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Project Management Question Paper

Project Management

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Agribusiness Management

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP) – APRIL SESSION
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT
KBT 502:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

DATE: Wednesday, 1st September, 2010

TIME: 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other THREE.
1.
a)
Discuss the concept “project management”

(5 marks)

b)
Explain five characteristics of a successful project
(5 marks)

c)
Analyse any five principles of project management as stated by Bings
(1994)
(5 marks)
d)
Construct five questions that would help you plan for a project

(5 marks)
e)
Analyse the basic technique in the construction of a CPM design.
(5 marks)

2.
Construct a four week, five events Gantt chart for an agribusiness project of your
choice.

(15 marks)

3.
a)
What aspects would you consider while conducting financial analysis?

(5 marks)

b)
Draw a sketch diagram showing the relationship between market values of
equity, return and risk.

(5 marks)
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c)
If a project costs 50,000 Kenya shillings and is expected to return 12,000
Kenya shillings annually, what would be the payback period?

(5 marks)

4.
Discuss the importance of analyzing the major milestones and target dates in a
project.

(15 marks)

5.
Explain how you would develop a risk response strategy in a seed marketing
business.

(15 marks)

6.
You have been invited to an international conference on Monitoring and
Evaluation o f development projects, prepare a speech showing how M/E could be
useful for policy makers.

(15 marks)

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