Engineering Management Flashcards
"Engineering management is a specialized form of management required to successfully lead engineering or technical personnel and projects and applies to either functional management or project management." (The University of Kansas, 2024)
Management is:
An art
Engineering is:
A science
Engineers can become good managers only
through __________.
Effective career planning
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
All of the above
When 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
All of the above
What management functions refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, estimating their likely impact and determining actions that will lead to the desired outcomes and goals?
Planning
What refers to the establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and materials resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company?
Organizing
What management function involves selecting candidates and training personnel?
Staffing
What management function involves orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources?
Directing
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?
Controlling
What refers to management function which is to encourage others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction?
Leading
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?
Motivating
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?
Project Management
Which is NOT an element of project management process?
* A. Data and information
* B. Research and development
* C. Decision making
* D. Implementation and action
Research and development
What is the most essential attribute of a project
manager?
Leadership
In project management, what provides a simple yet effective means of monitoring and controlling a project at each stage of its development?
Life cycle model
What project life cycle model is the most relevant for information technology project?
Waterfall model
In project management, “R & D” stands for:
Research and Development
In project management O & M stands for:
Operation and Maintenance
A project management 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
All of the above
Project integration management involves which of the following processes?
* A. Project plan development
* B. Project plan execution
* C. Integrated change control
* D. Quality planning
Quality planning
Project quality management involves all of the following processes except:
* A. Quality planning
* B. Quality assurance
* C. Quality Control
* D. Quality feature
Quality feature
What is defined as an organized method of providing past, present, and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence for use in decision making?
Management Information System
Middle management level undertakes what planning activity?
Intermediate planning
Strategic planning is undertaken in which management level?
Top management level
What is the advantage of free-rein style of leadership?
Little managerial control and high degree of risk
If you are appointed as a division manager, your first task is most likely to
Set goals
What is defined as the process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objective efficiently and effectively?
Operations Management
For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have a good
Interpersonal skills
What type of conflict do managers encounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda?
Politics
The process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency is known as __________.
Departmentalization
By departmentalization of an organization, it decentralizes ?
* A. Authority
* B. Responsibility
* C. Accountability
* D. All of the above
All of the above
What type of committee companies or corporations created for a short-term purpose only?
Ad hoc committee
What refers to a description of whether the objectives are accomplished?
Effectiveness
An engineering 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.
Effective
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 ____.
Efficient
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?
Performance test
What type of training is a combination of on-the job training and experience with classroom instruction in particular subject?
Apprenticeship program
What type of authority refers to a specialist’s right to oversee lower-level personnel involved in the project regardless of the personnel’s assignment in the organization?
Functional authority
When a consultant or specialist gives advice to his superior, he is using what type of authority?
Staff authority
When structuring an organization, the engineer manager must be concerned with the determining the scope of words and how it is combined in a job. This refers to ____.
Division of labor
When structuring an organization, the engineer must be concerned with the grouping of related jobs, activities, or processes into major organizational subunits. This refers to:
Departmentation
Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using qualitative evaluation?
Intuition and subjective judgment
Which technique will the manager use when evaluating alternative using quantitative evaluation?
Rational and analytical techniques
What refers to the strategic statement that identifies why an organization exists, its philosophy of management, and its purpose as distinguished from other similar organizations in terms of products, services and markets?
Corporate mission
What refers to a process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives?
Power
What describes how to determine the number of service units that will minimize both customer’s waiting time and cost of service?
Queuing theory
What refers to the rational way to conceptualize, analyze and solve problems in situations involving limited or partial information about the decision environment?
Decision theory
What is quantitative technique where samples of populations are statistically determined to be used for a number of processes, such as quality control and marketing research?
Sampling theory
The engineer manager must be concern with the needs of his human resources. What refers to the need of the employees for food, drinks, and rest?
Physiological need
What refers to the learning that is provided in order to improve performance on the present job?
Training
What technique is best suited for projects that contain many repetitions of some standard activities?
Benchmark job technique
What organizational structure is based on the assumption that each unit should specialize in a specific functional area and perform all of the tasks that require its expertise?
Functional organization
What type of organization structure in which each project is assigned to a single organizational unit and the various functions are performed by personnel within the unit?
Product organization
What organizational structure provides a sound basis for balancing the use of human resources and skills?
Matrix organization
In which type of organization where the structure can lead to a “dual boss” phenomenon?
Matrix organization
Which one is an advantage of a matrix organization?
Rapid reaction organization
Which one is a disadvantage of a matrix organization?
Inefficient use of specialist
Which one is an advantage projectized organization?
Efficient use of technical personnel
Which one is a disadvantage of a projectized organization?
Slower work flow
Which one is an advantage of a functional organization?
Rapid reaction time possible
Which one is disadvantage of a functional organization?
Inefficient use of specialist
In what type of organization where a project manager is held responsible for completion of the project and is often assigned a budget?
Matrix organization
In selecting an organizational structure, which of the following is not a criterion?
Location
What is NOT a factor to be taken into consideration when selecting an organizational structure for managing projects?
Location of the project
If a project have multidimensional goals, the project manager often use his ____ to reach a compromise solution.
Tradeoff analysis skill
Who is responsible for ensuring that the project is completed successfully as measured by time, cost, performance and stakeholder satisfaction?
Project manager
Who is responsible for running a department so that all his customers are served efficiently and effectively?
Functional manager
What is the major activity of the project support office?
Administrative support for projects
What is the major activity of the project office?
Overall project management support
What is an important tool for the design and implementation of the project’s work content?
Linear responsibility chart
What chart summarizes the relationships between project stakeholders and their responsibilities in each project element?
All of the above
What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by using only one time factor per activity?
Critical path method
What network model enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor, and control large and complex projects by employing three time estimate for each activity?
Program evaluation review technique
For a project manager to have an effective means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as CPM. What does CPM stands for?
Critical path method
For a project manager to have an efficient means of identifying and communicating the planned activities and their interrelationships, he must use a network technique. One of the network techniques is commonly known as PERT. What does Pert stands for?
Program evaluation review technique
What is the benefit of using PERT/CPM network as integral component of project management?
All of the above
The CPM was developed by Rand and Walker in what year?
1957
In what year was PERT developed?
1958
In Morris life cycle model, a project is divided into how many stages to be performed in sequence?
4
