Project Management - Lesson 9 Quiz

Which of the following is not one of the sources of authority for a project manager?

• Project charter

• Job description for a project manager

• Delegation from senior management

• Delegation from subordinates

Which form of power do project managers that have a command of technology and are leading R&D projects most frequently use?

• Reward power

• Legitimate power

• Expert power

• Referent power

If a project manager possesses penalty (or coercive) power, he or she most likely also possesses:

• Reward power

• Legitimate power

• Expert power

• Referent power

A project manager with a history of success in meeting deliverables and in working with team members would most likely possess a great deal of:

• Reward power

• Legitimate power

• Expert power

• Referent power

Most project managers are motivated by which level of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs?

• Safety

• Socialization

• Self-esteem

• Self-actualization

You have been placed in charge of a project team. The majority of the team members have less than two years of experience working on project teams and most of the people have never worked with you previously. The leadership style you would most likely select would be:

• Telling

• Selling

• Participating

• Delegating

You have been placed in charge of a new project team and are fortunate to have been assigned the same people that worked for you on your last two projects. Both previous projects were very successful and the team performed as a high-performance team. The leadership style you would most likely use on the new project would be:

• Telling

• Selling

• Participating

• Delegating

A project manager provides a verbal set of instructions to two team members on how to perform a specific test. Without agreeing or disagreeing with the project manager, the two employees leave the project manager’s office. Later, the project manager discovers that the tests were not conducted according to his instructions. The most probable cause of failure would be:

• Improper encoding

• Improper decoding

• Improper format for the message

• Lack of feedback on instructions

A project manager who allows workers to be actively involved with the project manager in making decisions would be using which leadership style?

• Passive

• Participative/democratic

• Autocratic

• Laissez-faire

A project manager who dictates all decisions and does not allow for any participation by the workers would be using which leadership style?

• Passive

• Participative/democratic

• Autocratic

• Laissez-faire