Project Management, Chapter 5, Quiz

You're in the process of developing a project schedule for a new project. You've just completed the WBS. What would be the project manager's next step in figuring out what tasks go into the project schedule?

A: Develop a task list.

B: Determine the critical path tasks.

C: Determine milestone.

D: Estimate activity duration.

A: Develop a task list.

You are a project manager for a major movie studio. You need to schedule a shoot in Denver during ski season. This is an example of which of the following?

A: External dependency

B: Finish-to-start relationship

C: Mandatory dependency

D: Discretionary dependency

A: External dependency

You are working on your network diagram. Activity A is a predecessor to Activity B. Activity B cannot begin until Activity A is completed. What is this telling you?

A: There is a mandatory dependency between Activity A and Activity B.

B: There is a finish-to-start dependency relationship between Activity A and Activity B.

C: Activity A and Activity B are both on the critical path.

D: Activity B is a successor to multiple tasks.

B: There is a finish-to-start dependency relationship between Activity A and Activity B.

Which is the most commonly used logical relationship?

A: Finish-to-start

B: Start-to-finish

C: Start-to-start

D: Finish-to-finish

A: Finish-to-start

Activity B on your project schedule starts on Monday, October 3, and ends on Wednesday, October 12. You calculate duration in workdays, and the team does not work on Saturdays or Sundays. How many days is the total duration of this task in workdays?

A: 9 days

B: 10 days

C: 8 days

D: 7 days

C: 8 days

Your task requires 4 miles of paving, and it will take 30 hours to complete a mile. On a past project similar to this one, it took 150 hours to complete. Which of the following is true regarding this estimate?

A: The total estimate for this task is 120 hours, which was derived using expert judgment.

B: The total estimate for this task is 120 hours, which was derived using parametric estimating.

C: The total estimate for this task is 150 hours, which was derived using analogous estimating.

D: The total estimate for this task is 150 hours, which was derived using expert judgment.

B: The total estimate for this task is 120 hours, which was derived using parametric estimating.

You're working on a project that you and your team have estimated takes 15 business days to complete. Your team does not work on Saturday, Sunday, or holidays. Given the work calendar shown here and a start date of Tuesday, November 1, what is the scheduled completion date for this task?

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11* 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24* 25 26

27 28 29 30

*: Holiday

Table A: Work calendar

A: 21

B: 15

C: 22

D: 23

C: 22

What is analogous estimating also referred to as?

A: Bottom-up estimating

B: Expert judgment

C: Parametric estimating

D: Top-down estimating

D: Top-down estimating

After the schedule is approved by the sponsor, customer, and key stakeholders, what has just happened?

A: The resources are assigned.

B: The schedule baseline is established.

C: The task start and end dates are finalized.

D: The critical path is finalized.

B: The schedule baseline is established.

All of the following are true regarding milestone charts except for which one?

A: Milestone charts list the major deliverables or phases of a project.

B: Milestone charts show the scheduled completion dates.

C: Milestone charts show the actual completion dates.

D: Milestone charts are commonly displayed in bar chart format.

D: Milestone charts are commonly displayed in bar chart format.

What are the most commonly used forms to display project schedules? Choose two.

A: PERT charts

B: Gantt charts

C: CPM diagrams

D: A spreadsheet

A: PERT charts

B: Gantt charts

Which of the following is not true for the critical path?

A: It has zero float.

B: It's the shortest activity sequence in the network.

C: You can determine which tasks can start late without impacting the project end date.

D: It controls the project finish date.

B: It's the shortest activity sequence in the network.

Which of the following is true for float?

A: It's calculated by adding the durations of all tasks and dividing by the number of tasks.

B: It's time that you add to the project schedule to provide a buffer or contingency.

C: It's the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date.

D: It is calculated only on the longest path of the project schedule.

C: It's the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date.

Which of the following is not true for critical path tasks?

A: The early start date is not same as the late start date.

B: These activities are on the longest full path on the project schedule.

C: The float time for tasks is zero.

D: The late finish date is the same as the early finish date.

A: The early start date is not same as the late start date.

How long is the critical path in days in the figure shown here if you eliminate Task B?

+--->[Task C, 10 Days]--+

| ^ |

--+ | v

[Task A, 5 Days] --->[Task B, 7 Days] [Task E, 5 Days]

--+ ^

| |

+--->[Task D, 3 Days]---+

Figure A: Network diagram

A: 13 days

B: 20 days

C: 27 days

D: 30 days

B: 20 days

The following exhibit shows a series of tasks in a project schedule. Which path represents the critical path?

+--->[Task B, 24 Days]---+

| |

--+ v

[Task A, 10 Days] --->[Task C, 3 Days]--->[Task D, 2 Days]-------+

--+ v

| [Task G, 5 Days]

+--->[Task E, 9 Days]--->[Task F, 16 Days]---^

Figure A: Network diagram

A: A-E-F-G

B: A-C-D-G

C: A-B-D-G

D: A-B-D-F-G

C: A-B-D-G

What are the crashing and fast tracking techniques used for?

A: Duration compression

B: Activity sequencing

C: Precedence diagramming

D: Task definition

A: Duration compression

Starting two activities at the same time that were previously scheduled to start sequentially is known as which of the following?

A: Fast tracking

B: Mandatory dependency

C: Crashing

D: Baselining

A: Fast tracking

You have added a checkpoint in the project schedule to determine whether the work is accurate. What is this called?

A: Governance gate

B: Quality gate

C: Approval gate

D: Checkpoint gate

B: Quality gate

Governance gates include all of the following except for which one?

A: Assigning a go/no-go decision point

B: Obtaining client sign-off

C: Obtaining management approvals

D: Obtaining legislative approvals

E: Assuring the work is performed correctly

E: Assuring the work is performed correctly