Project Management Quiz #01

Project leadership and project management are not the same thing, but they are connected. Leaders and managers rely on communications within a project to help motivate, manage, and ensure that the project is moving forward toward its objectives. In communicating, the receiver restates what the sender has said to clarify the message and to enable the sender to offer more clarity if needed. What is this communication component called?

• Active listening

• Sender-receiver model

• Communications planning

• Leader listening

You are the project manager for your organization and you’re working with a new client to start a project at the client’s site. You and the client are negotiating the price, schedule, and other concerns for a contract for the new project. In the negotiating, you and the client should be negotiating for what result?

• Best price for the contracted work

• Fair agreement for both the client and the vendor

• Most profit for the contracted work

• Risk distribution between the two parties

You are the project manager of the Systems Upgrade Project for your organization. As a project manager, you want to influence the organization and the project team for the better. What two key aspects are most helpful in influencing your organization as a project manager?

• Management and leadership

• Communication skills and a positive attitude

• Experience and knowledge

• Experience and willingness to learn

Wendy is a new project manager for her company, and she’s working with her project team to develop the project management plan. Wendy knows that she must rely on several different skills to make her first project successful. Of the following management skills, which will a project manager use most?

• Leading

• Communicating

• Influencing the organization

• Negotiating

Caitlin is the project manager for her department. She has been working with her manager to examine her skills and her career. Her manager believes that Caitlin should take more training in power skills to make her a better project manager in her organization. The power skills of a leader include the ability to manage relationships and conflict. Which activity best represents this power skill?

• Choosing the best team

• Building trust

• Creating a give-and-take relationship with the project sponsor

• Establishing two-way communication with the project sponsor

As a CAPM candidate you should be familiar with the PMI Talent Triangle. You’ll be earning professional development units to maintain your CAPM certification status once you’ve passed the exam. Of the following choices, which are not primary sides of the PMI Talent Triangle? (Choose two.)

• Power Skills

• Ways of Working

• Continuing Education

• Business Acumen

• Communication Skills

While management is about getting things done, leadership is about motivating people. You know that leadership is a desirable trait for a project manager and is heavily referenced throughout the PMBOK Guide. Which of the following characteristics are attributes of leadership? (Choose three.)

• Fiscal responsibility

• Respect for others

• Problem-solving abilit

• Desire to learn and improve

Greta is a junior project manager and new to her organization. Her current project has more than 100 stakeholders. Some of the stakeholders have competing objectives and are getting in Greta’s way to get things done. To influence her stakeholders Greta needs which of the following?

• An understanding of the organizational budget

• To research and document proven business cases

• An understanding of formal and informal organizational systems

• Positional power

Markael is a new project manager in his company. Before joining this company, Markael worked as a project manager for more than 20 years at an IT service provider. Markael has a deep understanding of electronics, software development, and data warehouse technology and is highly skilled in his field. What type of power does Markael have in this scenario?

• Expert

• Positional

• Referent

• Information

What type of power does a project manager have when the team admires the project manager because they’ve worked with them before the current project or they know of their reputation as a project manager?

• Situational

• Referent

• Positional

• Expert