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Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 1 of 6 This exam paper must not be removed from the venue School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering EXAMINATION Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication This paper is for St Lucia Campus students. Examination Duration: 60 minutes Reading Time: 10 minutes Exam Conditions: This is a Central Examination This is a Closed Book Examination - specified materials permitted During reading time - write only on the rough paper provided This examination paper will be released to the Library Materials Permitted In The Exam Venue: (No electronic aids are permitted e.g. laptops, phones) Calculators - Casio FX82 series or UQ approved (labelled) Materials To Be Supplied To Students: 1 x Multiple Choice Answer Sheet Instructions To Students: Additional exam materials (eg. answer booklets, rough paper) will be provided upon request. Venue ____________________ Seat Number ________ Student Number |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| Family Name _____________________ First Name _____________________ For Examiner Use Only Question Mark Total ________

Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 2 of 6 Choose the most correct answer to the following multiple choice questions. Answer questions on the multiple choice answer sheet provided. 1. A project manager is reviewing the work breakdown structure for her project. The WBS of the project represents: a. All the tangible items that must be delivered to the client. b. The work that must be performed by the project team. c. All the work that must be completed for the project. d. All the activities of the project. 2. Which of the following is considered in a procurement planning process? a. Whether to procure. b. How to procure and how much to procure. c. What and when to procure. d. All of the above. 3. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about the acronym DMAIC? a. It is part of the Six Sigma approach to quality adopted by General Electric. b. It describes a process of continual improvement of quality. c. The letters mean define, measure, analyse, improve, control. d. It is used to guide improvement of a process, but not for design of a process. 4. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about quality? a. Quality involves meeting or exceeding the client’s expectations, and not just at the point of sale. b. A quality management system seeks to achieve continual improvement through internal audits. c. The cost of poor quality is only a small portion of a company’s cost structure. d. A procurement plan must ensure that goods procured conform to quality standards. 5. A document called a ……… is created by decomposing the project scope into smaller, more manageable elements. a. Scope statement. b. Work breakdown structure. c. Requested change. d. Network logic diagram. 6. A project manager meets with the project team to review lessons learned from previous projects. In what activity is the team involved? a. Scope identification. b. Performance management. c. Risk identification. d. Project team status meeting.

Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 3 of 6 7. During the life of a project, the project will go through several phases – initiating, planning, execution, and closeout. Which phase of the project is likely to have the greatest amount of its funding spent? a. Initiating. b. Planning. c. Executing. d. Closeout. 8. A manager who manages a group of related projects is called a: a. Project expediter. b. Program manager. c. Project manager. d. Program coordinator. 9. Which of the following is the clearest example of a conflict of interest? a. You are the fourth cousin of a vendor supplying parts to a project in your company. b. You are the owner of a company that is supplying parts to a project that you are managing. c. A supplier tells you sensitive information, in confidence, which leads you to select your own company’s parts for your project. d. You receive a gift from a supplier of parts for your project. 10. A person who is involved in or may be affected by the activities or anyone who has something to gain or lose by the activity of the project is called a: a. Team member. b. Customer. c. Supporter. d. Stakeholder. 11. During a project, an earned value analysis gives the following numbers. EV = 523,000; PV = 643,000; AC = 623,000. Which of the below conclusions is correct? a. CV = -120,000; SV = -100,000 b. CV: +120,000; SV = +100,000 c. CV: +100,000; SV = +120,000 d. CV = -100,000; SV = -120,000 12. An example of scope verification is: a. Managing changes to the project schedule. b. Decomposing the WBS to a work package level. c. Performing a benefit-cost analysis to determine if we should proceed. d. Reviewing the performance of an installed software module.

