Deck 6: Project Time Management

Question 1

Every item on the WBS needs to be on the network diagram.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Duration only includes the actual amount of time worked on an activity.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

After defining project activities,the next step in project time management is sequencing them or determining their dependencies.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The main outputs of estimating activity resources include the activity list and attributes,project scope statement,milestone list,and organizational process assets.

Question 5

Many information technology projects are failures in terms of meeting scope,time,and cost projections.

Question 6

Managers often cite cost issues during the end phase of a project as one of their biggest challenges and the main cause of conflict.

Question 7

Schedule performance can be estimated by subtracting the original time estimate from how long it really took to complete the project.

Question 8

It is not necessary to complete all of theactivities on the network diagram in order for the project to finish.

Question 9

Activity information is not a required input to the other time management processes.

Question 10

It is important that the people who help determine what resources are necessary include people who have experience and expertise in similar projects and with the organization performing the project.

Question 11

The outputs to schedule development include activity duration estimates and project document updates.

Question 12

Different cultures may have different perceptions of work ethic.

Question 13

Individual work styles and cultural differences may cause schedule conflicts.

Question 14

Even though the delivery of new hardware may not be in the scope of a project,you should add an external dependency to it if required project activities depend on that delivery.

Question 15

It only takes one activity to complete a milestone.

Question 16

Project schedules grow out of the basic documents that initiate a project.

Question 17

The arrows in a network diagram represent the activity sequencing or relationships between tasks.

Question 18

Start-to-finish relationships are the most common type of relationships.

Question 19

Network diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity discretionary dependencies.

Question 20

Most managers are unfamiliar with any forms of scheduling.

Question 21

There are ____ main processes involved in project time management.

A)two
B)four
C)six
D)ten

Question 22

The 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)sequencing activities
C)estimating activity resources
D)estimating activity durations

Question 23

In a Gantt chart created in Microsoft Project,a black diamond symbol represents a milestone.

Question 24

One of PERT's main disadvantages is that it involves more work than CPM.

Question 25

Outputs from ____ include work performance measurements,organizational process assets updates,change requests,project management plan updates,and project document updates.

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

Question 26

____ involves identifying the specific activities that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables.

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Estimating activity resources
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 27

A fast and easy way to determine early and late start and finish dates and free and total slack amounts for activities is by using project management software.

Question 28

The ____ provide(s)schedule-related information about each activity,such as predecessors,successors,logical relationships,leads and lags,resource requirements,constraints,imposed dates,and assumptions related to the activity.

A)activity list
B)milestones
C)activity descriptions
D)activity attributes

Question 29

Project management software does not have the capacity to automatically generate network diagrams and calculate the critical path(s)for the project.

Question 30

____ involves analyzing activity sequences,activity resource estimates,and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule.

A)Estimating activity durations
B)Developing the schedule
C)Controlling the schedule
D)Estimating activity resources

Question 31

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

Question 32

Fast tracking can end up lengthening the project schedule.

Question 33

____ involves controlling and managing changes to the project schedule.

A)Estimating activity durations
B)Developing the schedule
C)Controlling the schedule
D)Estimating activity resources

Question 34

By using the PERT weighted average for each activity duration estimate,the total project duration estimate does not account for the risk or uncertainty in the individual activity estimates.

Question 35

____ involves identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities.

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Estimating activity resources
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 36

The main outputs of the ____ process are an activity list,activity attributes,and milestone list.

A)defining activities
B)sequencing activities
C)resource estimating activities
D)duration estimating activities

Question 37

____ involves estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities.

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Estimating activity resources
D)Estimating activity durations

Question 38

The critical path always includes the most critical activities.

Question 39

Most projects have one path through a network diagram.

Question 40

Many projects,especially in information technology,have very unrealistic schedule expectations.

Question 41

In a ____ relationship,the "from" activity must finish before the "to" activity can start.

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

Question 42

____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node.

A)Combinations
B)Conflicts
C)Merges
D)Bursts

Question 43

In a ____ relationship,the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity is started.

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

Question 44

____ results in supporting detail to document important product information as well as assumptions and constraints related to specific activities.

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Estimating activity resources
D)Estimating activity duration

Question 45

____ dependencies are inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project.

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

Question 46

____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following activities.

A)Total slack
B)Total float
C)Free time
D)Free slack

Question 47

____ 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)Critical chain scheduling
D)PERT analysis

Question 48

The ____ is a network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities.

A)PDM
B)AOA
C)ADM
D)POA

Question 49

In a ____ relationship,one task cannot finish before another finishes.

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

Question 50

A ____ is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project's resources by category and type.

A)work breakdown structure
B)resource breakdown structure
C)network diagram
D)critical path analysis

Question 51

On a network diagram,all arrowheads should face toward the ____.

A)top
B)left
C)right
D)bottom

Question 52

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

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

Question 53

The ultimate goal of ____ is to create a realistic project schedule that provides a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project.

A)defining activities
B)sequencing activities
C)developing the schedule
D)estimating activity duration

Question 54

____ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.

A)A Gantt chart
B)Critical path analysis
C)Critical chain scheduling
D)PERT analysis

Question 55

____ involves evaluating the reasons for dependencies and the different types of dependencies.

A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Estimating activity resources
D)Estimating activity duration

Question 56

The critical path is the ____ path through a network diagram,and it represents the ____ time it takes to complete a project.

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

Question 57

____ 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)Total time
D)Free slack

Question 58

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

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

Question 59

____ dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities.

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

Question 60

The activity list,activity attributes,activity resource requirements,resource calendars,project scope statement,enterprise environmental factors,and organizational process assets all include information that affect ____.

A)definitions
B)sequences
C)resource estimates
D)duration estimates

Question 61

____ use(s)probabilistic time estimates-duration estimates based on using optimistic,most likely,and pessimistic estimates of activity durations-instead of one specific or discrete duration estimate.

A)Critical Path Analysis
B)Gantt charts
C)Critical Chain Scheduling
D)PERT

Question 62

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

Question 63

In a(n)____________________ relationship,the "from" activity must start before the "to" activity can be finished.

Question 64

____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.

A)Murphy's Law
B)Newton's Law
C)Parkinson's Law
D)Moore's Law

Question 65

____ involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence.

A)Crushing
B)Crashing
C)Fast tracking
D)Expediting

Question 66

____ is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.

A)Crushing
B)Crashing
C)Fast tracking
D)Expediting

Question 67

____ is a method of scheduling that considers limited resources when creating a project schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion date.

A)A Gantt chart
B)Critical path analysis
C)Critical chain scheduling
D)PERT analysis

Question 68

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

Question 69

Project management software highlights the critical path in ____ on a network diagram.

A)blue
B)yellow
C)green
D)red

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

______________________________ involves estimating how many people,equipment,and materials a project team should use to perform project activities.

Question 73

In the activity definition 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 74

Project managers must use discipline to control ____.

A)project bursts
B)project schedules
C)project critical paths
D)project dependencies

Question 75

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 76

Outputs of ______________________________ include activity duration estimates and project document updates.

Question 77

Project managers often illustrate progress with a ____ showing key deliverables and activities.

A)Tracking Gantt chart
B)Gantt chart
C)network diagram
D)PERT chart

Question 78

A(n)____________________ is a schematic display of the logical relationships among,or sequencing of,project activities.

Question 79

The goal of ____ is to know the status of the schedule,influence the factors that cause schedule changes,determine that the schedule has changed,and manage changes when they occur.

A)activity duration estimating
B)schedule development
C)schedule control
D)activity resource estimating

Question 80

____________________ is the one variable in project scheduling that has the least amount of flexibility.