CH 11+12
Dummy activities
Activities with zero time durations are called: A. Low-slack activities B. No-slack activities C. Dummy activities D. Special activities
False
All work packages in a project must be at the same level of the WBS. A. True B. False
8
An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES = 10, EF = 18, and LS = 12. The duration of the activity is: A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. Cannot be determined
8
An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES = 5, EF = 9, and LF = 12 LS = _______. A. 5 B. 8 C. 9 D. 12
Finish-to-start
A PERT network reflects what type of precedence diagram? A. Start-to-start B. Start-to-finish C. Finish-to-start D. Finish-to-finish
The customer is a fault for providing a statement of work that could be misinterpreted.
A contractor accepts a project, after go-ahead, and the contractor discovers that the statement of work was ill-defined and pushed through scope changes that significantly alienate the customer. The customer pays for the scope changes and then files a law suit against the contractor to recover the cost of the scope changes. Neglecting the type of contract, the court would most likely rule that: A. The contractor is at fault for accepting a contract with ill-defined requirements and not discovering the initially. B. The contractor is at fault for a misinterpretation of the wording in the statement of work. C. The customer is at fault for providing a statement of work that could be misinterpreted. D. The customer cannot recover the cost associated with the scope changes once payment has been made.
Check with the line managers first to see if cost and schedule can be reported at this level.
A customer external to your company requests that a certain element of work be subdivided to lower-level work packages and that cost/schedule information be reported at the lower levels. You should: A. Grant the customer's request but bill the customer for the changes to the WBs. B. Simply grant the customer's request C. Deny the request since the WBS is finalized and cannot change D. Check with the line managers first to see if cost and schedule can be reported at this level.
$60K
Consider the WBS Shown below: 1.00.00 1.1.0 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 If the total program costs $100,000 and 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 are each $20K, then the cost of 1.1.0 is: A. $20K B. $40K C. $60K D. Cannot be determined
Continue on with your existing baseline until the customer confirms that the direction must change.
During an interface meeting with your customer, the two of you have different interpretations of the raw data. If the customer's interpretation is correct, then the direction of the project should change. However, the customer states that they need more time to determine if their interpretation is correct. As the PM, you should: A. Continue on with your existing baseline until the customer confirms that the direction must change. B. Change the direction of the project according to the customer's interpretation of the results and continue on. C. Stop working on the project until you both agree on the direction D. Cancel the project and then, after an agreement is reached, submit a new proposal and price to restart the project.
Let the sponsor make the decision on what to do.
During the execution of a project, the customer asks you to perform additional tests, which the customer will pay for. Unfortunately, there are no resources available to perform the additional tests. The project manager should: A. Refuse to perform the tests. B. Determine when the tests can be done and then inform the customer C. Tell the customer that company policy is that the additional tests must be treated as an enhancement project and funded separately after this project is over D. Let the sponsor make the decision on what to do
The Work Package
Generally speaking, the lowest level in the WBS is referred to as: A. Level 3 B. Level 4 C. Level 5 D. The work package
The customer uses his discretion in determining the meaning
If the customer's SOW contains words such as nearly or approximately, then: A. The project manager uses his discretion in determining the meaning B. The sponsor uses his discretion in determining the meaning C. The customer uses his discretion in determining the meaning D. Scope creep is unlikely
Performing series work in parallel
In which of the following schedule compression techniques is the cost of rework usually the greatest? A. Overtime B. Crashing C. Performing series work in parallel D. Outsourcing
Resource allocation or resource limited planning
Laying out a network diagram when you know before-hand the size of the available resource pool is called A. Resource leveling B. Resource allocation or resource limited planning C. Better effort planning D. Slack utilization planning
Subsidiary plans
Plans such as the cost plan, schedule plan and quality plan are referred to as: A. Integration plans B. Specialized plans C. Functional plans D. Subsidiary plans
The scope statement
Project managers often rewrite the customer's SOW into a document that the project team can easily understand. The document is called: A. The redefined SOW B. The scope statement C. The deliverable statement D. The finalized SOW statement
False
Project sponsors within the contractor's company have the authority to change the scope of an external customer's project as they see fit. A. True B. False
A poorly defined SOW
Scope creep is generally the result of: A. Having too many levels in the WBS B. A poorly defined SOW C. Too much detail in the specifications D. Having the wrong people assigned to the project
False
The critical path is the path in the network with the greatest amount of risk A. True B. False
Do not show dependencies between activities
The major disadvantage of using a bar chart on large projects is that bar charts: A. Cannot identify critical paths B. Do not show dependencies between activities C. Cannot identify milestones D. Cannot show slack
False
The measurement of lag is made within an activity whereas slack is measured between activities. A. True B. False
Project Manager
The person with the ultimate responsibility to make sure that all work required by the SOW and only the work required by the SOW is performed is the: A. Customer B. Project Manager C. Appropriate subject matter expert for that work package D. Project sponsor
It is unlimited
What are the maximum number of inputs and outputs that can exist in a node in the precedence diagramming method? A. 3 each B. 5 each Cf. 10 each D. It is unlimited
The sponsor should not be involved in WBS development
What is the project sponsor's responsibility with regard to the WBS preparation? A. Make sure all work packages are well defined. B. Make sure that the management levels of the WBS are correct. C. Make sure that the technical levels of the WBS are correct. D. The sponsor should not be involved in WBS development.
