organization.
A work breakdown structure is used in project management but it is not used when the critical
path method is involved. - ✔✔FALSE
Activities are identified as part of the work breakdown structure. Activities are also the essence
of the critical path method. Hence, the work breakdown structure is used when the critical path
method is involved.
The fact that organizations are flattening is one of the reasons that project management is
important. - ✔✔TRUE
As organizations flatten (through reengineering, downsizing, outsourcing), more organizations
will depend on projects and project leaders to get work done, work that previously was handled
within departments.
