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Which of the following processes of project time management involves identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities?
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a. activity definition
*b. activity sequencing c. activity resource estimating d. activity duration estimating |
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Activity resource requirements, a resource breakdown structure, requested changes, and updates to the activity attributes and resource calendars are the main outputs of ________.
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a. activity duration estimating
*b. activity resource estimating c. activity sequencing d. activity definition |
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Which of the following processes of project time management involves identifying the specific activities that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables?
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a. activity sequencing
b. activity duration estimating c. activity resource estimating *d. activity definition |
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Which of the following processes of project time management involves estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities?
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*a. activity duration estimating
b. activity sequencing c. activity definition d. activity resource estimating |
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A(n) ________ on a project is a significant event that normally has no duration.
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a. dependency
*b. milestone c. activity attribute d. activity list |
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A project team might follow good practice and not start the detailed design of a new information system until the users sign off on all of the analysis work. This is an example of a(n) ________ dependency.
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a. finish-to-finish
b. mandatory c. external *d. discretionary |
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A(n) ________ dependency is inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project and is sometimes referred to as hard logic.
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a. discretionary
*b. mandatory c. finish-to-finish d. external |
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A _______ is a schematic display of the logical relationships among, or sequencing of, project activities.
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a. tracking Gantt chart
*b. network diagram c. Gantt chart d. critical path |
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Which of the following describes a relationship where the "from" activity must be finished before the "to" activity can be finished?
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a. start-to-finish
b. start-to-start c. finish-to-start *d. finish-to-finish |
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On several information technology projects, a group of activities all start simultaneously, such as the many tasks that occur when a new system goes live. This is an example of which type of relationship?
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*a. start-to-start
b. start-to-finish c. finish-to-start d. finish-to-finish |
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A ________ is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project's resources by category and type.
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a. work breakdown structure
b. tracking Gantt chart c. schedule baseline *d. resource breakdown structure |
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The planned schedule dates for activities are called the ________.
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*a. baseline dates
b. schedule baselines c. nodes d. milestones |
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________ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.
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*a. Critical path method (CPM)
b. Activity sequencing c. Critical chain scheduling d. Arrow diagramming method (ADM) |
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________ describes the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following activities.
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a. Fast tracking
*b. Free slack c. Total slack d. Crashing |
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In critical path analysis, a ________ determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity.
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*a. forward pass
b. late start date c. late finish date d. backward pass |
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Which of the following involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence?
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a. crashing
b. multitasking *c. fast tracking d. bursting |
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________ is a method of scheduling that considers limited resources when creating a project schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion date.
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*a. Critical chain scheduling
b. Activity duration estimating c. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) d. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) |
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There are many issues involved in controlling changes to project schedules. It is important first to ensure that the project schedule is ________.
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a. reliable
b. flexible *c. realistic d. detailed and specific |
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________ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.
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a. Theory of Constraints (TOC)
b. Murphy's Law *c. Parkinson's Law d. PERT |
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________ occurs when a resource works on more than one task at a time.
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a. Fast tracking
b. Merging c. Crashing *d. Multitasking |
