CHAPTER 3: PROJECT
MANAGEMENT TRUE/FALSE
1. The ES of an activity that has only one predecessor is simply the EF of that predecessor.
True (Determining
... [Show More] the project schedule, moderate)
2. One phase of a large project is scheduling.
True (The importance of project management, easy)
3. A project organization works best for an organization when the project resides in only one of its
functional areas.
False (Project planning, moderate)
4. By their very nature, projects have a limited lifetime, and that sets project management apart from the
management of more traditional activities.
True (Project planning, moderate)
5. One responsibility of a project manager is to make sure that the project meets its quality goals.
True (Project planning, moderate)
6. Work Breakdown Structure is a useful tool in project management because it addresses the timing of
individual work elements.
False (Project planning, moderate)
7. Project managers have their own code of ethics, established by the Project Management Institute.
True (Ethical issues faced in project management, moderate) {AACSB: Ethical Reasoning}
8. Ethical issues which can arise in projects include bid rigging, bribery, and "low balling."
True (Ethical issues faced in project management, easy) {AACSB: Ethical Reasoning}
9. Gantt charts give a timeline for each of a project's activities, but do not adequately show the
interrelationships of activities.
True (Project scheduling, moderate)
10. PERT, but not CPM, has the ability to consider the precedence relationships in a project.
False (Project scheduling, moderate)
11. The shortest of all paths through the network is the critical path.
False (Project management techniques: PERT and CPM, moderate)
12. The fundamental difference between PERT and CPM is that PERT uses the beta distribution for
crashing projects while CPM uses cost estimates.
False (Project management techniques: PERT and CPM, moderate) [Show Less]