Deck 6: Project Time Management

Question 1

Project schedules grow out of basic documents such as the project charter.

Answer 1

True
Explanation: Project schedules grow out of the basic documents that initiate a project. The project charter often mentions planned project start and end dates, which serve as the starting points for a more detailed schedule.

Question 2

A disadvantage of using Gantt charts is that they do not provide a standard format for displaying planned project schedule information.

Answer 2

False
Explanation: The main advantage of using Gantt charts is that they provide a standard format for displaying planned and actual project schedule information.

Question 3

A merge occurs when one node precedes mutiple nodes.

Answer 3

False
Explanation: A merge occurs when two or more nodes precede a single node. On the other hand, bursts occur when two or more activities follow a single node.

Question 4

After defining project activities, the next step in project time management is developing the schedule.

Question 5

Start-to-finish relationships are the most frequently used dependencies between activities.

Question 6

In a network diagram, it is mandatory for every item on the WBS to be shown instead of only those activities with dependencies.

Question 7

In project time management, the next step after sequencing activities is to define these activities.

Question 8

A schedule management plan includes information which describes the format and frequency of schedule reports required for the project.

Question 9

In project time management, the primary output of defining activities is a schedule management plan.

Question 10

To define activities, the project team should start with reviewing the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational processes.

Question 11

In a Gantt chart, thick black bars represent milestones achieved in a project.

Question 12

Network diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity sequencing.

Question 13

In project time management, one should control the schedule before estimating the duration for each activity.

Question 14

Milestones are easy to achieve and are always achieved through one main activity.

Question 15

A drawback of the precedence diagramming method is that it cannot be used unless dummy activities are employed.

Question 16

The arrows in a network diagram represent missed milestones in a project.

Question 17

It is important for the activity list and activity attributes to be in agreement with the work breakdown structure.

Question 18

A Tracking Gantt chart is based on the percentage of work completed for project tasks or the actual start and finish dates.

Question 19

A dependency pertains to the sequencing of project activities or tasks.

Question 20

An activity is an element of work that has an expected duration, cost, and resource requirements.

Question 21

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
B)Sequencing activities  
C)Planning schedule management
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 22

One of PERT's main disadvantages is that it does not address the risk associated with duration estimates.

Question 23

Knowing the amount of float allows project managers to know whether a project schedule is flexible.

Question 24

The main disadvantage of crashing is that it lengthens the time needed to finish a project.

Question 25

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
B)Defining activities  
C)Resource estimating activities
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 26

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
B)Sequencing activities  
C)Developing the schedule
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 27

A drawback of the project management software is that it does not have the capacity to calculate the critical path(s) for a project.

Question 28

The final process in project time management is developing the schedule.

Question 29

In project time management, a(n) _____ is an output of controlling the schedule

A)activity duration estimate
B)project management plan update  
C)activity attribute
D)milestones list

Question 30

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. 
B)An activity list provides a more concrete list of milestones for a project than an activity attribute. 
C)An activity attribute is a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule whereas an activity list is not. 
D)An activity attribute provides more schedule-related information about each activity than an activity list.

Question 31

The first process involved in project time management is _____ .

A)defining activities
B)estimating activity durations  
C)planning schedule management
D)sequencing activities

Question 32

In a critical path analysis, the shortest path is what drives the completion date for the project.

Question 33

A backward pass through the network diagram determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity.

Question 34

In project time management, which of the following processes primarily involve identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities?

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities  
C)Planning schedule management
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 35

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
B)Developing the schedule  
C)Controlling the schedule
D)Defining activities

Question 36

The critical path on a project can change as the project progresses.

Question 37

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
B)Milestones list  
C)Organizational process assets update
D)Project charter

Question 38

The technique of fast tracking can result in lengthening the project schedule.

Question 39

Critical chain scheduling assumes that resources multitask and maximizes multitasking.

Question 40

In project time management, the process of_____ primarily involves checking and managing changes to the project schedule.

A)estimating activity durations
B)developing the schedule  
C)controlling the schedule
D)estimating activity resources

Question 41

_____ dependencies are sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care because they may limit later scheduling options.

A)Mandatory
B)Discretionary  
C)External
D)Inherent

Question 42

Which of the following is one of the main outputs of estimating activity resources process?

A)Project documents update
B)Milestone list  
C)Work breakdown structure
D)Activity duration estimate

Question 43

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
B)estimating activity durations  
C)estimating activity resources
D)controlling the schedule

Question 44

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.
B)control the schedule. 
C)determine their dependencies.
D)estimate the duration of activities.

Question 45

Which of the following is a network diagramming technique used primarily to predict total project duration?

