Chapter 3

Question 1

which were completed by Bechtel

Answer 1

ALL were projects

Question 2

phases of project management are

Answer 2

planning scheduling and controlling

Question 3

following is NOT one of the phases of project management

Answer 3

budgeting

Question 4

a project organization

Answer 4

is effective for companies with multiple large projects

Question 5

Ethical issues that may arise in projects large and small include

Answer 5

all of the above

Question 6

the project organization works best when which of the following conditions are satisfied

Answer 6

i, iii, v

Question 7

a project organization that becomes permanent is often referred to as a

Answer 7

matrix organization

Question 8

statements regarding Gantt charts is true

Answer 8

are visual devices that show duration of activities in a project

Question 9

the control of projects involves close monitoring of which

Answer 9

all of the above

Question 10

regarding critical paths is true

Answer 10

on the specific project, there can be multiple critical paths, all with exactly the same duration

Question 11

Activity D on a CPM

Answer 11

D is critical, and has zero slack

Question 12

regarding CPM networks is true

Answer 12

if a specific project has multiple critical paths, all of them have the same duration

Question 13

the time an activity will take assuming very unfavorable conditions

Answer 13

pessimistic time

Question 14

the ______ distribution is used by PERT analysis to calculate expected activity times and variances

Answer 14

beta

Question 15

regarding PERT times is true

Answer 15

optimistic time estimate is an estimate of the minimum time an activity will require

Question 16

in a PERT network, non critical activities that have little slack need to be monitored closesly

Answer 16

B/c near critical paths could become critical paths with small delays in these activities

Question 17

regarding time cost trade-offs in CPM networks is true

Answer 17

crashing shortens the project duration by assigning more resources to one or more of the critical tasks

Question 18

construction project to rebuild the pentagon

Answer 18

Project Phoenix

Question 19

normal duration is 13 days can be shortened to 10 days,

Answer 19

$500