Cm 4101 Nelson

Question 1

The thing to when a schedules actual time exceeds the planned time is to find who did it?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The PERT Technique is a probabilisitic model

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A milestone consumes Time but not Resources

Answer 3

Fasle

Question 4

If the schedule is going better than planned do not need to do anything

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The reason why any two activities must be done in a particular order is termed a constraint.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

One of the effects of Constraints is that they generally increase project cost

Answer 6

True

Question 7

You should only include physical costraints in the initial schedule.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

A layout is a customized view of activity info

Answer 8

True

Question 9

There is only one level of activity detail for a construction project

Answer 9

False

Question 10

You must pick what calender you want for the project and all activities must use this calender

Answer 10

False

Question 11

When you subcontract all the work then the schedule need not to be resource loaded

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The best way to contact me is through email

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The greatest disadvantage of the Gantt Chart was the relationship between activities

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The two companies that first developed the network logic diagrams were dow and the airforce

Answer 14

False

Question 15

only Pert schedules have a critical path

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The way for a p6 schedule to recalculate the schedule data is to go to “tools”, “schedule”

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The menus for p6 are divided into two main parts ____ and ____

Answer 17

enterprise data, project data

Question 18

My new projects are stored in ________

Answer 18

Enterprise Project Strucutre (EPS)

Question 19

There are three main types of relationships, _____, _____ and _____

Answer 19

finish to start, start to start, finish to finish

Question 20

The schedule is the reflection of the _____

Answer 20

Plan

Question 21

Network modes have two main techniques ____ and _____

Answer 21

Precedence Diagramming Method(PDM) and Evaluation and REview Technique (PERT)

Question 22

_____ are the basic building block of the network

Answer 22

Activities

Question 23

What is Lag?

Answer 23

Lag specifies an offset or delay between an activity and its successor.

Question 24

In p6 there are four switched to control the outcome of adding resources. List them

Answer 24

Fixed Duration
Fixed duration & time per unit
fixed units
fixed units/ time

Question 25

It is common that a quick summary for construction is made in Excel. The data is calculated to show the amount of people in a _____ and the ____ in a line Chart

Answer 25

Column Chart, Percent Complete

Question 26

A ____ is the determination of what must be done, how it must be performed, and the sequence order in which it will be performed in order to achieve the objective.

Answer 26

Schedule

Question 27

Give two reasons why you should formally schedule the const project.

Answer 27

get job done in timely order, manage change

Question 28

The scheduling system is made up of 4 parts

Answer 28

plan. do, monitor, control

Question 29

Five major resources a PM/Super must plan for , manage, and control

Answer 29

Labor
Materials
equipment
time 
money

Question 30

Name 4 effects constraints have on a scedule

Answer 30

reduces schduling flexibilty
lengthen project duration
generally increase project cost
confuse basic scheduling logic