1.

Management is: Staffing Life cycle model

An art 9. What management function 17. What project life cycle model
involves orienting personnel in the is the most relevant for
2. Engineering is: most effective way and channeling information technology project?
resources?
A science Waterfall model
Directing
3. Engineers can become good 18. In project management, “R
managers only through 10. Actual performance normally &D” stands for:
__________. is the same as the original plan and
therefore it is necessary to check Research and Development
Effective career planning for deviation and to take corrective
action. This action refers to what 19. In project management O & M
4. If you are an engineer wanting management function? stands for:
to become a manager, what will
you do? Controlling Operation and Maintenance

A. Develop new talents 11. What refers to management 20. A project management must be
function which is to encourage very good in which of the
B. Acquire new values others to follow the example set following skills?
for them, with great commitment
C. Broaden your point of view and conviction? A. Communication skills
D. All of the above Leading B. Human relationship skills
5. When engineer enters management, 12. What refers to a principal C. Leadership skills
what is the most likely problem he function of lower management
finds difficult to acquire? which is to instill in the workforce D. All of the above
a commitment and enthusiasm for
A. Learning to trust others
pursuing the goals of the 21. Project integration
organization?
B. Learning how to work through others management involves which of the
following processes?
C. Learning how to take satisfaction in Motivating
the work of others Quality planning:
13. What refers to the collection of
D. All of the above the tolls and techniques that are 22. Project quality management
used on a predefined set of inputs involves all of the following
6. What management functions refers to produce a predefined set of processes except:
to the process of anticipating outputs?
problems, analyzing them, estimating
their likely impact and determining Quality feature
Project Management
actions that will lead to the desired
outcomes and goals? 23. What is defined as an
14. Which is NOT an element of organized method of providing
project management process?
Planning past, present, and projected
information on internal operations
Research and development and external intelligence for use in
7. What refers to the establishing
interrelationships between people and decision-making?
things in such a way that human and 15. What is the most essential
materials resources are effectively attribute of a project manager? Management Information System
focused toward achieving the goal of the
company?
Leadership 24. Middle management level
Organizing undertakes what planning activity?
16. In project management, what
provides a simple yet effective Intermediate planning
8. What management function means of monitoring and
involves selecting candidates and controlling a project at each stage
training personnel? of its development?
25. Strategic planning is D. All of the above 41. When structuring an organization,
undertaken in which management the engineer manager must be
level? 33. What type of committee concerned with the determining the
scope of words and how it is
companies or corporations created
combined in a job. This refers to
Top management level for a short term purpose only? __________.

26. What is the advantage of free- Ad hoc committee Division of labor

rein style of leadership?
34. What refers to a description of 42. When structuring an organization,
Little managerial control and high whether the objectives are the engineer must be concerned with
degree of risk accomplished? the grouping of related jobs,
activities, or processes into major
27. If you are appointed as a Effectiveness organizational subunits. This refers
division manager, your first task is to:
most likely to 35. An engineering is required to
finish a certain engineering job in Departmentation
Set goals 20 days. He is said to be
__________ if he finished the job 43. Which technique will the
28. What is defined as the process within the required period of 20 manager use when evaluating
of planning, organizing, and days alternative using qualitative
controlling operations to reach evaluation?
objective efficiently and Effective
effectively? Intuition and subjective judgment
36. If an engineer provides less
Operations Management input (labor and materials) to his 44. Which technique will the
project and still come out with the manager use when evaluating
29. For a project manager to same output, he is said to be more alternative using quantitative
achieve his given set of goals __________. evaluation?
through other people, he must
have a good __________. Efficient Rational and analytical techniques

Interpersonal skills 37. To determine a qualified 45. What refers to the strategic
applicant, the engineer manager will statement that identifies why an
30. What type of conflict do subject the applicant to a test that is organization exists, its philosophy
used to measure a person’s current of management, and its purpose as
managers encounter when there is
knowledge of a subject? distinguished from other similar
disagreement on issues of
territorial power or hidden organizations in terms of products,
agenda? Performance test services and markets?

