Project Management: Bechtel
QUIZ 2 IN MGT05: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1) Which of the following statements regarding Bechtel is true?
A) Its competitive advantage is project management.
B) Bechtel was the construction contractor for the Hoover Dam.
C) While helping to rebuild Iraq, Bechtel's crews had to travel under armed escort.
D) Bechtel's procurement program is global in nature.
E) All of the above are true.
2) Which of the following statements about Bechtel is true?
A) Even though Bechtel is over 100 years old, the Kuwaiti oil fields was its first "project."
B) Bechtel is the world's premier manager of massive construction and engineering projects.
C) Bechtel's competitive advantage is supply-chain management.
D) While its projects are worldwide, its network of suppliers is largely in the U.S.
E) All of the above are true.
3) Which of the following projects were completed by Bechtel?
A) Hoover Dam
B) Boston Central Artery/Tunnel
C) Rebuilding Kuwait after Iraq's invasion in 1990
D) Rebuilding Iraq after the U.S. invasion, starting in 2003
E) All of the above were Bechtel projects
4) The phases of project management are
A) ##planning, scheduling, and controlling
B) planning, programming, and budgeting
C) planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
D) different for manufacturing projects than for service projects
E) GANTT, CPM, and PERT
5) Which of the following is not one of the three phases of project management?
A) planning
B) scheduling
C) controlling
D) ###All of the above are project management phases.
E) Both A and C are not project management phases.
6) A project organization
A) is effective for companies with multiple large projects
B) is appropriate only in construction firms
C) often fails when the project cuts across organizational lines
D)### is formed to ensure that programs (projects) get proper management and attention
E) A and D are both true
7) Which of the following statements regarding
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1) Which of the following statements regarding Bechtel is true?
A) Its competitive advantage is project management.
B) Bechtel was the construction contractor for the Hoover Dam.
C) While helping to rebuild Iraq, Bechtel's crews had to travel under armed escort.
D) Bechtel's procurement program is global in nature.
E) All of the above are true.
2) Which of the following statements about Bechtel is true?
A) Even though Bechtel is over 100 years old, the Kuwaiti oil fields was its first "project."
B) Bechtel is the world's premier manager of massive construction and engineering projects.
C) Bechtel's competitive advantage is supply-chain management.
D) While its projects are worldwide, its network of suppliers is largely in the U.S.
E) All of the above are true.
3) Which of the following projects were completed by Bechtel?
A) Hoover Dam
B) Boston Central Artery/Tunnel
C) Rebuilding Kuwait after Iraq's invasion in 1990
D) Rebuilding Iraq after the U.S. invasion, starting in 2003
E) All of the above were Bechtel projects
4) The phases of project management are
A) ##planning, scheduling, and controlling
B) planning, programming, and budgeting
C) planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
D) different for manufacturing projects than for service projects
E) GANTT, CPM, and PERT
5) Which of the following is not one of the three phases of project management?
A) planning
B) scheduling
C) controlling
D) ###All of the above are project management phases.
E) Both A and C are not project management phases.
6) A project organization
A) is effective for companies with multiple large projects
B) is appropriate only in construction firms
C) often fails when the project cuts across organizational lines
D)### is formed to ensure that programs (projects) get proper management and attention
E) A and D are both true
7) Which of the following statements regarding