ADM
Which of the following activity-on-arrow network diagramming methods does not require three estimates for durations? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM
The effort in each activity
Which of the following cannot be determined after performing a forward pass and a backward pass on a network diagram? A. the critical path B. The end date of the project C. The effort in each activity D. The slack in each activity
Network Diagrams
Which of the following documents is not defined in the text as one of the four critical documents for preliminary planning? A. SOW B. WBS C. Specifications D. Network Diagrams
PDM
Which of the following is an activity-on-node network diagramming method? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM
VERT
Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming techniques? A. PERT B. GERT C. VERT D. PDM
Cost and size of contractual documentation
Which of the following is often overlooked when planning and budgeting a project? A. Customer's milestones B. Cost and size of contractual documentation C. Number of meetings with the customer D. Timing of the deliverables
The quality of the deliverables
Which of the following is usually not validated by using the WBS? A. The schedule B. The Risks C. The quality of the deliverables D. The budget
There should be only one WBS element covering the project manager's salary
Which of the following is usually preferred for the placement of the project manager with regard to the WBS? The project manager's salary should be: A. Divided up at each work package B. Divided up at each WBS element not lower than level 3 of the WBS C. Divided up at each level 2 WBS element D. There should be only one WBS element covering the project manager's salary.
GERT
Which of the following network diagramming methods allows for branching and looping? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM
PDM
Which of the following network diagramming methods do not use dummy activities? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM
Descoping
Which of the following schedule compression techniques is often the lowest risk and with the added benefit of lowering the cost? A. Crashing B. Descoping C. Outscourcing D. Overtime
Crashing
Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to each work package that is being compressed? A. Overtime B. Crashing C. Outsourcing D. Descoping
Precedence Charts
Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project? A. BAR charts B. Milestone charts C. PERT charts D. Precedence charts
BAR Charts
Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for reporting project status to a customer during an interchange meeting? A. BAR Charts B. Milestone Charts C. PERT charts D. precedence charts
Resource leveling
Smoothing out project resources from period to period is called A. Resource leveling B. Resource allocation or resource limited planning C. Better effort planning D. Slack utilization planning
It is the path that contains the greatest number of activities
Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network? A. It is the longest path in the network B. It is the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed C. It is the path that contains the greatest number of activities D. It is the path where each activity has zero slack
Which functional unit will perform the change
Which of the following is normally not addressed in a change control board meeting to approve a scope change? A. Cost of the change B. Which functional unit will perform the change C. Impact on the schedule D. Value-added opportunity for the client
Lower status reporting costs
Which of the following is not a benefit of having a highly detailed work breakdown structure? A. Lower status reporting costs B. Less likely that anything will be omitted C. Better estimating D. Better activity tracking
Perform the scope changes at the contractor's expense.
A customer is unhappy with the performance thus far on a project. The customer states that, unless scope changes are made at the contractor's expense, the contractor would be removed from the customer's preferred bidders list for future contracts. The contractor would most likely: A. Refuse to perform the scope changes B. perform the scope changes at the contractor's expense C. Perform the scope changes and then submit an invoice for payment to the customer D. Take no action and hope that the customer will forget about the scope change request.
Subject matter experts
A project manager desires a work breakdown structure that goes through six levels of detail. Level 3 through level 6 would most likely be prepared by the: A. Project sponsor B. Project manager C. Subject matter experts D. Customer
True
Generally speaking, work packages are assigned to one functional unit. A. True B. False
True
During competitive bidding, a contractor can submit inclusions and exclusions to the customer's preliminary statement of work. A. True B. False
13 weeks
If the optimistic time for an activity is 6 weeks, the pessimistic time is 24 weeks and the most likely time is 12 weeks, then the expected duration is: A. 7 weeks B. 13 weeks C. 22 weeks D. 24 weeks
22
If the slack in a 12 week activity is 6 weeks and ES = 4, then LF = A. 4 B. 10 C. 16 D. 22
The forward pass going beyond the customer's end date and the backward pass is measured from the customer's end date
Negative slack is the result of: A. The forward pass going beyond the customer's end date and the backward pass is measured from the customer's end date B. Non-critical-path activity using up all of their slack C. The critical path can be completed before the customer's desired end date D. All of the above
Understanding of the requirements
Which of the following would be the first item to be discussed in the initial kickoff meeting for a project? A. Understanding of the requirements B. Understanding of the plan C. Understanding of the schedule D. Understanding of the budget