Politics 38. What type of training is a Corporate mission

combination of on-the-job training
and experience with classroom 46. What refers to a process of
31. The process of partitioning an
instruction in particular subject? influencing and supporting others
organization into subunits to
improve efficiency is known as to work enthusiastically toward
__________. Apprenticeship program achieving objectives?

39. What type of authority refers to a Leadership

Departmentalization specialist’s right to oversee lower
level personnel involved in the project
32. By departmentalization of an regardless of the personnel’s 47. What describes how to
organization, it decentralizes assignment in the organization? determine the number of service
__________? units that will minimize both
Functional authority customer’s waiting time and cost
A. Authority of service?
40. When a consultant or specialist
B. Responsibility gives advice to his superior, he is Queuing theory
using what type of authority?
C. Accountability 48. What refers to the rational way
Staff authority to conceptualize, analyze and
solve problems in situations 55. What organizational structure Location
involving limited or partial provides a sound basis for
information about the decision balancing the use of human 65. What is NOT a factor to be taken
environment? resources and skills? into consideration when selecting an
organizational structure for managing
projects?
Decision theory Matrix organization

49. What is quantitative technique 56. In which type of organization Location of the project
where samples of populations are where the structure can lead to a
statistically determined to be used “dual boss” phenomenon? 66. If a project have
for a number of processes, such as multidimensional goals, the
quality control and marketing Matrix organization project manager often use his
research? __________ to reach a
compromise solution.
57. Which one is an advantage of a
Sampling theory matrix organization?
Tradeoff analysis skill
50. The engineer manager must be Rapid reaction organization
67. Who is responsible for ensuring that
concern with the needs of his the project is completed successfully as
human resources. What refers to measured by time, cost, performance and
the need of the employees for stakeholder satisfaction?
food, drinks, and rest? 58. Which one is a disadvantage of
a matrix organization? Project manager
Physiological need
Inefficient use of specialist 68. Who is responsible for running a
department so that all his customers are
served efficiently and effectively?
59. Which one is an advantage
projectized organization? Functional manager
51. What refers to the learning that Efficient use of technical 69. What is the major activity of the
is provided in order to improve personnel project support office?
performance on the present job?
60. Which one is a disadvantage of Administrative support for projects
Training a projectized organization?
70. What is the major activity of the
52. What technique is best suited Slower work flow project office?
for projects that contain many
repetitions of some standard 61. Which one is an advantage of a Overall project management
activities? functional organization? support

Benchmark job technique 71. What is an important tool for the

Rapid reaction time possible design and implementation of the
project’s work content?
53. What organizational structure 62. Which one is disadvantage of a
is based on the assumption that functional organization?
each unit should specialize in a Linear responsibility chart
specific functional area and
Inefficient use of specialist 72. What chart summarizes the
perform all of the tasks that relationships between project
require its expertise? stakeholders and their responsibilities in
63. In what type of organization
each project element?
where a project manager is held
Functional organization responsible for completion of the
A. Linear responsibility chart
project and is often assigned a B. Matrix responsibility chart
54. What type of organization budget? C. Responsibility interface matrix
structure in which each project is All of the above
assigned to a single organizational Matrix organization
unit and the various functions are 73. What network model enables engineer
performed by personnel within the managers to schedule, monitor, and
64. In selecting an organizational
unit? control large and complex projects by
structure, which of the following is using only one time factor per activity?
not a criterion?
Product organization
Critical path method 80. In Morris life cycle model, a
project is divided into how many
74. What network model enables engineer stages to be performed in 89. When there is a degradation of
managers to schedule, monitor, and sequence? service provided by the company
control large and complex projects by
employing three time estimate for each
to clients, it is a sign that the
activity? 4 engineer manager in-charge:

