Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 191 You created the logic diagram for your project based on the chart when all of a sudden the person completing activity C says that you must plan for a lag of two weeks after the completion of the activity before starting the next activity. Which of the following would…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 181 A team member comes to you to tell you that there is a problem on her activity. It cannot be started on the day it is scheduled to start. A manager overhears this conversation and reports that the project will be late. Later the project manager completes his own…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 171 Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk? A. Nothing B. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate is accurate. C. Standard deviation tells you how unsure the estimate is. D. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate includes a pad. Answer: C
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 161 During the Define Activities process, the team discovers that they do not know enough to define the activities for 30 percent of the work packages. What would be the BEST course of action? A. Redo the Define Scope process. B. Review the project charter with the sponsor and the…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 151 All of the following relate to controlling the schedule EXCEPT: A. Value analysis. B. Crashing. C. Float. D. Mandatory dependencies. Answer: A
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 141 To control the schedule, a project manager is reanalyzing the project to predict project duration. She does this by analyzing the sequence of activities with the least amount of scheduling flexibility. What technique is she using? A. Critical path method B. Flowchart C. Precedence diagramming D. Work breakdown structure…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 131 What is the duration of a milestone? A. Shorter than the duration of the longest activity B. Shorter than the activity it represents C. There is no duration D. Same length as the activity it represents Answer: C
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 121 As the project manager, you are considering tools and techniques to help control changes to the project schedule. Which of the following would be acceptable options? A. An online system that routes change requests to the appropriate levels for authorization B. A paper form that requires a project stakeholder…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 111 Your boss says that in order to get your new product to market sooner, the project must be completed four months earlier. However, he does not want to shorten the schedule if the project cost will go up more than US $22,000. Provided with the chart, which critical path…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 101 The project manager has a project that is three months behind but is surprisingly markedly under budget. She has decided to try to make up time, but needs to minimize the project risk. What is the BEST thing to do? A. Crash B. Fast track C. Redefine the scope…
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 91 Your team is analyzing the project and comes up with the information in the chart. Which activities are on the critical path?
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Section 4: Time Management QUESTION 81 The float of an activity is determined by: A. Performing a Monte Carlo analysis. B. Determining the waiting time between activities. C. Determining lag. D. Determining the amount of time the activity can be delayed before it delays the critical path. Answer: D
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