Project Management Tools Quiz

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Quiz on project management
Niamh Ryan
Quiz by Niamh Ryan, updated more than 1 year ago
Niamh Ryan
Created by Niamh Ryan over 6 years ago
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Question 1

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A critical activity has...
Answer
  • Negative slack time
  • Zero slack time
  • Positive slack time

Question 2

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Critical path: The path of activities which represent the [blank_start]longest[blank_end] total time required to complete the project. A delay in an activity on the critical path causes a delay in the [blank_start]entire project[blank_end].
Answer
  • longest
  • shortest
  • entire project
  • preceding activity
  • parallel activities

Question 3

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Finish to start lag: The minimum amount of time that must pass between the [blank_start]finish[blank_end] of one activity and the [blank_start]start[blank_end] of its successor(s)
Answer
  • finish
  • start
  • finish
  • start

Question 4

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The variance in the project completion time can be calculated by [blank_start]summing[blank_end] the variances in the completion times of the activities in the critical path
Answer
  • subtracting
  • summing
  • multiplying

Question 5

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The normal distribution assumption holds if the number of activities in the path is large enough for the [blank_start]central limit theorem[blank_end] to be applied.
Answer
  • central limit theorem

Question 6

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The following times for completion an activity have been estimated. Optimistic time: 4 days Most likely time: 7 days Pessimistic time: 10 days. The variance in the expected time is [blank_start]1[blank_end] days.
Answer
  • 1

Question 7

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When preparing a Work Breakdown Structure, continue to subdivide components until the lowest level component requires between [blank_start]8[blank_end] and [blank_start]80[blank_end] hours of work.
Answer
  • 8
  • 80

Question 8

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When components of a WBS are defined in sufficient detail for management and planning purposes, they are known as [blank_start]work packages[blank_end].
Answer
  • work packages

Question 9

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High level elements in the WBS should match, word for word, nouns used to describe outcomes in the [blank_start]scope statement[blank_end].
Answer
  • scope statement

Question 10

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The current activity has an Early Start of March 1st and a duration of 3 days. The succeeding activity has an Early Start of March 7th. Assuming everyday is a work day, then the free float is [blank_start]3[blank_end] days.
Answer
  • 3
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