OPMA CHP 5

start and finish

A schedule that completes the project and all its activities as soon as possible is known as an early _ or early _ schedule.

late start

A schedule that delays each activity as long as possible without delaying the overall project completions is known as a __ schedule.

Project Milestone

A specific event that should be reaches at a certain point in time are often referred to as?

Description of what is to be done, performance measures and starting and completion times for a group of activites

A work package includes which of the following elements?

the smaller of the late starts for B and C

Activity A is a predecessor for Activities B and C. When determining he late finish time for activity A, you select

12

Activity D will take 3 weeks to complete and has two predecessors, B and C. Activity B has an early finish time of 12 weeks. Activity C has an early finish of 10 weeks. What is the early start time of activity D?

people constraints

All of the following are constraints addressed in project management except:

process

All of the following are types of project organization structure except

$100 per day

An activity has the following costs and durations. Calculate the crash cost per day. Normal cost - $1,000 Crash cost - $1,200 Normal duration - 5 days Crash duration - 3 days

value

Earned _ management combines measure of scope, schedule and cost for evaluating project progress.

Time-cost model

Extending the critical path model to consider the trade off between activity time and activity cost is known as the

amount of time and sequence of activities

Gantt charts show which of the following?

negative

If the desired completion time for a project (D) is less than the expected completion time (Te),the value of Z will b

4 days

If the optimistic estimate of an activities completion is 3 days and the pessimistic estimate is 15 days, what is the estimated variance (o)^2 of the activities completion time?

pure

If you are part of a self-contained project team working full time on a project, you are most likely experiencing the _ project structure.

functional

In a _ project structure, team members do not report to a dedicated manager but remain part of their functional units.

immediate

In a network diagram, the activities that lead directly to another activity are known as _ predecessors

crashing

In the _ process, the duration of an activity is reduced.

F

It is not possible to have a process change project that accommodates a large amount of change.

functional

One advantage of the _ project structure is that team members can work on several projects without having to report to multiple project managers.

True

One advantage of the pure project structure is the project manager has full authority over the project.

cost

The time-cost model considered the trade-off between the timerequiered to complete an activity and the _ of that activity

The pessimistic time (b) and the optimistic time (a)

The variance of an activities completion time requires knowledge of

False

Typically, a task is performed by multiple groups or organizations.

Statement of Work

What term best describes the written description of the objectives to be achieved in a projet?

three time estimate

When a single time estimate of an activity completion time is not reliable, you should use

T

When all the activities are completed, the project is finished

b-a

When calculating activity variance, what is X in the following calculation? (X/6)^2

expected time

When calculating the critical path for a three time estimate project, you use the _ as the activity duration time.

activities on the critical path

When calculating the probability of project completion, you use the sum variances of _ in the denominator.

slack time

When there is leeway in when an activity can start, this is referred to as

Team members are less concerned about their future employment after the project is completed, communication between functional areas is enhances ad resource duplication is minimized

Which of the following are advantages of the matrix project structure?

A valuation of each activity, a project plan that identifies activities to be accomplished and predefined metrics that quantify the accomplishment of work.

Which of the following are features of an earned value management (EVM) implementation?

innovative

Which of the following is NOT a general type of project?

Inventory control

Which of the following is NOT a major project category?

Team members report to a dedicated project manager.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the function project structure?

Project managers may "hoard" resources for their own project.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the matrix project structure?

project

Which of the following is defined as a series of jobs usually directed toward some major output and requires a significant period of time to perform?

Optimistic time (a), Pessimistic (b) and most likely time (m)

Which of the following is needed to calculate the expected time (ET) of an activity?

overhead

Which of the following is not a direct activity cost?

major

Which of the following is not a from of a matrix project?

Postponing the start of the entire project

Which of the following is not a motivation for using a late start schedule?

Place

Which of the following is not a resource considered i n project management?

Matrix Project

Which project organization structure uses team members who are assigned from the functional units and has a dedicated project manager?

Matrix

Which projects organizational structure blends properties of functional and pure strategies?

1. Portfolio 2. Project 3. Task 4. Subtask 5. Work package

Rank the following terms in regards to a project from the highest level down to the lowest.

1. Identify each activity and its duration 2. Construct a network showing the precedence relationships among activities 3. Determine the critical path 4. Determine the early start/ early finish and late start/ late finish schedule

Rank the stems in the critical path methods (CPM) from first to last

1-Prepare a CPM-type network diagram 2-Determine the cost per unit of time to expedite each activity 3-Compute the critical path 4-Shorten the critical path at the point where costs are lowest 5-Plot project, indirect, and total cost curves to find the minimum-cost schedule

Sort the steps in the crashing procedure from first to last.

(CC-NC)/(NT-CT)

The crash-cost per day (or other time unit) is calculated using which of the following formulas?

the longest chain o activities in a project

The critical path is

Objectivity

The foundational principle of earned value management (EVM) is rue understanding of cost and schedule performance depends upon measuring technical performance _

Over 100

The number of companies offering project management software is