Construction Project Management - NDQS- UNIVOTEC Question Series 1 (30/06/2013) Name of the Student ..

1. On the job, a project manager should make a decision and . . . a. _____ tell his team to carry it out. b. _____ tell his team about the decision and then try to sell it. 2. After a project manager has arrived at a decision . . . a. _____ he should try to reduce the teams resistance to his decision by indicating what they have to gain. b. _____ he should provide an opportunity for his team to get a fuller explanation of his ideas. 3. When a project manager presents a problem to his subordinates . . . a. _____ he should get suggestions from them and then make a decision. b. _____ he should define it and request that the group make a decision. 4. A project manager . . . a. _____ is paid to make all the decisions affecting the work of his team. b. _____ should commit himself in advance to assist in implementing whatever decision his team selects when they are asked to solve a problem. 5. A project manager should . . . a. _____ permit his team an opportunity to exert some influence on decisions but reserve final decisions for himself. b. _____ participate with his team in group decision-making but attempt to do so with a minimum of authority. 6. In making a decision concerning the work situation, a project manager should . . . a. _____ present his decision and ideas and engage in a give-and-take session with his team to allow them to fully explore the implications of the decision. b. _____ present the problem to his team, get suggestions, and then make a decision. 7. A good work situation is one in which the project manager . . . a. _____ tells his team about a decision and then tries to sell it to them. b. _____ calls his team together, presents a problem, defines the problem, and requests they solve the problem with the understanding that he will support their decision(s).
1| Senarath Bandara Bsc. Ceng- AMIESL, MBA (Project. Management) Diploma in Arbitration

Construction Project Management - NDQS- UNIVOTEC Question Series 1 (30/06/2013)

8. A well-run project will include . . . a. _____ efforts by the project manager to reduce the teams resistance to his decisions by indicating what they have to gain from them. b. _____ give-and take sessions to enable the project manager and team to explore more fully the implications of the project managers decisions. 9. A good way to deal with people in a work situation is . . . a. _____ to present problems to your team as they arise, get suggestions, and then make a decision. b. _____ to permit the team to make decisions, with the understanding that the project manager will assist in implementing whatever decision they make. 10. A good project manager is one who takes . . . a. _____ the responsibility for locating problems and arriving at solutions, then tries to persuade his team to accept them. b. _____ the opportunity to collect ideas from his team about problems, then he makes his decision. 11. A project manager . . . a. _____ should make the decisions in his organization and tell his team to carry them out. b. _____ should work closely with his team in solving problems, and attempt to do so with a minimum of authority. 12. To do a good job, a project manager should . . . a. _____ present solutions for his teams reaction. b. _____ present the problem and collect from the team suggested solutions, then make a decision based on the best solution offered. 13. A good method for a project manager is . . . a. _____ to tell and then try to sell his decision. b. _____ to define the problem for his team, then pass them the right to make decisions.

2| Senarath Bandara Bsc. Ceng- AMIESL, MBA (Project. Management) Diploma in Arbitration

Construction Project Management - NDQS- UNIVOTEC Question Series 1 (30/06/2013)

14. On the job, a project manager . . . a. _____ need not give consideration to what his team will think or feel about his decisions. b. _____ should present his decisions and engage in a give-and-take session to enable everyone concerned to explore, more fully, the implications of the decisions. 15. A project manager . . . a. _____ should make all decisions himself. b. _____ should present the problem to his team, get suggestions, and then make a decision. 16. It is good . . . a. _____ to permit the team an opportunity to exert some influence on decisions, but the project manager should reserve final decisions for himself. b. _____ for the project manager to participate with his team in group decisionmaking with as little authority as possible. 17. The project manager who gets the most from his team is the one who . . . a. _____ exercises direct authority. b. _____ seeks possible solutions from them and then makes a decision. 18. An effective project manager should . . . a. _____ make the decisions on his project and tell his team to carry them out. b. _____ make the decisions and then try to persuade his team to accept them. 19. A good way for a project manager to handle work problems is to . . . a. _____ implement decisions without giving any consideration to what his team will think or feel. b. _____ permit the team an opportunity to exert some influence on decisions but reserve the final decision for himself. 20. Project managers . . . a. _____ should seek to reduce the teams resistance to their decisions by indicating what they have to gain from them. b. _____ should seek possible solutions from their team when problems arise and then make a decision from the list of alternatives.
3| Senarath Bandara Bsc. Ceng- AMIESL, MBA (Project. Management) Diploma in Arbitration