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WorksheetsEngineering Management Quiz
Total questions: 128
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Management is:
An art
Both science and art
A science
Neither art nor science
Engineering is:
An art
Both science and art
A science
Neither art nor science
Engineers can become good managers only through __________.
Experience
Taking master degree in management
Effective career planning
Trainings
If you are an engineer wanting to become a manager, what will you do?
Develop new talents
Acquire new values
Broaden your point of view
All of the above
When engineer enters management, what is the most likely problem he finds difficult to acquire?
Learning to trust others
Learning how to work through others
Learning how to take satisfaction in the work of others
All of the above
What management functions refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, estimating their likely impact and determining actions that will lead to the desired outcomes and goals?
Planning
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
What refers to the establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and materials resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company?
Planning
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
What management function involves selecting candidates and training personnel?
Organizing
Staffing
Motivating
Controlling
What management function involves orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources?
Directing
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Actual performance normally is the same as the original plan and therefore it is necessary to check for deviation and to take corrective action. This action refers to what management function?
Organizing
Planning
Controlling
Staffing
What refers to management function which is to encourage others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction?
Staffing
Motivating
Controlling
Leading
What refers to a principal function of lower management which is to instill in the workforce a commitment and enthusiasm for pursuing the goals of the organization?
Directing
Motivating
Staffing
Controlling
What refers to the collection of the tools and techniques that are used on a predefined set of inputs to produce a predefined set of outputs?
Project Management
Engineering Management
Management
Planning
Which is NOT an element of project management process?
Data and information
Research and development
Decision making
Implementation and action
What is the most essential attribute of a project manager?
Leadership
Charisma
Communication skill
Knowledge
In project management, what provides a simple yet effective means of monitoring and controlling a project at each stage of its development?
R & D model
Project feasibility
Life cycle model
All of the above
What project life cycle model is the most relevant for information technology project?
Morris model
Waterfall model
Incremental release model
Prototype model
In project management, “R & D” stands for:
Retail Distribution
Research and Development
Repair and Develop
Reduce and Deduce
In project management O & M stands for:
Operation and Manpower
Operation and Maintenance
Operation and Management
Operation and Mission
A project management must be very good in which of the following skills?
Communication skills
Human relationship skills
Leadership skills
All of the above
Project integration management involves which of the following processes?
Project plan development
Project plan execution
Integrated change control
Quality planning
Project quality management involves all of the following processes except:
Quality planning
Quality assurance
Quality Control
Quality feature
What is defined as an organized method of providing past, present, and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence for use in decision making?
Electronic Data Processing Systems
Management Information System
Central Processing System
Data Management System
Middle management level undertakes what planning activity?
Intermediate planning
Strategic planning
Operational planning
Direct planning
Strategic planning is undertaken in which management level?
Lower management level
Middle management level
Top management level
Lowest management level
What is the advantage of free-rein style of leadership?
Little managerial control and high degree of risk
Time consuming and cost ineffective
Little ideas from subordinate in decision making
All of the above
If you are appointed as a division manager, your first task is most likely to
Set goals
Determine the resources needed
Set a standard
Develop strategies and tactics
What is defined as the process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objective efficiently and effectively?
General Management
Engineering Management
Production Management
Operations Management
For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have a good __________.
Interpersonal skills
Communication skills
Leadership
Decision- making skills
What type of conflict do managers encounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda?
Technical opinion conflict
Politics
Ambiguous roles
Managerial procedure conflict
The process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency is known as __________.
Division of labor
Segmentation
Departmentalization
Territorialization
By departmentalization of an organization, it decentralizes __________?
Authority
Responsibility
Accountability
All of the above
What type of committee companies or corporations created for a short-term purpose only?
Interim committee
Temporary committee
Standing committee
Ad hoc committee
What refers to a description of whether the objectives are accomplished?
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Ability to manage
Decision- making ability
An engineering is required to finish a certain engineering job in 20 days. He is said to be __________ if he finished the job within the required period of 20 days.
Efficient
Effective
Reliable
Qualified
If an engineer provides less input (labor and materials) to his project and still come out with the same output, he is said to be more __________.
