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ENGG Management Flashcards

1
Q

Management is:

A

An art

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2
Q

Engineering is:

A

A science

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3
Q

Engineers can become good
managers only through

A

Effective career planning

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4
Q

If you are an engineer
wanting to become a manager, what
will you do?
A. Develop new talents
B. Acquire new values
C. Broaden your point of view
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

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5
Q

When an engineer enters
management, what is the most
likely problem he finds difficult
to acquire?
A. Learning to trust others
B. Learning how to work through
others
C. Learning how to take
satisfaction in the work of
others
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

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6
Q

What management functions
refer to the process of
anticipating problems, analyzing
them, estimating their likely
impact, and determining actions
that will lead to the desired
outcomes and goals?

A

Planning

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7
Q

What refers to establishing
interrelationships between people
and things in such a way that
human and material resources are
effectively focused toward
achieving the goal of the company

A

Organizing

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8
Q

What management function
involves selecting candidates and
training personnel?

A

staffing

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9
Q

What management function
involves orienting personnel in
the most effective way and
channeling resources?

A

Directing

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10
Q

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?

A

controlling

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11
Q

What refers to management
function which is to encourage
others to follow the example set
for them, with great commitment
and conviction?

A

Leading

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12
Q

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?

A

Motivating

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13
Q

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?

A

Project Management

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14
Q

Which is NOT an element of
project management process?
A. Data and information
B. Research and development
C. Decision making
D. Implementation and action

A

B. Research and development

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15
Q

What is the most essential
attribute of a project manager?
A. Leadership
B. Charisma
C. Communication skill
D. Knowledge

A

A. Leadership

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16
Q

In project management, what
provides a simple yet effective
means of monitoring and
controlling a project at each
stage of its development?

A

Life Cycle Model

17
Q

What project life cycle
model is the most relevant for an
information technology project?

A

Waterfall Model

18
Q

In project management, “R &
D” stands for:

A

Research and Development

19
Q

In project management O & M
stands for:

A

Operation and Maintenance

20
Q

A project manager must be
very good in which of the
following skills?
A. Communication skills
B. Human relationship skills
C. Leadership skills
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

21
Q

Project integration
management involves which of the
following processes?
A. Project plan development
B. Project plan execution
C. Integrated change control
D. Quality planning

A

D. Quality planning

22
Q

Project quality management
involves all of the following
processes except:
A. Quality planning
B. Quality assurance
C. Quality Control
D. Quality feature

A

D. Quality feature

23
Q

Middle management level
undertakes what planning
activity?
A. Intermediate planning
B. Strategic planning
C. Operational planning
D. Direct planning

A

A. Intermediate planning

24
Q

Strategic planning is
undertaken at which management
level?
A. Lower management level
B. Middle management level
C. Top management level
D. Lowest management level

A

C. Top management level

25
Q

What is the advantage of the
free-rein style of leadership?

A

A. Little managerial control and
a high degree of risk

26
Q

If you are appointed as a
division manager, your first task
is most likely to

A

A. Set goals

27
Q

What is defined as the
process of planning, organizing,
and controlling operations to
reach objectives efficiently and
effectively?

A

D. Operations Management

28
Q

For a project manager to
achieve his given set of goals
through other people, he must
have a good __________.

A

A. Interpersonal skills

29
Q

What type of conflict do
managers encounter when there is
disagreement on issues of
territorial power or hidden
agenda?

A

Politics

30
Q

The process of partitioning
an organization into subunits to
improve efficiency is known as
__________

A

Departamentalization

31
Q

By departmentalization of an
organization, it decentralizes
__________?
A. Authority
B. Responsibility
C. Accountability
D. All of the above

A

All of the above

32
Q

What type of committee
companies or corporations are
created for a short-term purpose
only?

A

Ad hoc committe

33
Q

What refers to a description
of whether the objectives are
accomplished?
A. Efficiency
B. Effectiveness
C. Ability to manage
D. Decision-making ability

A

B. Effectiveness

34
Q

An engineer 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
A. Efficient
B. Effective
C. Reliable
D. Qualified

A

B. Effective

35
Q

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 __________.

A

Efficient

36
Q

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.

A

performance test

37
Q

What type of training is a
combination of on-the-job
training and experience with
classroom instruction in a
particular subject?

A

Apprenticeship program

38
Q

Velocity and acceleration
are positive when directed
towards a positive displacement
and are negative when pointing to
the opposite direction. A body is
accelerating if its velocity is
increasing with this and it is
decelerating if its velocity is
decreasing with this. What is
this?

A

Time

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