Term
Which of the following processes involves determining the policies, procedures, and documentation
that will be used for planning, executing, and controlling the project schedule?
a. planning schedule management
b. defining activities
c. estimating activity resources
d. activity sequencing |
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| a. planning schedule management |
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Predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements,
constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of ________.
a. items in an activity list
b. items on a Gantt chart
c. milestone attributes
d. activity attributes |
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3. As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping to develop the
project schedule. You decide that writing code for a system should not start until users sign
off on the analysis work. What type of dependency is this?
a. technical
b. mandatory
c. discretionary
d. external |
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You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes the first draft. What
type of dependency does this represent?
a. finish-to-start
b. start-to-start
c. finish-to-finish
d. start-to-finish |
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Which of the following statements is false?
a. A resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure that identifies the
project’s resources by category and type.
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms.
c. A three-point estimate includes an optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic
estimate.
d. A Gantt chart is a common tool for displaying project schedule information. |
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Definition
| b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms. |
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Term
What symbol on a Gantt chart represents a slipped milestone?
a. a black arrow
b. a white arrow
c. a black diamond
d. a white diamond |
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What type of diagram shows planned and actual project schedule information?
a. a network diagram
b. a Gantt chart
c. a Tracking Gantt chart
d. a milestone chart |
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Definition
| c. a Tracking Gantt chart |
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_____ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.
a. PERT
b. A Gantt chart
c. Critical path method
d. Crashing |
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Which of the following statements is false?
a. Growing grass was on the critical path for a large theme park project.
b. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a
project can be completed.
c. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and
early finish dates for each activity.
d. Fast tracking is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to
obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least
incremental cost. |
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Definition
d. Fast tracking is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to
obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least
incremental cost. |
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_______ is a method of scheduling that considers limited resources when creating a project
schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion date.
a. Parkinson’s Law
b. Murphy’s Law
c. Critical path analysis
d. Critical chain scheduling |
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| d. Critical chain scheduling |
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