Chapter 5

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the sources of authority for a project manager?
A. Project charter
B. Job description for a project manager
C. Delegation from senior management
D. Delegation from subordinates

Answer 1

delegation from subordinates

Question 2

Which form of power do project managers that have a command of technology and are
leading R&D projects most frequently use?
A. Reward power
B. Legitimate power
C. Expert power
D. Referent power

Answer 2

expert Power

Question 3

If a project manager possesses penalty (or coercive) power, he or she most likely also 
possesses:
A. Reward power
B. Legitimate power
C. Expert power
D. Referent power

Answer 3

reward Power

Question 4

A project manager with a history of success in meeting deliverables and in working with
team members would most likely possess a great deal of:
A. Reward power
B. Legitimate power
C. Expert Power
D. Refferent Power

Answer 4

referent Power

Question 5

Most project managers are motivated by which level of Maslow’s hierarchy of human
needs?
A. Safety
B. Socialization
C. Self-esteem
D. Self-actualization

Answer 5

Self-Actualization

Question 6

You have been placed in charge of a project team. The majority of the team members have
less than two years of experience working on project teams and most of the people
have never worked with you previously. The leadership style you would most likely select
would be:
A. Telling
B. Selling
C. Participating
D. Delegating

Answer 6

Telling

Question 7

You have been placed in charge of a new project team and are fortunate to have been
assigned the same people that worked for you on your last two projects. Both previous
proj-ects were very successful and the team performed as a high-performance team. The
leadership style you would most likely use on the new project would be:
A. Telling
B. Selling
C. Participating
D. Delegating

Answer 7

Delegating

Question 8

Five people are in attendance in a meeting and are communicating with one another. How
many two-way channels of communication are present?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 10
D. 20

Answer 8

10

Question 9

A project manager provides a verbal set of instructions to two team members on how to
perform a specific test. Without agreeing or disagreeing with the project manager, the two
employees leave the project manager’s office. Later, the project manager discovers that the
tests were not conducted according to his instructions. The most probable cause of failure
would be:
A. Improper encoding
B. Improper decoding
C. Improper format for the message
D. Lack of feedback on instructions

Answer 9

Lack of feedback on instructions

Question 10

A project manager that allows workers to be actively involved with the project manager in
making decisions would be using which leadership style.
A. Passive
B. Participative/democratic
C. Autocratic
D. Laissez-faire

Answer 10

participative/democratic

Question 11

A project manager that dictates all decisions and does not allow for any participation by
the workers would be using which leadership style
A. Passive
B. Participative/democratic
C. Autocratic
D. Laissez-faire

Answer 11

autocratic

Question 12

A project manager that allows the team to make virtually all of the decisions without any
involvement by the project manager would be using which leadership style.
A. Passive
B. Participative/democratic
C. Autocratic
D. Laissez-faire

Answer 12

laissez-faire