Deck 17: Project Management Principles and Clinical Systems

Question 1

Which of the following activities would be considered project management?

A) Overseeing a team of eight that's working for the next 3 months to create a new billing form
B) Directing the IT department in its day-to-day tasks
C) Upgrading the network cabling for all 35 computers and servers in a clinic
D) A scheduled quarterly meeting of a hospital's board of directors to discuss oversight of the hospital's departments, revenues, challenges, and opportunities

Answer 1

Overseeing a team of eight that's working for the next 3 months to create a new billing form

Question 2

Which of the following typically is considered most all-encompassing?

A) Project management
B) Process management
C) Program management
D) Portfolio management

Answer 2

Portfolio management

Question 3

Which of the following is true of project process groups?

A) Closing activities are optional, and planning activities consume the most resources.
B) Defining a project through planning is key, and initiating activities usually take the most time.
C) Initiating activities are often undervalued, while execution activities generally take the most time and resources.
D) Planning activities look at the "best case," while initiating activities focus on "worst case."

Answer 3

Initiating activities are often undervalued, while execution activities generally take the most time and resources.

Question 4

Documentation for support is considered a deliverable at which stage of the project management process?

A) Initiating
B) Planning
C) Execution
D) Closing

Question 5

Your task is to study and examine precisely what the project you are involved with is trying to accomplish, in order to set definable goals and boundaries. What aspect of the project are you working on?

A) Project integration
B) Scope management
C) Quality management
D) Procurement management

Question 6

Studying a project's potential opportunities is part of what area of management?

A) Scope
B) Cost
C) Integration
D) Risk

Question 7

The overarching purpose of portfolio management is what?

A) Managing the cost of a project
B) Determining the best mix of resources for scheduling and implementing numerous projects
C) Cohesively coordinating interrelated projects
D) Reaching strategic goals within a planned timeline

Question 8

PMI knowledge components include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A) Project integration
B) Program alignment
C) TCP/IP networks
D) Procurement management
E) Time management

Question 9

A portfolio manager does what? (Select all that apply.)

A) Organizes various projects to focus on, for example, patients, quality outcomes, and financial goals
B) Oversees implementation of related systems
C) Looks out for scope creep
D) Helps determine which projects should be given priority in terms of resource allocation and availability
E) Is responsible for centralized management of processes, methods, and structures in order to ensure successful flow of multiple disparate projects

Question 10

Which of the following are designed specifically to track project tasks and timelines and their interrelationships? (Select all that apply.)

A) Magic Quadrant
B) Gantt chart
C) PERT chart
D) MS Access
E) MS Word