Question 1

_____ have no duration and no resources but are occasionally needed on AOA network diagrams to show logical relationships between activities.

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The answer of  _____ have no duration and no resources...

Question 2

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

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Question 3

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 4

Which technique involves 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 5

Which law 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 6

In project schedule 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 7

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

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Question 8

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 schedule management.

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The answer of  In the activity defining process, the project...

Question 9

Which is a similarity 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 10

Which 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 11

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

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Question 12

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

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Question 13

Which is a similarity between the crashing and fast tracking?

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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 14

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

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Question 15

How does critical chain scheduling protect tasks on the critical chain from being delayed?

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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 16

Where would a draft schedule for a project most likely be found?

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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 17

What is an accurate difference between the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM)?

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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 18

Which technique is used for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost?

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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 19

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

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Question 20

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

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Quiz 6: Project Schedule Management