Chapter 6

Which of the following dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities? a. Mandatory c. External b. Discretionary d. Inherent

External

Which of the following types of dependencies are inherent in the nature of work being performed on a project? a. Mandatory c. External b. Discretionary d. Random

Mandatory

A network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities is known as a(n) _____. a. PDM c. ADM b. CPM d. PERT

PDM

A difference between the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM) is that: a. CPM addresses the risk associated with duration estimates whereas PERT does not. c. CPM involves more work than PERT because it requires several duration estimates. b. unlike CPM, PERT estimates only when there is no risk of uncertainty. d. PERT uses different duration estimates whereas CPM uses one specific duration estimate.

PERT uses different duration estimates whereas CPM uses one specific duration estimate.

_____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed. a. Murphy's Law c. Parkinson's Law b. Miller's Law d. Einstein's Law

Parkinson's Law

Which of the following documents is most likely to include planned project start and end dates which serve as the starting points for a detailed schedule? a. Resource breakdown structure c. Organizational process assets update b. Milestones list d. Project charter

Project charter

Which of the following is one of the main outputs of estimating activity resources process? a. Project documents update c. Work breakdown structure b. Milestone list d. Activity duration estimate

Project documents update

A similarity between the crashing technique and the fast tracking technique is that: a. both spread out tasks over a long period of time to ensure the quality of work is maintained. c. both can shorten the time needed to finish a project. b. both invariably result in increases in total project costs. d. both are network diagramming techniques used primarily to predict total project duration.

both can shorten the time needed to finish a project.

In an AOA network diagram, _____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node. a. combinations c. mergers b. buffers d. bursts

bursts

Critical 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. a. critical paths c. dummy activities b. feeding buffers d. fast tracking

feeding buffers

AOA network diagrams use only _____ dependencies. a. start-to-start c. finish-to-finish b. finish-to-start d. start-to-finish

finish-to-start

The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following activities is known as a _____. a. forward pass c. fast tracking b. backward pass d. free slack

free slack

The _____ for an activity is the latest possible time an activity might begin without delaying the project finish date. a. early finish date c. late start date b. late finish date d. early start date

late start date

The critical path is the _____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the _____ amount of slack or float. a. longest; longest c. shortest; longest b. longest; shortest d. shortest; shortest

longest; shortest

A(n) _____ on a project is a significant event that normally has no duration. a. milestone c. activity sequence b. activity attribute d. schedule baseline

milestone

The first process involved in project time management is _____ . a. defining activities c. planning schedule management b. estimating activity durations d. sequencing activities

planning schedule management

A draft schedule for a project is most likely to be found in a _____. a. project buffer c. resource breakdown structure b. project charter d. project's dummy activities list

project charter

In project time management, a(n) _____ is an output of controlling the schedule a. activity duration estimate c. activity attribute b. project management plan update d. milestones list

project management plan update

Which of the following is a difference between an activity list and an activity attribute? a. As opposed to an activity attribute, an activity list provides resource requirements and constraints related to activities. c. An activity attribute is a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule whereas an activity list is not. b. An activity list provides a more concrete list of milestones for a project than an activity attribute. d. An activity attribute provides more schedule-related information about each activity than an activity list.

An activity attribute provides more schedule-related information about each activity than an activity list.

Which of the following is a silimarity between scope control and schedule control? a. Both are initial processes of project time management. c. Both are portions of the integrated change control process under project integration management. b. Both of their primary goals is to define project goals and milestones. d. Both of these processes should occur before estimating activity durations.

Both are portions of the integrated change control process under project integration management.

Which of the following is a network diagramming technique used primarily to predict total project duration? a. Gantt chart c. Resource breakdown structure b. Critical path analysis d. Arrow diagramming method

Critical path analysis

In project time management, which of the following processes generate the main outputs of an activity list, activity attributes, and a milestone list? a. Sequencing activities c. Resource estimating activities b. Defining activities d. Estimating activity durations

Defining activities

Which of the following processes in project time management involves identifying the specific tasks that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables? a. Defining activities c. Developing the schedule b. Sequencing activities d. Estimating activity durations

Defining activities

In project time management, which of the following processes involve analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule? a. Planning schedule management c. Controlling the schedule b. Developing the schedule d. Defining activities

Developing the schedule

_____ dependencies are sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care because they may limit later scheduling options. a. Mandatory c. External b. Discretionary d. Inherent

Discretionary

In project time management, which of the following processes involve calculating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities? a. Defining activities c. Planning schedule management b. Sequencing activities d. Estimating activity durations

Estimating activity durations

Which of the following techniques involve doing activities in parallel that one would normally do in sequence? a. Critical chain scheduling c. Fast tracking b. Crashing d. PERT analysis

Fast tracking

Which of the following is true of a finish-to-finish dependency? a. It is a dependency in which the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity or successor is started. c. It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must be finished before the "to" activity can be finished. b. It is a dependency in which in which the "from" activity must finish before the "to" activity or successor can start. d. It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must start before the "to" activity can be finished.

It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must be finished before the "to" activity can be finished.

Which of the following is an output of schedule control? a. Lessons-learned reports c. Resource requirements b. Activity attributes d. Milestones list

Lessons-learned reports

In project time management, which of the following processes primarily involve identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities? a. Defining activities c. Planning schedule management b. Sequencing activities d. Estimating activity durations

Sequencing activities

Which of the following is a relationship in which the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity is started? a. Start-to-start c. Finish-to-start b. Finish-to-finish d. Start-to-finish

Start-to-start

Which of the following is true of dummy activities? a. They have long durations. c. They have a large range of resources. b. They show logical relationships between activities. d. They have limited time periods.

They show logical relationships between activities.

_____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date. a. Total slack c. Backward pass b. Free float d. Forward pass

Total slack

In project time management, the process of_____ primarily involves checking and managing changes to the project schedule. a. estimating activity durations c. controlling the schedule b. developing the schedule d. estimating activity resources

controlling the schedule

The technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost is known as _____. a. dependency c. critical chain scheduling b. crashing d. feeding buffers

crashing

In project time management, the main 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. a. defining activities c. estimating activity resources b. estimating activity durations d. controlling the schedule

defining activities

In project time management, the next step after defining project activities is: a. planning schedule management. c. controlling the schedule. b. determining their dependencies. d. estimating activity duration.

determining their dependencies.

In project time management, the ultimate goal of _____ is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project. a. defining activities c. developing a schedule b. sequencing activities d. estimating activity resources

developing a schedule

After working with key stakeholders to define activities and calculate their resources, the next process in project time management is to: a. develop the schedule. c. determine their dependencies. b. control the schedule. d. estimate the duration of activities.

estimate the duration of activities.