# Lesson 1 Quiz — What is a project? (vs operations)

Test yourself on Lesson 1. Answers are at the bottom — try the questions first!

**1.** According to the PMBOK guide, a project is defined as:
- A) A temporary effort to create something unique
- B) Ongoing work that repeats every day
- C) Any task assigned by a manager
- D) A long-term business process

**2.** Which of these is an OPERATION rather than a project?
- A) Building a new office
- B) Launching a website
- C) Serving customers at a restaurant every day
- D) Organizing a company event

**3.** True or false: A project can run forever without a defined end date.

**4.** The lesson's "easiest test" for telling a project from operations is:
- A) Asking whether it has a budget
- B) Asking whether the work ever finishes
- C) Asking how many people are involved
- D) Asking whether a manager approved it

**5. (Scenario)** Your friend says: "My team publishes a weekly newsletter, and we're also redesigning the newsletter template." Which part is the project, which is operations — and why? Answer in 2–3 sentences.

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## Answer key

**1.** A — a project is a temporary effort to create something unique: temporary (start and end) plus unique (something new).

**2.** C — serving customers daily is ongoing, repetitive work with no finish line: operations.

**3.** False. Temporary is a defining trait of a project: it has a start and an end.

**4.** B — "Does this work ever finish?" Repeats forever = operations; ends with something new = project.

**5.** The redesign is the project (temporary, unique — one new template at the end); publishing each week is operations (repeats forever). Full marks for any answer that maps temporary/unique to the project and repeating to operations.