You can use various estimating approaches to determine activity durations. When you have a limited amount of information available about your project, especially when in the early phases, the best approach to use is______________
A. Bottom-up estimating B. Analogous estimating C. Reserve analysis D. Parametric analysis
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Although limitations exist with all estimating approach, analogous estimating is often used when there is a limited amount of information for the project. It uses historical information and expert judgment.
Activity A has a duration of three days and begins on the morning of Monday the 4th. The successor activity, B, has a finish-to-start relationship with A. The finish-to-start relationship has three days of lag, and activity B has a duration of four days. Sunday is a non
workday. Such data can help to determine______________
A. The total duration of both activities is 8 days B. Calendar time between the start of A to the finish of B is 11 days C. The finish date of B is Wednesday the 13th D. Calendar time between the start of A to the finish of B is 14 days
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
The duration of A, which is three, is added to the duration of B, which is four, for a total of seven. The three days between the activities is lag and not duration. The lag is a constraint and must be taken into account as part of the network calculations, but it does
not consume resources. The total time by the calendar is 11 days as counted from the morning of Monday the 4th. The lag occurs over Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday is a non workday, so activity B does not start until Monday the 11th. Therefore, the
calendar time is 11 days, and activity B ends on Thursday the 14th.
Your customer wants the project to be completed six months earlier than planned. You believe you can meet this target by overlapping project activities. The approach you plan to use is known as______________
A. Critical chain B. Fast tracking C. Leveling D. Crashing
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Fast tracking is a way to accelerate the project schedule.
Your lead engineer estimates that a work package will most likely require 50 weeks to complete.
It could be completed in 40 weeks if all goes well, but it could take 180 weeks in the worst case.
What is the PERT estimate for the expected duration of the work package?
If, when developing your project schedule, you want to define a distribution of probable results for each schedule activity and use that distribution to calculate another distribution of probable results for the total project, the most common technique to use
is______________
A. PERT B. Monte Carlo analysis C. Linear programming D. Concurrent engineering
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
What-if scenarios (simulation) is a tool and technique for developing schedules by which multiple project durations with different sets of activity assumptions are calculated. Monte Carlo analysis is the most commonly used simulation technique.
Project schedule development is an iterative process. If the start and finish dates are not realistic, the project probably will not finish as planned. You are working with your team to define how to manage schedule changes. You documented your decisions in which
of the following?
A. Schedule change control procedures B. Schedule management plan C. Schedule risk plan D. Service-level agreement
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
The schedule management plan is part of the overall project management plan and defines, among other things, how schedule changes will be managed. Whether it is formal or informal, highly detailed or broadly framed, it generally is based on specific project
needs.
You are planning to conduct the team-building portion of your new project management training curriculum out-of-doors in the local park. You are limited to scheduling the course at certain times of the year, and the best time for the course to begin is mid-July.
One of the more common date constraints to use as you develop the project schedule is______________
A. "Start no earlier than" B. "Finish no earlier than" C. "Fixed late start" D. "Fixed early finish"
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
Imposed dates on schedule activity starts of finishes can be used to restrict the start of finish to occur either no earlier than a specified date or no later than a specified date. Although all four date constraints typically are available in project management software,
“start no earlier than” and “finish no later than” constraints are more commonly used.
You are managing a construction project for a new city water system. The contract requires you to use special titanium piping equipment that is guaranteed not to corrode. The titanium pipe must be resting in the ground a total of 10 days before connectors can be
installed. In this example, the 10-day period is defined as______________
A. Lag B. Lead C. Float D. Slack
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
For example, in a finish-to-start dependency with a 20-day lag, the successor activity cannot start until 20 days after the predecessor has finished.
Your company, which operates one of the region's largest chemical processing plants, has been convicted of illegally dumping toxic substances into the local river. The court has mandated that the required cleanup activities be completed by February 15. This
date is an example of______________
A. A key event B. A milestone C. A discretionary dependency D. An external dependency
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
A milestone is a significant point or event in the project. Milestones may be required by the project sponsor, customer, or other external factors for the completion of certain deliverables. They are similar to schedule activities, with the same structure and
objectives, but they have zero duration as they represent a moment in time.
PMI, PMBOK Guide, 2013, 153