Program evaluation review 81. What is the first stage in the Has inadequate control
technique life cycle of a project using Morris
model? 90. What principal element of
75. For a project manager to have an uncertainty refers to a measure of
effective means of identifying and Feasibility the relevance of available
communicating the planned activities information to the problem at
and their interrelationships, he must 82. Risk management is: hand?
use a network technique. One of the
network techniques is commonly Controlling risk Tolerance
known as CPM. What does CPM
stands for? 91. One of the mnemonic
83. What technique a manager
must use if he decides to absorb management tool used is the
Critical path method the risk in the project? SMEAC. What does the acronym
SMEAC stands for?
76. For a project manager to have an
Create buffer in the form of
efficient means of identifying and
management reserve or extra time Situation, Mission, Execution,
communicating the planned activities
in schedule. Administration, Communication
and their interrelationships, he must
use a network technique. One of the
network techniques is commonly 84. Buying insurance is a form of: 92. In the management tools,
known as PERT. What does Pert SMEAC, where A stands for
stands for? Risk sharing administration, which is the
appropriate question will the
Program evaluation review 85. What refers to any technique used manager ask?
technique either to minimize the probability of
an accident or to mitigate its What do we need to get it done?
77. What is the benefit of using consequences?
PERT/CPM network as integral 93. In project management, what is
component of project Risk management usually the first step underlying in
management? the process of performing a
86. What refers to the techniques project?
A. They furnish a consistent framework that encompass risk assignment
for planning, scheduling, monitoring and and the inclusive evaluation of Identify a need for a product or
controlling project. service
risk, costs and benefits of
B. They illustrate the inter-dependencies alternative projects or policies?
of all tasks 94. In the process of performing a
Risk-benefit analysis project, after the need for a
C. They can be used to estimate the product or service is identified,
expected project completion dares as well
87. What is measured by the what is usually the next step?
as the probability that the project will be
completed by a specific date amount of resources that a
manager can allocate without the Define the goals of the project and
All of the above their relative importance
need to get an approval from his or
78. The CPM was developed by her manager?
95. What is usually the last step in
Rand and Walker in what year? the process of performing a
Authority
project?
1957
88. What is defined as a course of
Evaluate project success
79. In what year was PERT action aimed at ensuring that the
developed? organization will achieve its
objectives?
1958
Strategy 96. To consider the consequence of
uncertainly on project management,
laws on project management are nature and codifying this Government
developed. One of which is “A knowledge into usable theories.
careless planned project will take 112. A function of an engineer
__________ times longer to complete Research where the engineer gets
than expected”.
employment in a school and is
105. A function of an engineer assigned as a teacher of
Three
where the engineer undertakes the engineering courses.
activity of turning a product
97. In the typical functional
organization hierarchy, the chief
concept to a finished physical Teaching
engineer is under the __________. term.
113. A function of an engineer where
Design and Development the engineer is assigned to manage
General manager groups of people performing specific
106. A function of an engineer tasks.
98. What is a diagram of the
organization’s official positions and where the engineer works in a unit
where new products or parts are Management
formal lines of authority called?
tested for workability.
114. Defined as the process of
Organization chart
Testing identifying and choosing
alternative courses of action in a
99. What is defined as the process of
identifying and choosing alternative 107. A function of an engineer manner appropriate to the
courses of action in a manner where the engineer is directly in demands of the situation.
appropriate to the demands of the charge of production personnel or
situations? assumes responsibility for the  Decision Making
product.
Decision-making 115. The first step in Decision
Manufacturing making process is to
100. What refers to the activity of
incorporating the technical know how 108. A function of an engineer Diagnose problem
with the ability to organize and where the engineer is either
coordinate workforce, materials, 116. The last step in decision
directly in charge of the
equipment and all other resources making process is to
including money? construction personnel or may
have responsibility for the quality
of the construction process. Evaluate and adapt decision results
Engineering management

