Initiation
What do you call to a collection of small projects to deliver or achieve certain higher goals?
a. Projects b. Program c. Operations d. Outcome
b. Program
________________ involve work that is continuous without an ending date and with the same processes repeated to produce the same results. This is to keep the organization functioning.
a. Projects b. Program c. Operations d. Outcome
c. Operations
Project management is a unique process consisting of a set of coordinated and controlled activities with start and finish dates, undertaken to achieve an objective conforming to specific requirements, including the constraints of time, costs, scope and its quality. What constraint does the project trying to achieve that it entails all the work involved in delivering the project outcomes and the processes used to produce them.
a. Time/Schedule c. Scope
b. Cost/Budget d. Quality
c. Scope
Each of the project’s constraint has a specific goal thus, a project is deemed successful when it achieves all four and failure of any of them has an impact on the others. This constraint aims in delivering the project outcomes according to the stated or implied needs and expectations of the project beneficiaries and funding/donor agency.
a. Time/Schedule c. Scope
b. Cost/Budget d. Quality
d. Quality
This involves a series of steps that determine how to achieve a particular community or organizational goal or set of related goals. This also identifies specific community problems that stand in the way of meeting community goals.
a. Project Development c. Project Management
b. Project Planning d. Project Monitoring
b. Project Planning
This is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of particular initiative.
a. Project development c. Program development
b. Project management d. Program management
b. Project management
The following statements hold true about project development, except:
a. A development project is designed to deliver a specific output aiming to improve the economic and social conditions of a group of people
b. A development project does not need to respond to a series of different stakeholders.
c. Development projects vary in size and orientation, most share the common goal of helping people and benefiting society.
d. None of the above
b. A development project does not need to respond to a series of different stakeholders.
A type of project that involves creating something new and innovative. A new product, a new service, or a new technology.
a. Strategic projects c. Reactive projects
b. Operational projects d. Proactive projects
a. Strategic projects
. During the course of your project, you realize that increasing the project scope to add more features will lead to higher costs and extended timelines. What’s your approach to balancing these constraints?
a. Increase the budget and extend the timeline to accommodate the expanded scope, while ensuring quality remains unaffected.
b. Reduce the project scope to stay within the original budget and timeline, potentially impacting the project's overall objectives and value.
c. Negotiate with stakeholders to adjust the scope, timeline, and budget in a balanced way to accommodate the desired changes while managing expectations.
d. Prioritize cost savings by reducing the scope and compromising on some features, focusing on meeting the original budget and timeline constraints.
c. Negotiate with stakeholders to adjust the scope, timeline, and budget in a balanced way to accommodate the desired changes while managing expectations.
When planning for a budget cost, especially on assessing fund allocation for the direct cost, what strategy may be used to mitigate the impact of inflation?
a. Cost estimation c. Canvassing
b. Mark-up d. solicitation
b. Mark-up
Project is a temporary effort made up of a related set of activities undertaken to create a unique product or service within specified requirements. Which of the following statement does not hold true about project?
a. Projects are temporary in nature; has definite start and end dates.
b. Project has specific objectives and goals
c. Project’s impact cannot be measured, whether it is a success or failure
d. Project includes some amount of uncertainty
c. Project’s impact cannot be measured, whether it is a success or failure
The following were the challenges in developing project, except:
a. Poor project planning
b. sufficient project management skills
c. Duplication of efforts
d. Unclear identification of people in charged
b. sufficient project management skills
In the “Life Cycle of Project Development,” this is where progress is continuously monitored and appropriate adjustments are made and recorded as variances from the original plan.
a. Initiation b. Planning c. Implementation or Execution d. Closing or Turn-over
c. Implementation or Execution
The following are considered project resources, except:
a. Labor or Manpower c. Materials and Equipment
b. Financial Support d. Project Objectives
d. Project Objectives
When planning for the budget cost, the project manager should answer the following questions, except:
a. What travel is necessary to perform the scope of work?
b. What supplies/materials will be needed by the project?
c. How much will be the savings to be used for victory party?
d. Will consultants be needed for the project?
c. How much will be the savings to be used for victory party?
_______________ is the efficient and effective deployment of an organization’s money resources when they are needed. This is a key element in activity budget resource estimating.
a. Resource Management c. Financial Resource Management
b. Human Resource Management d. Resource Levelling
c. Financial Resource Management
In conducting a meeting, the following must be prepared, except:
a. Room arrangement or meeting location
b. Acoustics and Visual Aid presentations
c. Meeting agenda outlining topics to be discussed
d. List of potential questions that may be asked by participants
d. List of potential questions that may be asked by participants
The following were the benefits of a project timeline, except:
a. A project timeline helps in setting clear deadlines and milestones, which aids in tracking progress
b. A project timeline allows for more effective resource allocation and management
c. A project timeline ensures that the project will always be completed on time without any delays
d. A project timeline provides a visual representation of the project schedule, making it easier to communicate progress to stakeholders
c. A project timeline ensures that the project will always be completed on time without any delays
Refers to when one task cannot be completed until after a different task is finished. How tasks relate to each other in this way is important to deadlines, project success and how the timeline is laid out.
a. Dependency b. Quality
c. Attainability d. Sustainability
a. Dependency
Suppose you are planning to implement a project in coastal community, aiming to provide livelihood intervention to the fishing community, however, the prospected area is under regulation of a concerned government institution. What should you do if a major regulatory policy occurs that affects your project’s compliance requirements?
a. Delay the project implementation until the regulatory policy is no longer applicable
b. Ignore the regulatory policy and hope it doesn’t impact the project significantly
c. Update your project plan to incorporate the regulatory policy requirements and ensure compliance
d. Focus only on aspects of the project that are not affected by the regulation
c. Update your project plan to incorporate the regulatory policy requirements and ensure compliance
This is the most important resource management as project require specific expertise at specific moments in the schedule, depending on the milestones being delivered or the given phase of the project.
a. Resource Management c. Financial Resource Management
b. Human Resource Management d. Resource Levelling
b. Human Resource Management
Which of the following is not true:
a. Project planning helps us to choose between options
b. Project planning helps us to consider whether a project is not possible
c. Project planning helps us to make the best use of resources
d. None of the Above
d. None of the Above
This process involves completing a community-wide needs assessment to engage the community in identifying and prioritizing all long-range goals and the community problems preventing the achievement of those goals. This method should include a process to measure the progress towards achieving those goals.
a. Comprehensive Planning c. Community Planning
b. Strategic Planning d. Sectoral Planning
a. Comprehensive Planning
Is a critical process in procurement and project management used to evaluate and compare price commitment from different vendors or suppliers? This process helps organizations select the most suitable vendor based on various criteria, ensuring that they get the best value for their money.
a. Vendor Bid Analysis c. Cost of Quality
b. Reserve Analysis d. Costing Analysis
a. Vendor Bid Analysis
During the span of your project development, a key project team members suddenly become unavailable, what is the most effective strategy to mitigate the impact?
a. Advise the project team to continue even with reduced members and adjust the project timeline
b. Recruit new team members without a thorough screening process
c. The manager should be well-equipped with the project’s progress, and should cross-train the team members and develop a back-up plan for critical roles
d. Reduce project scope to match the availability of the current team
c. The manager should be well-equipped with the project’s progress, and should cross-train the team members and develop a back-up plan for critical roles