Chapter 12

Question 1

The shortest time necessary to complete all of the activities in a network is called the:
A. Activity duration length
B. Critical path
C. Maximum slack path
D. Compression path

Answer 1

Critical Path

Question 2

Which of the following  cannot be identified after performing a forward and backward
pass?
A. Dummy activities
B. Slack time
C. Critical path activities
D. How much overtime is planned

Answer 2

how much overtime is planned

Question 3

Which of the following is not a commonly used technique for schedule compression?
A. Resource reduction
B. Reducing scope
C. Fast-tracking activities
D. Use of overtime

Answer 3

resource reduction

Question 4

A network-based schedule has four paths, namely 7, 8, 9, and 10 weeks. If the 10-week
path is compressed to 8 weeks, then:
A. We now have two critical paths.
B. The 9-week path is now the critical path.
C. Only the 7-week path has slack.
D. Not enough information is provided to make a determination

Answer 4

not enough information is provided to make a determination

Question 5

The major disadvantage of using bar charts to manage a project is that bar charts:
A. Do not show dependencies between activities
B. Are ineffective for projects under one year in length
C. Are ineffective for projects under $1 million in size
D. Do not identify start and end dates of a schedule

Answer 5

do not show discrepancies between activities

Question 6

The first step in the development of a schedule is a:
A. Listing of the activities
B. Determination of dependencies
C. Calculation of effort
D. Calculation of durations

Answer 6

listing of activities

Question 7

Reducing the peaks and valleys in manpower assignments in order to obtain a relatively
smooth manpower curve is called:
A. Manpower allocation
B. Manpower leveling
C. Resource allocation
D. Resource commitment planning

Answer 7

manpower leveling

Question 8

Activities with no time duration are called:
A. Reserve activities
B. Dummy activities
C. Zero slack activities
D. Supervision activities

Answer 8

Dummy activities

Question 9

Optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely activity times are associated with:
A. PERT
B. GERT
C. PDM
D. ADM

Answer 9

PERT

Question 10

The most common “constraint” or relationship in a precedence network is:
A. Start-to-start
B. Start-to-finish
C. Finish-to-start
D. Finish-to-finish

Answer 10

finish-to-start

Question 11

A network-based technique that allows for branching and looping is:
A. PERT
B. GERT
C. PDM
D. ADM

Answer 11

GERT

Question 12

If an activity on the critical path takes longer than anticipated, then:
A. Activities not on the critical path have additional slack.
B. Activities not on the critical path have less slack.
C. Additional critical path activities will appear.
D. None of the above.

Answer 12

Activities not on the critical path have additional slack

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the three types of dependencies?
A. Mandatory
B. Discretionary
C. Internal
D. External

Answer 13

Internal

Question 14

You have an activity where the early start is week 6, the early finish is week 10, the latest
start is week 14, and the latest finish is week 18. The slack in this activity is:
A. 4 weeks
B. 6 weeks
C. 8 weeks
D. 18 weeks

Answer 14

8 weeks