A)Gantt chart
B)Critical path analysis  
C)Resource breakdown structure
D)Arrow diagramming method

Question 46

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
B)sequencing activities  
C)developing a schedule
D)estimating activity resources

Question 47

_____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date.

A)Total slack
B)Free float  
C)Backward pass
D)Forward pass

Question 48

A(n) _____ on a project is a significant event that normally has no duration.

A)milestone
B)activity attribute  
C)activity sequence
D)schedule baseline

Question 49

Which of the following types of dependencies are inherent in the nature of work being performed on a project?

A)Mandatory
B)Discretionary  
C)External
D)Random

Question 50

AOA network diagrams use only _____ dependencies.

A)start-to-start
B)finish-to-start  
C)finish-to-finish
D)start-to-finish

Question 51

In project time management, the next step after defining project activities is:

A)planning schedule management.
B)determining their dependencies. 
C)controlling the schedule.
D)estimating activity duration.

Question 52

A network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities is known as a(n) _____.

A)PDM
B)CPM  
C)ADM
D)PERT

Question 53

Which of the following is a relationship in which the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity is started?

A)Start-to-start
B)Finish-to-finish  
C)Finish-to-start
D)Start-to-finish

Question 54

Which of the following is true of a finsih-to-finish dependency?

A)It is a dependency in which the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity or successor is started. 
B)It is a dependency in which in which the "from" activity must finish before the "to" activity or successor can start. 
C)It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must be finished before the "to" activity can be finished. 
D)It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must start before the "to" activity can be finished.

Question 55

_____ provide(s) a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format.

A)Gantt charts
B)Critical path analysis  
C)Arrow diagramming method
D)PERT analysis

Question 56

In an AOA network diagram, _____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node.

A)combinations
B)buffers  
C)mergers
D)bursts

Question 57

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
B)backward pass  
C)fast tracking
D)free slack

Question 58

The critical path is the _____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the _____ amount of slack or float.

A)longest; longest
B)longest; shortest  
C)shortest; longest
D)shortest; shortest

Question 59

Which of the following is true of dummy activities?

A)They have long durations. 
B)They show logical relationships between activities. 
C)They have a large range of resources. 
D)They have limited time periods.

Question 60

Which of the following dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities?

A)Mandatory
B)Discretionary  
C)External
D)Inherent

Question 61

In the activity defining process, the project team should review the _____ and activity attributes with project stakeholders before moving on to the next step in project time management.

Question 62

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. 
B)unlike CPM, PERT estimates only when there is no risk of uncertainty. 
C)CPM involves more work than PERT because it requires several duration estimates. 
D)PERT uses different duration estimates whereas CPM uses one specific duration estimate.

Question 63

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
B)crashing  
C)critical chain scheduling
D)feeding buffers

Question 64

In project time management, the process of _____ involves deciding how many people, equipment, and materials a project team should use to perform project activities.

Question 65

_____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.

A)Murphy's Law
B)Miller's Law  
C)Parkinson's Law
D)Einstein's Law

Question 66

Which of the following techniques involve doing activities in parallel that one would normally do in sequence?

A)Critical chain scheduling
B)Crashing  
C)Fast tracking
D)PERT analysis

Question 67

Which of the following is an output of schedule control?

A)Lessons-learned reports
B)Activity attributes  
C)Resource requirements
D)Milestones list

Question 68

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
B)feeding buffers  
C)dummy activities
D)fast tracking

Question 69

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. 
B)both invariably result in increases in total project costs. 
C)both can shorten the time needed to finish a project. 
D)both are network diagramming techniques used primarily to predict total project duration.

Question 70

In project procurement management, which of the following is an output of the executing process?

A)Make-or-buy decisions
B)Statements of work  
C)Source selection criteria
D)Resource calendars

Question 71

The _____ is a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule.

Question 72

_____ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.

Question 73

Which of the following is a silimarity between scope control and schedule control?

A)Both are initial processes of project time management. 
B)Both of their primary goals is to define project goals and miestones. 
C)Both are portions of the integrated change control process under project integration management. 
D)Both of these processes should occur before estimating activity durations.

Question 74

In a project schedule, the variable that has the least amount of flexibility is _____.

Question 75

The activity list should include the _____, an activity identifier, and a brief description of the activity.

Question 76

A draft schedule for a project is most likely to be found in a _____.

A)project buffer
B)project charter  
C)resource breakdown structure
D)project's dummy activities list

Question 77

After reviewing the project management plan, project charter, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets, the project team uses expert judgment, analytical techniques, and meetings to develop the _____.

Question 78

In a network diagram, a(n) _____ is the starting and ending point of an activity.

Question 79

The _____ for an activity is the latest possible time an activity might begin without delaying the project finish date.

A)early finish date
B)late finish date  
C)late start date
D)early start date

Question 80

A(n) _____ is a schematic display of the logical relationships among project activities and?their sequencing.