Chapter 6

Question 1

True or False. Plan Schedule Management is the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule.

Answer 1

True.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an emerging practice for project scheduling?

A) On-demand scheduling
B) Iterative scheduling with a backlog
C) Agile-method scheduling

Answer 2

C) Agile-method scheduling

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT considered as scale factors?

A) general population
B) team size
C) organizational complexity
D) geographic distribution
E) regulatory compliance

Answer 3

A) general population

Question 4

Which of the following dependencies involve a precedence relationship between project activities and are generally inside the project team’s control?

A) External
B) Internal
C) Discretionary
D) Mandatory

Answer 4

B) Internal

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a consideration when estimating duration?

A) Number of resources
B) Advances in technology
C) Law of diminishing returns
D) Agile method
E) Motivation of staff

Answer 5

D) Agile method

Question 6

Which definition best describes analogous estimating?

A) a technique for estimating duration or cost of an activity or a project using predictive modeling
B) a technique for estimating duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data
C) a technique for estimating duration or cost of an activity or a project using iterative methods
D) a technique for estimating duration or cost of an activity or a project using project management methods

Answer 6

B) a technique for estimating duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data

Question 7

What is the formula for triangular distribution?

Answer 7

tE=(tO + tM + tP) / 3

Question 8

When is triangular distribution used?

A) there is insufficient historical data
B) when information is available
C) when expert judgement is needed

Answer 8

A) there is insufficient historical data

Question 9

Developing an acceptable project schedule is a/an ____ process.

A) strenuous
B) adaptive
C) common
D) iterative

Answer 9

D) iterative

Question 10

Which best describes the definition of crashing?

A) used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources
B) technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration

Answer 10

A) used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources