Eng Man : PART 1 Flashcards
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?
All of the above
When engineer enters management, what is the most likely problem he finds difficult to acquire?
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 tolls 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?
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?
All of the above
Project integration management involves which of the following processes?
Quality planning
Project quality management involves all of the following processes except:
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
Top management level
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 __________?
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