Managerial skill
Economical
Effective
Efficient
To determine a qualified applicant, the engineer manager will subject the applicant to a test that is used to measure a person’s current knowledge of a subject?
Interest test
Aptitude test
Performance test
Personality test
What type of training is a combination of on-the-job training and experience with classroom instruction in particular subject?
On-the-job training
Vestibule school
Apprenticeship program
In-basket
What type of authority refers to a specialist’s right to oversee lower-level personnel involved in the project regardless of the personnel’s assignment in the organization?
Top authority
Line authority
Staff authority
Functional authority
When a consultant or specialist gives advice to his superior, he is using what type of authority?
Top authority
Line authority
Staff authority
Functional authority
When structuring an organization, the engineer manager must be concerned with the determining the scope of words and how it is combined in a job. This refers to __________.
Division of labor
Delegation of authority
Departmentation
Span of control
When structuring an organization, the engineer must be concerned with the grouping of related jobs, activities, or processes into major organizational subunits. This refers to:
Division of labor
Delegation of authority
Departmentation
Span of control
Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using qualitative evaluation?
Comparison technique
Intuition and subjective judgment
Rational technique
Analytical technique
Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using quantitative evaluation?
Rational and analytical techniques
Intuition and subjective judgment
Comparison in number technique
Cost analysis
What refers to the strategic statement that identifies why an organization exists, its philosophy of management, and its purpose as distinguished from other similar organizations in terms of products, services and markets?
Corporate mission
Corporate vision
Corporate character
Corporate identity
What refers to a process of influencing and supporting others
What refers to a process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives?
Power
Leadership
Teamwork
Charisma
What describes how to determine the number of service units that will minimize both customer’s waiting time and cost of service?
Queuing theory
Network model
Sampling theory
Simulation
What refers to the rational way to conceptualize, analyze and solve problems in situations involving limited or partial information about the decision environment?
Sampling theory
Linear programming
Decision theory
Simulation
What is quantitative technique where samples of populations are statistically determined to be used for a number of processes, such as quality control and marketing research?
Sampling theory
Linear programming
Statistical decision theory
Simulation
The engineer manager must be concern with the needs of his human resources. What refers to the need of the employees for food, drinks, and rest?
Physiological need
Security need
Esteem need
Self - actualization need
What refers to the learning that is provided in order to improve performance on the present job?
Training
Development
Vestibule
Specialized courses
What technique is best suited for projects that contain many repetitions of some standard activities?
Benchmark job technique
Parametric technique
Modular technique
Non- modular technique
What organizational structure is based on the assumption that each unit should specialize in a specific functional area and perform all of the tasks that require its expertise?
Functional organization
Territorial organization
Process organization
Product organization
What type of organization structure in which each project is assigned to a single organizational unit and the various functions are performed by personnel within the unit?
Functional organization
Territorial organization
Process organization
Product organization
What organizational structure provides a sound basis for balancing the use of human resources and skills?
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Process organization
Product organization
In which type of organization where the structure can lead to a “dual boss” phenomenon?
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Process organization
Product organization
Which one is an advantage of a matrix organization?
Rapid reaction organization
Adaptation to changing environment
State-of-the-art technology
Better utilization of resources
Which one is a disadvantage of a matrix organization?
Dual accountability of personnel
Conflicts between project and functional managers
Profit-and-loss accountability difficult
Inefficient use of specialist
Which one is an advantage projectized organization?
Efficient use of technical personnel
Good project schedule and cost control
Single point for customer contact
Rapid reaction time possible
Which one is a disadvantage of a projectized organization?
Uncertain technical direction
Inefficient use of specialist
Insecurity regarding future job assignments
Slower work flow
Which one is an advantage of a functional organization?
Efficient use of technical personnel
Rapid reaction time possible
Career continuity and growth of technical personnel
Good technology transfer between projects
Which one is disadvantage of a functional organization?
Weak customer interface
Weak project authority
Inefficient use of specialist
Slower work flow
In what type of organization where a project manager is held responsible for completion of the project and is often assigned a budget?