Construction 117. Refers to evaluation of

101. Defined as the creative problem
solving process of planning,
alternatives using intuition and
organizing, leading, and controlling 109. A function of an engineer where subjective judgment.
an organization’s resources to achieve the engineer assists the company’s
its mission and objectives. customers to meet their needs, Qualitative evaluation
especially those that require technical
Management expertise. 118. Refers to evaluation of
alternatives using any technique in
Sales a group classified as rational and
102. Refers to the activity
combining “technical knowledge analytical.
with the ability to organize and 110. A function of an engineer
coordinate worker power, where the engineer works as Quantitative evaluation
materials, machinery, and money.” consultant of any individual or
organization requiring his services. 119. Refers to the management
Engineering Management function that involves anticipating
Consulting future trends and determining the best
strategies and tactics to achieve
103. The following are considered
111. A function of an engineer where organizational objectives.
as functions of an engineer except
the engineer may find employment in
the government performing any of the Planning
Physical Education
various tasks in regulating,
monitoring, and controlling the 120. Refers to the process of
104. A function of an engineer activities of various institutions, determining the major goals of the
where the engineer is engaged in public or private. organization and the policies and
the process of learning about
strategies for obtaining and using 129. It is a document that indicates activity and explains where the
resources to achieve those goals. the human resource needs of a required funds will come from.
company detailed in terms of quantity
Strategic Planning and quality and based on the
Budget
requirements of the company’s
strategic plan.
121. The top management of any 138. A plan designed to coordinate
firm is involved in this type of a large set of activities.
Human Resource Management Plan
planning.
130. These are plans intended to Program
Strategic Planning
cover a period of less than one
year. First-line supervisors are 139. A plan that is usually more
122. Refers to the process of mostly concerned with these limited in scope than a program
determining the contributions that planes. and is sometimes prepared to
subunits can make with allocated support a program.
resources. Short-range plans
Project
Intermediate Planning
131. These are plans covering a
time span of more than one year. 140. A management function
123. This type of planning is These are mostly undertaken by which refers to the structuring of
undertaken by middle middle and top management. resources and activities to
management. accomplish objectives in an
Long-range plans efficient and effective manner.
Intermediate Planning
132. Plans that are used again and Organizing
124. Refers to the process of again and they focus on
determining how specific tasks can managerial situations that recur 141. The arrangement or
best be accomplished on time with repeatedly. relationship of positions within an
available resources. organization.
 Standing Plans
Operational Planning Structure
133. These are broad guidelines to
125. This type of planning is a aid managers at every level in 142. This is a form of
responsibility of lower making decisions about recurring departmentalization in which
management. situations or function. everyone engaged in one
functional activity, such as
Operational Planning engineering or marketing, is
Policies
grouped into one unit.
126. This is the written document 134. These are plans that describe
or blueprint for implementing and the exact series of actions to be Functional Organization
controlling an organization’s taken in a given situation.
marketing activities related to 143. This type of organization is
particular marketing strategy. very effective in similar firms
Procedures
especially “single business firms
Marketing Plan
135. These are statements that where key activities revolve
either require or forbid a certain around well-defined skills and
127. This is a written document areas of specialization”.
action.
that states the quantity of output a
company must produce in broad Functional Organization
terms and by product family. Rules

