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Testbank 2
Chapters 9-18
Short Answer
1. Discuss the strategy you propose to use in your personal career to assure you will
remain in demand in a changing competitive world. Give at least 4 points.
2. Identify an important real or potential ethical problem facing you in your present
position (either student or employee). Describe the situation and describe your
position.
3. As the new engineering manager in a high tech firm, you are concerned about the
increasing technical obsolescence of your professional staff. Discuss the actions you
might take and the programs you might support to reduce this problem.
4. In Chapter 12 we talked about the Baldrige award. Write 3 characteristics of one the
Baldrige winners. Identify the company.
5. Do you feel that the engineer is needed in the service field.
Give 2 examples from the web readings.
6. What are three items you learned in the communication section regarding oral
7. Give an up to date example of three of the special considerations in design listed
below.
∞ Liability
∞ Safety
∞ Maintainability
∞ Availability
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∞ Ergonomics
8. What are some of the steps a manager can take to encourage creativity in his or her
technical employees?
9. Describe how the steps in managing a project are different from the four basic
functions of management?
10. What is the advantage of using engineers in the marketing field?
11. What subjects will be important in the education of the person planning to go into
engineering management?
12. In the first part of the semester, we discussed management functions – planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling. Apply these functions to the technology function
of research and development. How do they relate?
13. Discuss some of the factors that would be most important in selecting a site for:
a. Asphalt plant
b. Software company
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c. Shoe factory
14. For a high-technology product and producer with which you are familiar, describe the
after-sales service that has been established.
15. What is the difference in an engineering manager and a project manager?
16. Why is a goal statement important for a project?
17. Discuss the precautions you might take as manager of a new project in building a
project team to assure that the project does not get off “on the wrong foot”. List three.
18. Give 2 examples of how globalization has affected your life? (or your company’s life)
19. Select a product line in a specific industry, and list actions that can be taken to reduce
product liability.
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Program Management Problem
1. Complete the ES, EF, LS, LF chart and be prepared to answer questions below.
Find the slack on all events
Activity Duration Predecessor ES EF LS LF Slack
A 2 0 2
B 4 0 4
C 1 A 2 3
D 1 B 4 5
E 7 B 4
F 3 C,D
G 5 E,F
a. Give EF of Activity F ___________
b. Give ES of Activity G ___________
c. Give LS of Activity F ___________
d. Give LF of Activity B ___________
e. Give slack for Activity D ________
f. Give length of critical path _______