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Projectized organization
Project coordinated organization
In selecting an organizational structure, which of the following is not a criterion?
Finance and accounting
Customer relation
Location
Technology
What is NOT a factor to be taken into consideration when selecting an organizational structure for managing projects?
Overhead cost
Type of technology used
Location of the project
Level of uncertainty in projects
Who is responsible for ensuring that the project is completed successfully as measured by time, cost, performance and stakeholder satisfaction?
Functional manager
Project manager
Chief engineer
Department supervisor
Who is responsible for running a department so that all his customers are served efficiently and effectively?
Area manager
Sales manager
Functional manager
Project manager
If a project have multidimensional goals, the project manager often use his __________ to reach a compromise solution.
Leadership
Tradeoff analysis skill
Authority
Decision-making skill
What is the major activity of the project support office?
Administrative support for projects
Support for tools and techniques
Overall project management support
Project management via the internet
What is the major activity of the project office?
Administrative support for projects
Support for tools and techniques
Overall project management support
Project management via internet
What is an important tool for the design and implementation of the project’s work content?
Linear responsibility chart
Gantt chart
Life cycle model
Project design chart
What chart summarizes the relationships between project stakeholders and their responsibilities in each project element?
Linear responsibility chart
Matrix responsibility chart
Responsibility interface matrix
All of the above
What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by using only one time factor per activity?
Forecasting
Critical path method
Program evaluation review technique
Simulation
What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by employing three time estimate for each activity?
Forecasting
Critical path method
Program evaluation review technique
Simulation
For a project manager to have an effective means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as CPM. What does CPM stands for?
Critical plan method
Critical path method
Critical project method
Coordinated plan method
For a project manager to have an efficient means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as PERT. What does Pert stands for?
Project evaluation review technique
Program evaluation review technique
Path evaluation review technique
Program execution review technique
What is the benefit of using PERT/CPM network as integral component of project management?
They furnish a consistent framework for planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling project.
They illustrate the interdependencies of all tasks
They can be used to estimate the expected project completion dares as well as the probability that the project will be completed by a specific date
All of the above
The CPM was developed by Rand and Walker in what year?
1957
1958
1959
1960
In what year was PERT developed?
1957
1958
1959
1960
In Morris life cycle model, a project is divided into how many stages to be performed in sequence?
3
4
5
6
What is the first stage in the life cycle of a project using Morris model?
Planning and design
Feasibility
Production
Turnover and startup
Risk management is:
Risk avoidance
Controlling risk
To gain opportunities
All of the above
What technique a manager must use if he decides to absorb the risk in the project?
Create buffer in the form of managementcreserve or extra time in schedule
Use a different technology
Use a different supplier
Buying insurance
Buying insurance is a form of:
Risk elimination
Risk reduction
Risk sharing
Risk absorption
What refers to any technique used either to minimize the probability of an accident or to mitigate its consequences?
Reliability management
Risk management
Quality assurance management
Project assurance management
What refers to the techniques that encompass risk assignment and the inclusive evaluation of risk, costs and benefits of alternative projects or policies?
Risk management
Risk-benefit analysis
Benefit management
Uncertainty analysis
What is measured by the amount of resources that a manager can allocate without the need to get an approval from his or her manager?
Responsibility
Leadership
Authority
Tradeoff skill
What is defined as a course of action aimed at ensuring that the organization will achieve its objectives?
Goal
Strategy
Program
Plan
When there is a degradation of service provided by the company to clients, it is a sign that the engineer manager in-charge:
Lacks leadership skill
Has inadequate control
Has poor organization
Has no proper planning
What principal element of uncertainty refers to a measure of the relevance of available information to the problem at hand?
Statistical confidence
Tolerance
Incompleteness of the data
Ambiguity in modeling the problem
One of the mnemonic management tool used is the SMEAC. What does the acronym SMEAC stands for?
Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Coordination
Situation, Mission, Execution, Application, Communication
Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication
Strategy, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication
In the management tools, SMEAC, where A stands for administration, which is the appropriate question will the manager ask?
What do we need to get it done?