136. Specifically developed to 144. This refers to the organization

 Production Plan
implement courses of action that of a company by a division that
are relatively unique and are brings together all those involved
128. It is a document that with a certain type of product or
summarizes the current financial unlikely to be repeated.
customer.
situation of the firm, analyzes
financial needs, and recommends a Single-Use Plans
Product or Market Organization
direction for financial activities.
137. A plan which sets forth the
Financial Plan projected expenditure for a certain
145. This is appropriate for a large to the current capabilities of the Transfer
corporation with many product organization.
lines in several related industries. 162. The movement from one
Forecasting position to another which has less pay
Product or Market Organization or responsibility attached to it. It is
154. Refers to translation of the used as a form of punishment or as a
temporary measure to keep an
146. An organizational structure in forecasted human resource needs
employee until he is offered a higher
which each employee reports both to personnel objectives and goals. position.
a functional or division manager
and to a project or group manager. Programming
Demotion
Matrix Organization 155. This refers to monitoring
163. Either a voluntary or
human resource action plans and
involuntary termination of an
147. Refers to a manager’s right to evaluating their success.
employee.
tell subordinates what to do and
then see that they do it. Evaluation and Control
Separation
Line authority 156. Refers to attracting qualified
persons to apply for vacant positions 164. A process of sharing
148. A staff specialist’s right to in the company so that those who are information through symbols,
give advice to a superior. best suited to serve the company may including words and message.
be selected.
Staff authority Communication
Recruitment
165. Function of communication
157. Refers to the act of choosing that can be used for decision-
from those that are available than making at various work levels in
149. A specialist’s right to oversee
individuals most likely to succeed the organization.
lower level personnel involved in
on the job.
that specialty, regardless of where
 Information Function
the personnel are in the
Selection
organization.
166. A function of communication
158. In this staffing procedure, the used as a means to motivate
Functional authority
new employee is provided with the employees to commit themselves
necessary information about the to the organizations objectives.
150. A committee created for a company and will be introduced to
short-term purpose and have a the immediate working environment
Motivation Function
limited life. and co-workers.
167. Function of communication that
Ad hoc committee Induction and Orientation
deals when feelings are repressed in
the organization, employees are
151. A permanent committee that 159. Refers to the learning that is affected by anxiety, which, in turn,
deals with issues on an ongoing provided in order to improve affects performance.
basis. performance on the present job.
Emotive Function
Standing committee Training and Development
168. A form of communication
152. Defined as the management 160. Refers to a movement by a transmitted through hearing or
function that determines human person into a position of higher pay sight.
resource needs, recruits, selects, and greater responsibilities and which
trains, and develops human is given as a reward for competence
and ambition. Verbal
resources for jobs created by an
organization. 169. A means of conveying
Promotion
message through body language,
Staffing as well as the use of time, space,
161. The movement of a person to
a different job at the same or touch, clothing, appearance and
153. An assessment of future aesthetic elements.
human resource needs in relation similar level of responsibility in
the organization.
Nonverbal
170. Refers to the process of 179. Refers to the process of production facilities, and arranging
activating behavior, sustaining it, ascertaining whether for the procurement of these
and directing it toward a particular organizational objectives have facilities.
goal. been achieved and determining
what activities should then be Product planning
Motivation taken to achieve objectives better
in the future. 187. The phase of production
171. The following are considered control involved in developing
as factors contributing to Inspection timetables that specify how long
motivation except: each operation in the production
180. A type of controlling when process takes.
 Inferiority complex the management anticipates
problems and prevents their Scheduling
172. The following are considered occurrence.
theories of Motivation except: 188. Refers to the approach that
Feed forward control seeks efficiency of operation
Gagarin’s Theory through integration of all material
181. A type of controlling when acquisition, movement, and
173. It is a management function the operations are already ongoing storage activities in the firm.
which involves influencing others and activities to detect variances
to engage in the work behaviors are made. Purchasing and Materials
necessary to reach organizational Management
goals. Concurrent control
189. The process of establishing
Leading 182. A type of controlling when and maintaining appropriate levels
information is gathered about a of reserve stocks of goods.
174. A person who occupies a completed activity, and in order
higher position has power over that evaluation and steps for Inventory Control
persons in lower positions within improvement are derived.
the organization. This describes: 190. The process of determining
Feedback control the physical arrangement of the
Legitimate power production system.
183. Refers to any process that
175. When a person has the ability accepts inputs and uses resources Work-Flow Layout
to give rewards to anybody who to change those inputs in useful
follows orders or requests, it ways. 191. Refers to the measurement of
termed as: products or services against
Operation standards set by the company.
Reward power
184. The process of planning, Quality Control
176. When a person compels with organizing, and controlling
orders through treats or operations to reach objectives 192. A group of activities designed
punishment. efficiently and effectively. to facilitate and expedite the
selling of goods and services.
Coercive power Operations management
Marketing
177. When a person can get 185. A process of creating a set of
compliance from another because product specifications appropriate 193. The four P’s of marketing are
the latter would want to be to the demands of the situation. the following except:
identified with the former.
 Product Design Publicity
Referent power
194. It includes the tangible (or
178. Which of the following is not intangible) item and its capacity to
a trait of an effective leader: 186. Refers to forecasting the satisfy a specified need.
future sales of a given product,
Greedy translating this forecast into the Product
demand it generates for various
195. Refers to the money or other
considerations exchanged for the
purchase or use of the product,
idea, or service.

Price

196. An important factor for a

company to locate in places where
they can be easily reached by their
customers.

Place

197. Defined as communicating

information between seller and
potential buyer to influence
attitudes and behavior.

Promotion

198. A type of promotion where a

paid message appears in mass
media for the purpose of informing
or persuading people about
particular products, services,
beliefs, or action.

Advertising

199. The promotional tool that

publishes news or information about a
product, service, or idea on behalf of
a sponsor but is not paid for by the
sponsor.

Publicity

200. A more aggressive means of

promoting the sales of a product or
service.

Personal selling