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Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 4 of 6 13. Specifications in your statement defining the scope of your project have been criticized as not being SMART objectives. SMART objectives (including KPI’s) are a. Objectives specified in far more detail than necessary for execution of a successful project. b. Easily achievable objectives which help you reduce the pressure on yourself and the team. c. Objectives that should be achieved in order to attain formal recognition by both the customer and the project sponsor. d. Objectives that are described using specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-related specifications. 14. Jean and Bob are reviewing the status of a project schedule and find a variance on the critical path. This will have a direct impact on a. the number of stakeholders. b. the project end date. c. both a. and b. d. neither a. or b. 15. A cost management plan is a component of a a. risk management plan. b. scope management plan. c. project management plan. d. communication management plan. 16. Which is the incorrect statement about the “Capture” stage of the seven-step design process? a. It involves ongoing documentation of the design, for the design team as well as reporting to the client. b. It involves protecting IP, possibly with a patent if warranted. c. It includes description of the design process, drawings and design details, and fabrication specifications. d. It is the final stage to be done after the other six stages. 17. What is true of prototypes? a. Prototypes increase the risk of misunderstandings between developers and users. b. Prototyping causes significant costs and should be avoided wherever possible. c. They are tangible and allow for early feedback on requirements by stakeholders. d. Prototypes are mostly developed toward the end of a design or build phase. 18. As the project manager, you decided to arrange a team meeting to identify and analyse lessons learned from quality control with stakeholders. What should you do with the lessons learnt? a. Discuss them with management and make sure that they remain otherwise confidential. b. Publish them in the corporate newsletter. c. Document them and make them part of the historical database for the project and the performing organization. d. Follow your strategic decisions, independent from lessons learned. These decisions have been made and should be implemented whatever the outcomes are.

Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 5 of 6 19. As a project manager, when should you especially consider cultural differences? a. When you break down scope to create a work breakdown structure (WBS). b. When you assign human resources to do the work in a scheduled activity. c. When you decide upon recognition and awards during team development. d. When you develop acceptance criteria for work results to be achieved by the team members. 20. Configuration management is : a. Used to ensure that the description of the project product is correct and complete. b. The creation of work breakdown structure. c. The set of pro cedures developed to ensure that a product’s attributes remain consistent throughout its life. d. A mechanism to track budget and schedule variances. 21. A feature of the synthesis phase of the seven step design process is to a. to run acceptance tests of the prototype. b. to consider the manufacturability of proposed designs. c. to evaluate the detailed design against its functional requirements. d. to verify if the system delivers its design specifications. 22. Which of the following are recognized stages of team development from psychological studies? a. Honeymoon, rejection, regression, acceptance, re-entry. b. Tell, sell, consult, join. c. Forming, storming, norming, performing. d. Direct, support, coach, delegate. 23. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about intellectual property? a. MacDonald’s large M sign can be registered as a design, but not patented. b. Copyright does apply to a radio broadcast. c. You have to apply to obtain copyright. d. To be patented, a design must pass a search of prior art. 24. Which answer is incorrect? For a project to be profitable the following need to be true. a. The internal rate of return needs to be higher than inflation. b. The net present value needs to be negative. c. The present value of a cash flow should be calculated as PV = CF * (1+ r) n . d. The discount rate needs to be realistic.

Semester One Final Examinations, 2018 MECH3600 Engineering Management and Communication Page 6 of 6 25. A project manager reported the following earned value data: PV = $14,500,000 EV = $12,400,000 AC = $12,400,000 a. The project is over budget and on schedule. b. The project is under budget, and on schedule. c. The project is on budget and ahead of schedule. d. The project is on budget, but behind schedule. 26. Which of the following is not an HR task required of an engineering project manager? a. Identifying resources for a project. b. Determining what staff are needed to work on the project. c. Training the project team. d. Determine OH&S requirements of the project. 27. Which of the following is not an attribute required in a systems engineer? a. Team and project management skills. b. A good communicator. c. Specialist in-depth knowledge in one discipline. d. Ability to produce work on time and on budget. 28. Which is the incorrect statement about the acronym PACE? a. PACE means Probe, Alert, Challenge, and Escalate. b. It is a technique for getting action in a team meeting. c. Escalate means to continue to pick an argument you started. d. Alert means to draw attention to the consequences of inaction. 29. Select the incorrect completion of the following sentence. A scrum master differs from a traditional project manager in that a. the scrum master allows a development team full independence. b. he/she allocates tasks from the product backlog. c. he/she acts as a coach to the project team. d. he/she manages the product backlog (the wish list of what needs to be done). 30. What is the incorrect statement below about conflict within a team? a. Conflict is unusual. b. Conflict can be caused by a member dominating, or by a member loafing. c. Good communication is one key to avoiding conflict. d. Absence of trust within a team can lead to conflict. END OF EXAMINATION

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