Question 1

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

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

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

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Question 4

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

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Question 5

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

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Question 6

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.

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Critical chain scheduling protects tasks on the critical chain from being delayed by using feeding buffers, which consist of time added before tasks on the critical chain if they are preceded by other tasks that are not on the critical path.

Question 7

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.

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Question 8

Which of the following is an output of schedule control?

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The main outputs of schedule control include work performance measurements, organizational process assets updates such as lessons-learned reports related to schedule control, change requests, project management plan updates, and project documents updates.

Question 9

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

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One of the first reality checks for a project manager is to review the draft schedule that is usually included in the project charter. Although this draft schedule might include only a project start and end date, the project charter sets some initial schedule expectations for the project.

Question 10

A similarity between the crashing technique and the fast tracking technique is that:

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The main advantage of fast tracking, like crashing, is that it can shorten the time needed to finish a project.

Question 11

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

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Like scope control, schedule control is a portion of the integrated change control process under project integration management. Controlling the schedule is the final process in project time management.

Question 12

A difference between the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM) is that:

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PERT uses 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, as CPM does.

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

_____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.

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Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time allowed.

Question 15

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

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Question 16

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

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Fast tracking involves doing activities in parallel that one would normally do in sequence. The main advantage of fast tracking is that it can shorten the time needed to finish a project.

Question 17

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 _____.

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Crashing is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost. The main advantage of crashing is shortening the time needed to finish a project.

Question 18

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

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Question 19

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 _____.

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Question 20

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

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Quiz 6: Project Time Management