Geas Engineering Management

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What refers to the activity of incorporating the technical know how with the ability to organize and coordinate workforce, materials, equipment and all other resources including money?

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Engineering management

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What is defined as the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situations?

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Decision-making

Front 3

What is a diagram of the organization’s official positions and formal lines of authority called?

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Organization chart

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In the typical functional organization hierarchy, the chief engineer is under the __________.

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General manager

Front 5

To consider the consequence of uncertainly on project management, laws on project management are developed. One of which is “A careless planned project will take __________ times longer to complete than expected”.

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Three

Front 6

What is usually the last step in the process of performing a project?

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Evaluate project success

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In the process of performing a project, after the need for a product or service is identified, what is usually the next step?

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Define the goals of the project and their relative importance

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In project management, what is usually the first step underlying in the process of performing a project?

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Identify a need for a product or service

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One of the mnemonic management tool used is the SMEAC. What does the acronym SMEAC stands for?

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Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration, Communication

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In the management tools, SMEAC, where A stands for administration, which is the appropriate question will the manager ask?

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What do we need to get it done?

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A function of an engineer where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable theories.

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Research

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A function of an engineer where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical term.

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Design and development

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A function of an engineer where the engineer works in a unit where new products or parts are tested for workability.

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Testing

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A function of an engineer where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product.

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Manufacturing

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A function of an engineer where the engineer is either directly in charge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process.

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Construction

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A function of an engineer where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially those that require technical expertise.

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Sales

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A function of an engineer where the engineer works as consultant of any individual or organization requiring his services.

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Consulting

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A function of an engineer where the engineer may find employment in the government performing any of the various tasks in regulating, monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public or private.

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Government

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A function of an engineer where the engineer gets employment in a school and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses.

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Teaching

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A function of an engineer where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing specific tasks.

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Management

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Defined as the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situation.

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Decision Making

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Refers to evaluation of alternatives using intuition and subjective judgment.

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Qualitative evaluation

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Refers to the management function that involves anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve organizational objectives.

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Planning

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Refers to the process of determining the major goals of the organization and the policies and strategies for obtaining and using resources to achieve those goals.

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Strategic planning

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Refers to the process of determining how specific tasks can best be accomplished on time with available resources.

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Operational planning

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This is the written document or blueprint for implementing and controlling an organization’s marketing activities related to particular marketing strategy

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.Marketing plan

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This is a written document that states the quantity of output a company must produce in broad terms and by product family.

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Production plan

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It is a document that summarizes the current financial situation of the firm, analyzes financial needs, and recommends a direction for financial activities.

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Financial plan

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These are broad guidelines to aid managers at every level in making decisions about recurring situations or function.

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Policies

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These are plans that describe the exact series of actions to be taken in a given situation.

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Procedures

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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?

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Program evaluation review technique

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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?

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Critical path method

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What is the major activity of the project support office?

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Administrative support for projects

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What is NOT a factor to be taken into consideration when selecting an organizational structure for managing projects?

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Location of the project

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In what type of organization where a project manager is held responsible for completion of the project and is often assigned a budget?

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Matrix organization

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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?

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Functional organization

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What technique is best suited for projects that contain many repetitions of some standard activities?

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Benchmark job technique

Front 38

What refers to the learning that is provided in order to improve performance on the present job?

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Training

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What refers to the rational way to conceptualize, analyze and solve problems in situations involving limited or partial information about the decision environment?

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Decision theory

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What describes how to determine the number of service units that will minimize both customer’s waiting time and cost of service?

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Queuing theory

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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?

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Corporate mission

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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 __________.

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Division of labor

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

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Ad hoc committee

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

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Little managerial control and high degree of risk

Front 45

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

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Waterfall model

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Which is NOT an element of project management process?

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Research and development

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What is the most essential attribute of a project manager?

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Leadership

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Project integration management involves which of the following processes?

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Quality planning

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Strategic planning is undertaken in which management level?

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Top management level

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In project management, what 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