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LMP711S - LEADING AND MANAGING PROJECTS - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2025 |
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nAm I BI A un IVE RS ITV
OF SCIEnCE AnD TECHn0L0GY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING, LOGISTICS AND SPORT MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT
BACHELOROF PROCUREMENTAND SUPPLYCHAIN MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BTRA
07BPSM
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: LMP711S
COURSE NAME: LEADING AND MANAGING
PROJECTS
SESSION: JUNE 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Ms. SAARA NAMBINGA
Ms. DIINA HAIKWIYU
MODERATOR: Mr. Daniel Sitentu Kandjimi
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _6_ PAGES {Including this front page)
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QUESTION 1
[30 Marks]
1.1 All of the below are inputs of the Define scope process except
A. Project Charter
B. Requirements Documentation
C. Organizational Process Assets
D. Project Management Plan
1.2 What are the processes of a project life cycle?
A. Planning -Initiation -Execution -Closure -Monitoring and Controlling
B. Initiation - Planning- Execution - Monitoring- Closing
C. Initiation -Agile Planning- Execution - Monitoring and Controlling- Closing
D. Initiation - Waterfall Planning process - Implementation - Monitoring and Control -
Closing.
1.3 Estimate Costs is defined as
A.
The processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding,
managing and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the
approve budget.
B.
The process of developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to
complete project work.
C.
The process of defining how the project costs will be estimated, budgeted, managed,
monitored, and controlled.
D.
The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work
packages to establish an authorized cost baseline.
1.4 What is Project Quality Management concerned with?
A. Producing zero defects
B. Increasing profits
C. Ensuring effective Project Management
D. The quality of a project
1.5 The WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be
executed by the project team, to accomplish the project objectives. This is created
as part of:
A. Project Integration Management
B. Project Scope Management
C. Project Procurement Management
D. Project Schedule Management
1.6 What process involves making needed information available to project
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stakeholders in a timely manner?
A. Performance Reporting
B. Information Distribution
C. Managing Stakeholder
D. Communications planning
1.7 As the number of people involved in a project_, the complexity of communications
A. Increases, Decreases
B. Decreases, Increases
C. Increases, Increases
D. Increases, Stays Constant
1.8 The planning process is best described as:
A. Is a process of a project management lifecycle where a new project idea is formally
recognized, evaluated, and authorized to proceed, essentially establishing the
project's purpose, scope, key stakeholders, and initial plan to ensure alignment with
business needs before moving into the planning phase;
B. Is crucial process in project management where the progress of a project is
continuously tracked, compared against the original plan, and necessary adjustments
are made to ensure the project stays on schedule, within budget, and meets its
objectives;
C. Is a crucial process in a project management lifecycle where the planned activities are
put into action, essentially the "doing" part of the project, where the team actively
works to complete tasks and deliver the project deliverables according to the
established plan;
D. Is a crucial process in project management where a project manager and team define
the project scope, goals, timeline, budget, resources, tasks, and potential risks,
essentially creating a detailed roadmap to guide the project execution and ensure its
successful completion within set parameters.
1.9 What factors are used to determine the project life cycle approach that will be used?
A. Complexity
B. Availability of Resources
C. Technological Support required
D. All
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1.10 Project attributes are;
A. Collection of programs, Unique purpose, set for a period, that considers uncertainty.
B. Set for a period, with a unique purpose, developed with elaboration, considering
uncertainty with a primary sponsor.
C. Has a unique purpose considering uncertainty and a set period, with no sponsor and
progressive elaboration?
D. A permanent program with a unique purpose developed through progressive
elaborations while considering uncertainty with no sponsors.
1.11 Which of the following statements best describes a project scope?
A. The processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and
only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
B. The features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result.,·,
C. The work performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features
and functions. The term "project scope" is sometimes viewed as including product
scope.
D. The scope management plan is a component of the project or program management
plan that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored; controlled,
and validated.
1.12 Which of the following statements best describes a product scope?
A. The processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and
only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
B. The features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result.
C. The work performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features
and functions. The term "project scope" is sometimes viewed as including product
scope.
D. The scope management plan is a component of the project or program management
plan that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored,controlled,
and validated.
1.13 A Project Charter includes:
A. Precedence diagramming methods
B. Task estimates
C. Detailed resource estimates
D. The business need for the project
1.14 The customer wants to make a major change in the project scope when the project is
mostly complete. The project manager should.
A. Make the change
B. Inform the customer of the impact of the change
C. Refuse the change
D. Complain to management
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1.15 In which phase is feasibility studies performed?
A. Initiation
B. Planning
C. Execution
D. Closing
Question 2
(10 Marks]
As a Project Management expert, by means of providing an example differentiate between
Portfolio Management, Project Management and Programme Management as well as the
overall importance of managing projects/portfolios/programmes. The examples provided
. must clearly outline the linkages between these three terms.
Question 3
(10 Marks]
Briefly elaborate what the Project Cost Management and Project Resources Management is
about.
Question 4
(10 Marks]
Namibia has received very good rains over the first three months of the year 2025.
Unfortunately, many of the roads and bridges collapsed due to many factors such as agin'g
amongst others. The bridge between Rehoboth and Windhoek was one of the bridges that
has succumbed to these heavy rainfalls. The German Government through bilateral
programs have availed technical and financial assistance amounting to N$ 3 million to
construct a temporary road for commuters between Rehoboth and Windhoek as well as the
re-construction of the bridge. You have been selected as a project manager to ·oversee this
project and the Honourable Veikko Nekundi has duly requested you to identify the
Enterprise Environmental Factors and Organizational Process Assets as well as how they
may affect the project. Provide atleast 2 of each.
Question 5
(15 Marks]
The Honourable Veikko Nekundi was further requested to give an update at the next
cabinet on the possible risks of the project mentioned in question 4 and how his team is
managing these risks. Identify two project risks one being an individual risk and the other
being an overall project risk. Clearly state which one is individual and which one is the
overall project risk. Subsequently, clearly analyse the risk by taking them through the
project risk management processes.
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Question 6
[10 Marks]
Draw a Schedule/network diagram of the activities in the table below
Activity
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
I
J
K
Predecessor
-
-
A
B
C,D
D
E
G
F
l,J
Question 8
[15 Marks]
You are a project manager at Ministry of Works and Transport and have recently appointed
a Fleet Officers who is responsible for working on the procurement of new fleet for the high-
level officers as the current fleet is aging and has become economically unviable to
maintain. You have duly directed the newly appointed Fleet Officer to utilise the RACImatrix
as a tool for proper coordination and allocation of resources on this project. In your own
words, explain what is a RACIMatrix, the advantages of it and draw the RACIMatrix for this
project.
GRAND TOTAL: 100 MARKS
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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