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1There are ____ main processes involved in project time management.
- Aa. two
- Bb. four
- Cc. six
- Dd. ten
2____ involves identifying the specific activities that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables.
- Aa. Defining activities
- Bb. Sequencing activities
- Cc. Estimating activity resources
- Dd. Estimating activity durations
3The main outputs of the ____ process are an activity list, activity attributes, and milestone list.
- Aa. defining activities
- Bb. sequencing activities
- Cc. resource estimating activities
- Dd. duration estimating activities
4____ involves identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities.
- Aa. Defining activities
- Bb. Sequencing activities
- Cc. Estimating activity resources
- Dd. Estimating activity durations
5____ involves estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities.
- Aa. Defining activities
- Bb. Sequencing activities
- Cc. Estimating activity resources
- Dd. Estimating activity durations
6____ involves analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule.
- Aa. Estimating activity durations
- Bb. Developing the schedule
- Cc. Controlling the schedule
- Dd. Estimating activity resources
7____ involves controlling and managing changes to the project schedule.
- Aa. Estimating activity durations
- Bb. Developing the schedule
- Cc. Controlling the schedule
- Dd. Estimating activity resources
8Outputs from ____ include work performance measurements, organizational process assets updates, change requests, project management plan updates, and project document updates.
- Aa. estimating activity durations
- Bb. developing schedules
- Cc. controlling the schedule
- Dd. estimating activity resources
9The ____ provide(s) schedule-related information about each activity, such as predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions related to the activity.
- Aa. activity list
- Bb. milestones
- Cc. activity descriptions
- Dd. activity attributes
10The goal of ____ is to ensure that the project team has complete understanding of all the work they must do as part of the project scope so they can start scheduling the work.
- Aa. defining activities
- Bb. sequencing activities
- Cc. estimating activity resources
- Dd. estimating activity durations
11____ results in supporting detail to document important product information as well as assumptions and constraints related to specific activities.
- Aa. Defining activities
- Bb. Sequencing activities
- Cc. Estimating activity resources
- Dd. Estimating activity duration
12____ involves evaluating the reasons for dependencies and the different types of dependencies.
- Aa. Defining activities
- Bb. Sequencing activities
- Cc. Estimating activity resources
- Dd. Estimating activity duration
13____ dependencies are inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project.
- Aa. Mandatory
- Bb. Discretionary
- Cc. External
- Dd. Internal
14____ dependencies are sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care since they may limit later scheduling options.
- Aa. Mandatory
- Bb. Discretionary
- Cc. External
- Dd. Internal
15____ dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities.
- Aa. Mandatory
- Bb. Discretionary
- Cc. External
- Dd. Internal
16____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node.
- Aa. Combinations
- Bb. Conflicts
- Cc. Merges
- Dd. Bursts
17On a network diagram, all arrowheads should face toward the ____.
- Aa. top
- Bb. left
- Cc. right
- Dd. bottom
18The ____ is a network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities.
- Aa. PDM
- Bb. AOA
- Cc. ADM
- Dd. POA
19In a ____ relationship, the “from” activity must finish before the “to” activity can start.
- Aa. start-to-start
- Bb. finish-to-start
- Cc. finish-to-finish
- Dd. start-to-finish
20In a ____ relationship, the “from” activity cannot start until the “to” activity is started.
- Aa. start-to-start
- Bb. finish-to-start
- Cc. finish-to-finish
- Dd. start-to-finish
21In a ____ relationship, one task cannot finish before another finishes.
- Aa. start-to-start
- Bb. finish-to-start
- Cc. finish-to-finish
- Dd. start-to-finish
22A ____ is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project’s resources by category and type.
- Aa. work breakdown structure
- Bb. resource breakdown structure
- Cc. network diagram
- Dd. critical path analysis
23The activity list, activity attributes, activity resource requirements, resource calendars, project scope statement, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets all include information that affect ____.
- Aa. definitions
- Bb. sequences
- Cc. resource estimates
- Dd. duration estimates
24The ultimate goal of ____ is to create a realistic project schedule that provides a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project.
- Aa. defining activities
- Bb. sequencing activities
- Cc. developing the schedule
- Dd. estimating activity duration
25____ provide(s) a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format.
- Aa. Gantt chart
- Bb. Critical path analysis
- Cc. Critical chain scheduling
- Dd. PERT analysis
26____ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.
- Aa. A Gantt chart
- Bb. Critical path analysis
- Cc. Critical chain scheduling
- Dd. PERT analysis
27The critical path is the ____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the ____ time it takes to complete a project.
- Aa. longest; longest
- Bb. longest; shortest
- Cc. shortest; longest
- Dd. shortest; shortest
28____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following activities.
- Aa. Total slack
- Bb. Total float
- Cc. Free time
- Dd. Free slack
29____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date.
- Aa. Total slack
- Bb. Free float
- Cc. Total time
- Dd. Free slack
30The ____ for an activity is the latest possible time an activity might begin without delaying the project finish date.
- Aa. early entry date
- Bb. late entry date
- Cc. late start date
- Dd. early start date
31____ is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.
- Aa. Crushing
- Bb. Crashing
- Cc. Fast tracking
- Dd. Expediting
32____ involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence.
- Aa. Crushing
- Bb. Crashing
- Cc. Fast tracking
- Dd. Expediting
33____ is a method of scheduling that considers limited resources when creating a project schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion date.
- Aa. A Gantt chart
- Bb. Critical path analysis
- Cc. Critical chain scheduling
- Dd. PERT analysis
34Critical chain scheduling protects tasks on the critical chain from being delayed by using ____, which consist of additional time added before tasks on the critical chain that are preceded by non-critical-path tasks.
- Aa. critical paths
- Bb. feeding buffers
- Cc. dummy activities
- Dd. fast tracking
35____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.
- Aa. Murphy’s Law
- Bb. Newton’s Law
- Cc. Parkinson’s Law
- Dd. Moore’s Law
36____ use(s) probabilistic time estimates—duration estimates based on using optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic estimates of activity durations—instead of one specific or discrete duration estimate.
- Aa. Critical Path Analysis
- Bb. Gantt charts
- Cc. Critical Chain Scheduling
- Dd. PERT
37The goal of ____ is to know the status of the schedule, influence the factors that cause schedule changes, determine that the schedule has changed, and manage changes when they occur.
- Aa. activity duration estimating
- Bb. schedule development
- Cc. schedule control
- Dd. activity resource estimating
38Project managers often illustrate progress with a ____ showing key deliverables and activities.
- Aa. Tracking Gantt chart
- Bb. Gantt chart
- Cc. network diagram
- Dd. PERT chart
39Project managers must use discipline to control ____.
- Aa. project bursts
- Bb. project schedules
- Cc. project critical paths
- Dd. project dependencies
40Project management software highlights the critical path in ____ on a network diagram.
- Aa. blue
- Bb. yellow
- Cc. green
- Dd. red
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- Quiz on Q VI, created by Nero Fortuna on 07/03/2017.
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