What are we aiming to do?
How are we going to do it?
What is the operation environment?
In project management, what is usually the first step underlying in the process of performing a project?
Select appropriate performance measures
Define the goals of the project and their relative importance
Identify a need for a product or service
Develop a technological concept
In the process of performing a project, after the need for a product or service is identified, what is usually the next step?
Define the goals of the project and their relative importance
Develop a budget
Develop a schedule
Develop the technological concept
What is usually the last step in the process of performing a project?
Select appropriate performance measures
Implement a plan
Monitor and control the project
Evaluate project success
To consider the consequence of uncertainly on project management, laws on project management are developed. One of which is “A careless planned project will take __________ times longer to complete than expected”.
Three
Four
Two
Two and a half
In the typical functional organization hierarchy, the chief engineer is under the __________.
Finance manager
Manufacturing manager
General manager
Marketing manager
What is a diagram of the organization’s official positions and formal lines of authority called?
Organization chart
Authority chart
Policy chart
Control chart
What is defined as the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situations?
Sampling theory
Alternative-analysis
Problem-solving
Decision-making
What refers to the activity of incorporating the technical know-how with the ability to organize and coordinate workforce, materials, equipment and all other resources including money?
Engineering management
Engineering technology
Technical manger
General management
Defined as the creative problem-solving process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an organization’s resources to achieve its mission and objectives.
Management
Planning
Organizing
Supervision
Refers to the activity combining “technical knowledge with the ability to organize and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money.”
Engineering Management
Engineering Materials
Engineering Organization
Engineering Club
The following are considered as functions of an engineer except
Testing
Construction
Sales
Physical Education
A function of an engineer where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable theories.
Research
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
A function of an engineer where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical term.
Research
Manufacturing
Testing
Design and Development
A function of an engineer where the engineer works in a unit where new products or parts are tested for workability.
Research
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
A function of an engineer where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product.
Research
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
A function of an engineer where the engineer is either directly in charge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process.
Construction
Sales
Consulting
Government
A function of an engineer where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially those that require technical expertise.
Construction
Government
Consulting
Sales
A function of an engineer where the engineer works as consultant of any individual or organization requiring his services.
Construction
Sales
Consulting
Government
A function of an engineer where the engineer may find employment in the government performing any of the various tasks in regulating, monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public or private.
Construction
Sales
Government
Consulting
A function of an engineer where the engineer gets employment in a school and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses.
Teaching
Government
Management
Consulting
A function of an engineer where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing specific tasks.
Teaching
Government
Management
Consulting
Defined as the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situation.
Decision Making
Engineering Management
Initiative
Problem solving
The first step-in Decision-making process is to
Analyze environment
Diagnose problem
Make a choice
Articulate problem or opportunity
The last step-in decision-making process is to
Analyze environment
Make a choice
Diagnose problem
Evaluate and adapt decision results
Refers to evaluation of alternatives using intuition and subjective judgment.
Quantitative evaluation
Qualitative evaluation
Relative evaluation
Subjective evaluation
Refers to evaluation of alternatives using any technique in a group classified as rational and analytical.
Quantitative evaluation
Qualitative evaluation
Relative evaluation
Subjective evaluation
Refers to the management function that involves anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve organizational objectives.
Management
Planning
Organizing
Supervision
Refers to the process of determining the major goals of the organization and the policies and strategies for obtaining and using resources to achieve those goals.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
The top management of any firm is involved in this type of planning.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
Refers to the process of determining the contributions that subunits can make with allocated resources.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
This type of planning is undertaken by middle management.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
Refers to the process of determining how specific tasks can best be accomplished on time with available resources.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
This type of planning is a responsibility of lower management.
Operational Planning
Intermediate Planning
Strategic planning
Secondary Planning
This is the written document or blueprint for implementing and controlling an organization’s marketing activities related to particular marketing strategy.
Marketing Plan
Financial Plan
Production Plan
Short-range plans
This is a written document that states the quantity of output a company must produce in broad terms and by product family.
Marketing Plan
Financial Plan
Production Plan
Short-range plans
