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Engineering Management Flashcards

1
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Acid test ratio

A

Quick ratio

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2
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Management is a/an ____

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Art

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3
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Engineering is a/an ____

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Science

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4
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Engineers can become good managers only through ____

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Effective career planning

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5
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Management function which refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, and determining actions what will lead to the desired outcomes and goals

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Planning

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6
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Establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and material resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company

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Organizing

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7
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Management function involving selecting candidates and training personnel

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Staffing

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8
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Management function involving orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources

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Directing

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9
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Management function which checks for deviation of actual performance from the original plan and takes corrective action

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Controlling

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10
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Management function which encourages others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction

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Leading

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Principal function of lower management to instill in the workforce commitment and enthusiasm for pursuing the goals of the organization

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Motivating

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12
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Collection of tools and techniques that are used on a predefined set of inputs to produce a predefined set of outputs

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Project Management

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13
Q

Which is NOT an element of the project management process:
Data and information
Research and development
Decision making
Implementation and action

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Research and development

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14
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Most essential attribute of a project manager

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Leadership

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15
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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

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16
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Project life cycle model which is most relevant for an information technology project

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Waterfall model

17
Q

R&D stands for ____

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Research and development

18
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O&M stands for ____

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Operation and maintenance

19
Q

An engineer wanting to be a manager must ____

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Develop new talents
Acquire new values
Broaden his point of view

20
Q

When an engineer enters management, what values will he most likely find difficult to acquire?

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Trusting others
How to work through others
Taking satisfaction in the work of others

21
Q

Skills possessed by a project manager

A

Communication skills
Human relationship skills
Leadership skills

22
Q

Which of the following is involved in project integration management:
Project plan development
Project plan execution
Integrated change control
Quality planning

A

Quality planning

23
Q

Which of the following is NOT involved in project quality management:
Quality planning
Quality assurance
Quality control
Quality feature

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Quality feature

24
Q

Planning activity undertaken by middle management level

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Intermediate planning

25
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Planning activity undertaken by top management level

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Strategic planning

26
Q

Advantage of free-rein style of leadership

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Little managerial control and high degree of risk

27
Q

First task of a division manager

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Set goals

28
Q

Process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objectives efficiently and effectively

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Operations management

29
Q

For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have good ____

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Interpersonal skills

30
Q

Type of conflict managers ecounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda

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Politics

31
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Process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency

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Departmentalization

32
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By departmentalization, an organization decentralizes _____

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Authority, responsibility, accountability

33
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Committee created for a short-term purpose

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Ad hoc committee

34
Q

Describes whether the objectives are accomplished within a time frame

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Effectivity

35
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Describes whether the objectives are accomplished using less amount of resources

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Efficiency

36
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Test used to measure a person’s current knowledge of a subject

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Performance test

37
Q

Combination of on-the-job training and experience with classroom instruction in a particular subject

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Apprenticeship program

38
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Problems concerned with finding the best way to perform a task and making use of mathematical tools for solving such problems

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Investment analysis

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