Are you preparing questions on Delegation?

I got 3 questions on delegation. It is observed that at least 2 questions on delegation are now appearing in every PMP exam. PMBOK does not mention anything about this but you better prepare for delegation questions, who knows this could make or break your final score card. I will put few questions on this in coming days. Meanwhile you can read some of the articles collected from net.

http://www.businessballs.com/delegation.htm
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art5.html
http://pmstories.com/2008/01/24/rules-of-delegation/
http://www.pmhut.com/12-rules-of-delegation

Few delegation questions to help you prepare for the exam

1) When its best to delegate a task to a subordinate
a. When you find this is a boring task for you to perform
b. When you want to show your authority to a unruly team member
c. When you think your staff has more experience and expertise to do the task
d. When you think you are going late home everyday and hence delegate all important tasks

2) Tim always liked the idea of delegating but never manage to do so as he was always busy with his task. For him he believes all tasks are important and if he delegates something then performance will be impacted. What do you think best way to delegate
a. Delegate a task that can be challenging and very important
b. Delegate a task that is specific, agreed, measurable, realistic and time bound.
c. Delegate a task that you have no idea about
d. Delegate a task that you think very dirty and unpleasant for you

3) Which of the below match with delegation concept
a. Cross road
b. One big circular street
c. Two-way street
d. Straight high way

4) In ideal situation a person who is a recipient of delegation should consider the delegated task as
a. A task that is given by his boss and hence he should do it
b. A task that he must do as this is his job duty
c. A task enables him to gain experience to take on higher responsibilities
d. A task that is given to him because he is a hard worker

5) Which is of the below is not true about delegation
a. Very helpful aid for succession planning, personal development
b. Delegation can be used to develop your people and yourself
c. To be a good delegator you never need to let go
d. Delegation enables us to gain experience to take on higher responsibilities

6) You should delegate for all the below reasons except
a. To groom a successor
b. To save your time
c. To develop your people
d. To establish your authority

7) You are a project manager. You have mastered the art of delegation and often delegate many of your tasks to you team member with clear plan with specific tasks, your expectation and delivery date. Who is ultimately responsible for task that is delegated
a. Project Manager
b. Program Manager as resource report to him
c. Team
d. Team member who was assigned the particular task

8) Once an activity is delegated, what should project manager do?
a. Wait till team member tells that task is finished and then review the work
b. Monitor the activity which is delegated
c. Study books on Project management to enhance knowledge to utilize the free time created by delegation
d. Plan to delegate more activity related to training, team building, performance review etc

9) Main objective of delegation is to
a. Follow PMI standard for time management for project manager
b. Get the job done by someone else
c. Avoid the responsibility by transferring the task
d. Motivate the team

10) Successful delegation depends upon (Choose the most correct one)
a. Communicating clearly the nature of the task, the extent of their discretion, and the sources of relevant information and knowledge
b. Team member know what you want
c. Team member have the authority to achieve it
d. Team member know how to do it






1) a
2) b
3) c
4) c
5) c
6) d
7) a
8) b
9) b
10) a