Question 1

Which of the following will correctly calculate the total slack in an activity?

Question 2

Which of the following is provided by both the project network and the work breakdown structure?

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic rules to follow when developing project networks?

Question 4

Which of the following is true about hammock activities?

Question 5

Activities which can take place at the same time are termed

Question 6

When translated into a project network, a work package will become+

Question 7

If testing cannot be completed any earlier than four days after the prototype has been built, what type of lag exists?

Question 8

The backward pass in project network calculations determines all of the following EXCEPT

Question 9

The requirement for a freshly poured foundation to cure before beginning construction is an example of which of the following type of lag?

Question 10

An activity that has more than one dependency arrow flowing into it is termed a(n)

Question 11

If a project has more than one activity that can begin when the project is to start, a common start node should be used to indicate a clear project beginning on the network. Without a common start node, each path is a

Question 12

Which of the following represents an activity on an activity-on-node (AON) project network?

Question 13

Laura is forecasting the time and cost of developing an intranet for a new customer. Her department has completed six such intranets for customers during the last two years. Although the proposed system is about the same size as the others, she estimates that it will take about 10 percent less time and money. Which of the following methods is she using?

Question 14

Companies are using which of the following for improving the estimating process for future projects?

Question 15

Which of the following does NOT help describe a bottom-up estimating approach?

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT one of the recommended guidelines for developing useful work package estimates?

Question 17

In practice, estimating processes are frequently classified as

Question 18

Typical kinds of costs found in a project include all of the following EXCEPT

Question 19

Refining estimates may be necessary for a number of reasons. For example, a manager getting further into a project and obtaining a better understanding of what needs to be done to accomplish a project and meet the needs of the customer is an example of

Question 20

Which of the following would best represent direct project costs?

Question 21

What is the relationship between organizational culture and estimating?

Question 22

Ed is looking over the actual results of projects and comparing them to what was estimated. He notices that the projects that took six months or longer to complete were noticeably more off the estimates. Which of the following factors is he recognizing?

Question 23

Sean is forecasting the time and cost of developing a customized software program by looking at the number of inputs, outputs, inquiries, files, and interfaces. Which of the following methods is he using?

Question 24

Refining estimates may be necessary for a number of reasons. For example, people working on prototype development needing time to interact with the design engineers after the design is completed is a good example of

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT one of the bottom-up approaches to estimating project time and cost?