QUEST A completion of a local government study resides on your critical path. This would most
likely be referred to as:
A Soft logic
B Hard logic
C An external dependency
D A mandatory dependency
E A lost cause
C
QUEST Which of the following can affect network durations?
A Skills of the resource pool
B Calendar dates
C Constraints
D All of the above
E A and B only
E
QUEST Sources for data on activity durations and resource requirements can be gathered from
which of the following:
A Past project records (historical data)
B Commercial techniques (standard practices, rules of thumb)
C Past project team members knowledge (experience, oldtimers)
D All of the above
E A and C only
D
QUEST The erection of foundation formwork before the placement of foundation concrete would be
an example of a _____ dependency.
A Discretionary
B Mandatory
C External
D Soft logic
E Subcontracted
B
QUEST "Hard logic" in the preparation of a network refers to:
A Discretionay dependencies
B External depenencies
C Mandatory dependencies
D All of the above
E A abd B only
C
QUEST The difference between a project and a program is that:
A A program is made up of multiple projects
B A program requires at least three times longer to plan than a project
C A project is a one-shot deal while a program is on-going
D A and C
E B and C
D
QUEST As a control tool, the bar chart (Gantt) methods is most beneficial for:
A rearranging conflicting tasks
B depicting actual versus planned tasks
C showing the outer dependencies of tasks
D A and C.
E A and D
B
QUEST You are managing an internal project where a vice president from the user group is acting
as the sponsor. You have just been informed by your team that the critical path has slipped by
three weeks. You should:
A Immediately inform the sponsor and ask for advice
B Do nothing until the slippage occurs
C See the sponsor after you have evaluated alternatives, recommendations, and performed an
impact analysis
D Look for someone to blame before you see the sponsor
E Inform your senior management of the problem and tell them that you will get back to them
after you assessed the situation
C
QUEST Line of balance charts are used most frequently in:
A Engineering
B Marketing
C Manufacturing
D Accounting
E Contracts and procurement
C
QUEST Which of the following is indicative of negative float?
A The late start date is earlier than the early start date.
B The critical path supports the imposed end date.
C The early finish date is equal to the late finish date.
D When leads are employed in the schedule.
E The project is sinking.
A
QUEST The most frequently used construct in Precedent Diagramming Method is:
A Start to Start.
B Finish to Finish.
C Start to Finish.
D Finish to Start.
E Dummy activity.
D
QUEST The critical path is calculated by
A subtracting the end date of task one from the start date of task two.
B determining which tasks have the least amount of total slack.
C totaling the time for all activities.
D determining the shortest path through the network.
E Determining which tasks have the most slack
B
QUEST Using the table in the Special window, Which task is completed?
A dig hole
B remove debris
C survey
D set forms
E place concrete
B
QUEST Which may be employed to shorten a schedule without changing the scope of the task?
A Fast tracking.
B Crashing
C Releasing resources earlier from tasks which were scheduled with a late start.
D Alter to task priorities.
E A or B
A
