Time Management

Question 0

In this process, the WBS Work Packages are further broken down into _______ or _______.

Answer 0

Activities; Tasks

Question 1

This Key Output outlines the criteria for developing, monitoring, and controlling the project ________. It can be either _______ or _______ plan, and may be either very detailed or broad.

Answer 1

schedule; formal; informal

Question 2

The ________ ________ includes ALL the activities that are required for the project in sufficient detail for others to understand what has to be done?

Answer 2

Activity List

Question 3

The technique used to create the Activity List is called _________?

Answer 3

Decomposition

Question 4

________ __________ are details associated with activities; these are progressively elaborated throughout project planning.

Answer 4

Activity Attributes

Question 5

_______ _______ _______ is an iterative planning technique and a form of progressive elaboration where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail and future work is planned at a higher level of the WBS.

Answer 5

Rolling Wave Planning

Question 6

To break down Work Packages into activities, which technique should be used?

Answer 6

Decomposition

Question 7

The network diagram can be created based on the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) using the _____ _____ _______format.

Answer 7

Activity on Node (AON)

Question 8

We can show Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish relationships using which tool?

Answer 8

PDM

Question 9

Dependencies which involve physical limitations are referred to as ______ ______ (or ______ ______)?

Answer 9

Mandatory Dependencies (or Hard Logic)

Question 10

Dependencies which are due to the knowledge and past experience of the team and not because of physical limitations are usually referred to as _______ ________ (or _________ _______)?

Answer 10

Discretionary Dependencies (or Soft Logic)

Question 11

If a dependency is due a factor outside the project, like government approval, it is called ___________ __________?

Answer 11

External Dependency

Question 12

A delay caused in the next/successor activity because of waiting time required to complete the predecessor activity is called a _____?

Answer 12

Lag

Question 13

If we can start an activity before the preceding activity is complete, this is an example of a _______?

Answer 13

Lead

Question 14

If initiation of a successor activity depends on the completion of a predecessor activity, which PDM relationship is this ______ __ ____

Answer 14

Finish-to-Start

Question 15

The most commonly used type of precedence relationship is _________

Answer 15

Finish-to-Start

Question 16

The least commonly used type of precedence relationship is ________?

Answer 16

Start-to-Finish

Question 17

A dependency where there is a relationship between project activities and non-project activities is an _______?

Answer 17

External Dependency

Question 18

A portion of a schedule network is called a _____ -______ or _________ _________

Answer 18

Sub-Network; Fragment Network

Question 19

The process which determines the type and quantity of resources required to perform project activities is called?

Answer 19

Estimate Activity Resources

Question 20

What is the main output of the Estimate Activity Resources process?

Answer 20

Activity Resource Requirements

Question 21

What technique aggregates quantities of resource at lower levels to come up with resource estimates?

Answer 21

Bottom-up Estimating

Question 22

To use Bottom-up Estimating, what are the prerequisites for scope?

Answer 22

Scope should be well-defined; WBS is already created

Question 23

In analogous estimating we use ______ ________ of a previous similar activity or project as the basis for estimating the duration of a future activity/project.

Answer 23

Actual duration

Question 24

Building one floor takes 2 months; so building 12 floors will take 24 months. This is an example of:

Answer 24

Parametric Estimating

Question 25

In Reserve Analysis, we consider whether we need _____ reserves for activities?

Answer 25

Contingency

Question 26

Crashing involves adding more _____ however, this may increase project _______ and risk.

Answer 26

Resources; Cost

Question 27

Fast Tracking involves doing things in parallel that would normally be done in sequence; however, this may increase _________ and increase the chance of _______.

Answer 27

Risk; Rework

Question 28

What is a technique that adjusts the activities of a schedule so that resources requirements do not exceed resource limits. Resource limits are defined as activities that may only be delayed by as much as their float durations; so the Critical Path, and in turn the project’s end date is not affected.

Answer 28

Resource Smoothing

Question 29

Name 2 Modeling Techniques

Answer 29

What-If Scenario Analysis

Simulation

Question 30

Early start and finish dates, and late start and finish dates, for all schedule activities are calculated using the…

Answer 30

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Question 31

Early start and early finish dates are calculated in the ______ _____?

Answer 31

Forward Pass

Question 32

The amount of time that a task can be delayed without delaying the early start of the next task is called?

Answer 32

Total Float

Question 33

From my calculations the Critical Path is 2 months for my project, but my customer had given me 3 months to complete it, so I have…

Answer 33

Positive Project Float of 1 Month

Question 34

If the schedule is modified to account for limited critical resources by adding project buffers, we are using the…

Answer 34

Critical Chain Method (CCM)

Question 35

you need to have a constant level of resources because your company HR policies do not allow for resources fluctuations. The technique used to work within this constraint is referred to as:

Answer 35

Resource Leveling

Question 36

Which diagram is often used by Senior Management Milestone Chart or Gantt Chart?

Answer 36

Milestone Chart

Question 37

If a project has more than one Critical Path, what does it indicate about the project risk?

Answer 37

More Risk

Question 38

Simulation is performed using which analysis?

Answer 38

Monte Carlo

Question 39

The data gathered about the schedule is referred to as…

Answer 39

Work Performance Data

Question 40

Any changes to the schedule need to go through which process?

Answer 40

PICC - Perform Integrated Change Control

Question 41

The main output of the Control Schedule process is called…

Answer 41

Work Performance Information