Engineering Management Flashcards

1
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Acid test ratio

A

Quick ratio

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2
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Management is a/an ____

A

Art

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3
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Engineering is a/an ____

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Science

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4
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Engineers can become good managers only through ____

A

Effective career planning

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5
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Management function which refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, and determining actions what will lead to the desired outcomes and goals

A

Planning

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6
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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

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Organizing

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7
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Management function involving selecting candidates and training personnel

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Staffing

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8
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Management function involving orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources

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Directing

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9
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Management function which checks for deviation of actual performance from the original plan and takes corrective action

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Controlling

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10
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Management function which encourages others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction

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Leading

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11
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Principal function of lower management to instill in the workforce commitment and enthusiasm for pursuing the goals of the organization

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Motivating

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12
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Collection of tools and techniques that are used on a predefined set of inputs to produce a predefined set of outputs

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Project Management

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13
Q

Which is NOT an element of the project management process:
Data and information
Research and development
Decision making
Implementation and action

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Research and development

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14
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Most essential attribute of a project manager

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Leadership

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15
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Provides a simple yet effective means of monitoring and controlling a project at each stage of its development

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Life cycle model

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16
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Project life cycle model which is most relevant for an information technology project

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Waterfall model

17
Q

R&D stands for ____

A

Research and development

18
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O&M stands for ____

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Operation and maintenance

19
Q

An engineer wanting to be a manager must ____

A

Develop new talents
Acquire new values
Broaden his point of view

20
Q

When an engineer enters management, what values will he most likely find difficult to acquire?

A

Trusting others
How to work through others
Taking satisfaction in the work of others

21
Q

Skills possessed by a project manager

A

Communication skills
Human relationship skills
Leadership skills

22
Q

Which of the following is involved in project integration management:
Project plan development
Project plan execution
Integrated change control
Quality planning

A

Quality planning

23
Q

Which of the following is NOT involved in project quality management:
Quality planning
Quality assurance
Quality control
Quality feature

A

Quality feature

24
Q

Planning activity undertaken by middle management level

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Intermediate planning

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Planning activity undertaken by top management level
Strategic planning
26
Advantage of free-rein style of leadership
Little managerial control and high degree of risk
27
First task of a division manager
Set goals
28
Process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objectives efficiently and effectively
Operations management
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For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have good ____
Interpersonal skills
30
Type of conflict managers ecounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda
Politics
31
Process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency
Departmentalization
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By departmentalization, an organization decentralizes _____
Authority, responsibility, accountability
33
Committee created for a short-term purpose
Ad hoc committee
34
Describes whether the objectives are accomplished within a time frame
Effectivity
35
Describes whether the objectives are accomplished using less amount of resources
Efficiency
36
Test used to measure a person's current knowledge of a subject
Performance test
37
Combination of on-the-job training and experience with classroom instruction in a particular subject
Apprenticeship program
38
Problems concerned with finding the best way to perform a task and making use of mathematical tools for solving such problems
Investment analysis