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Chapter 2 material - Self-assessment review questions and answers for Chapter 2
Which of the following is correct?
I Projects are closed systems
II Projects are open systems- I only
- II only
- I and II
- Neither I nor II
What is the benefit of classifying projects?
- To help with network optimisation
- To demonstrate the link between strategy and projects
- To help understand how to manage projects
- All of the above
Which of the following is correct?
- PRINCE 2 is a spreadsheet designed for drawing Gantt charts
- PRINCE 2 is a project management methodology
- PRINCE 2 was developed in the private sector
- PRINCE 2 is a project management maturity model
Which of the following is correct? The four phases in the project life cycle are:
- initiation and definition; management; execution; control
- initiation and definition; management and control; closure; operations and maintenance
- Starting a management consultancy
- initiation and control; planning and development; execution and control; closure
Which of the following is correct? The principles of project management:
- apply to any discipline
- are best suited to engineering and construction disciplines
- are best suited to event management
- apply to any discipline except operations management
Which of the following is correct? Fast tracking is a method of reducing
- the cost of a project
- the duration of a project
- the complexity of a project
- the number of stakeholders on a project
Which of the following people benefit the most from feed-forward information?
- the project manager and his senior colleagues
- the sponsor and users
- participants involved in early project phases
- participants involved in later project phases
Which of the following is correct? A project system has:
I inputs and outputs
II mechanisms and constraints- I only
- II only
- I and II
- Neither I nor II
