Time Management Test1
Time Management Test1
Time Management Test1
Practice Exam
1. 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 techniques is she using?
A. Critical path method
B. Flowchart
C. Precedence diagramming
D. Work breakdown structure
2. A dependency requiring that design be completed before manufacturing can start is
an example of a:
A. discretionary dependency
B. external dependency
C. mandatory dependency
D. scope dependency
3. Which of the following are GENERALLY illustrated BETTER by bar charts than
network diagrams?
A. Logical relationship
B. Critical paths
C. Resource trade-offs
D. Progress or status
4. If the optimistic estimate for an activity is 12days, and the pessimistic estimate is
18days, what is the standard deviation of this activity?
A. 1
B. 1.3
C. 6
D. 3
5. A heuristic is best described as a:
A. control tool
B. scheduling method
C. planning tool
D. rule of thumb
6. Lag means:
A. the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project
finish
date
25. During activity definition, a team member identifies an activity that needs to be
accomplished. However, another team member believes that the activity is not part
of the project as he interprets the project scope statement. What is the BEST thing
for the project manager to do?
A. try to build the consensus of the team
B. make the decision herself
C. ask the sponsor for clarification
D. ask senior management for clarification
26. You are a project manager on a U.S. $5,000,000 software development project.
While working with your project team to develop a network disgram, you notice a
series of activities that can be worked in parallel but must finish in a specific
sequence.
What type of activity sequencing method is required for these activities?
A. precedence diagramming method
B. arrow diagramming method
C. critical path method
D. operational diagramming method
27. You are a project manager on a U.S. $5,000,000 software development project.
While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, your data
architects suggest that quality could be improved if the data model is approved by
senior management before moving on to other design elements. They support this
suggestion with an article from a leading software development journal. Which of
the following BEST describes what this type of input is called?
A. mandatory dependency
B. discretionary dependency
C. external dependency
D. heuristic
28. Based on the following, if you need to shorten the duration of the project, what
activity would you try to shorten?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Estimate (in
Weeks)
1
2
6
10
1
Dummy
2
3
9
1
activity start-B
Activity A-D
Activity E-END
Activity C-E
29. You have a project with the following activities: Activity A takes 40 hours and can
start after the project starts. Activity B takes 25 hours and should happen after the
project Starts .Activity C must happen after activity A and takes 35 hours. Activity
D must happen after activity B and C and takes 30 hours. Activity E must take place
after activity C and takes 10 hours. Activity F takes place after Activity E and takes
22 hours. Activities F and D are the last activities of the project. Which of the
following is TRUE if activity B actually takes 37 hours?
A. the critical path is 67 hours
B. the critical path changes to Start , B, D, End
C. the critical path is Start,A,C,E,F,End
D. the critical path increases by 12 hours
30. A project manager has received activity duration estimates from his team. Which of
the following does he need in order to complete schedule development?
A. change requests
B. schedule change control system
C. recommended corrective actions
D. reserves
31. A project manager is taking over a project from another project manager during the
planning process group. If the new project manager wants to see what the previous
project manager planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be BEST
to look at the:
A. communications management plan
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39. A project manager for a small constructions company has a project that was
budgeted for U.S.$130,000 over a six week period. According to her schedule, the
project should have cost U.S.$60,000 to date. However, it has cost U.S.$90,000 to
date. The project is also behind schedule, because the original estimates were not
accurate. Who has the PRIMARY responsibility to solve this problem?
A. project manager
B. senior management
C. project sponsor
D. manager of the project management office
40. Your organization is having a difficult time managing all of its projects. You have
been asked to help senior management understand this. Which of the following
types of reports would help provide summary information to senior management?
A. detailed cost estimates
B. project management plans
C. bar charts
D. milestone reports
41. Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is
called:
A. crashing
B. floating
C. leveling
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Figure
This diagram has two paths: Start, 1, 2, 3 End and Start, 1, 4, End. The length of the first
path is 10 and the second is nine making the first path critical and the duration of the
critical path 10. Notice that almost every other answer someone could pick is also listed.
21. Answer B
Explanation If activity 4 now takes 10 weeks instead of eight, the critical path
would change to Start, 1, 4 End and be 11 weeks long.
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Figure
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The critical path is 15(Start-C, C-E, E-End) and runs across the dummy (yes that can
happen). Without any other information to suggest another alternative, it is best to try to
shorten the longest activity on the critical path, activity E-End (choice C).
You may have selected activity A-D (choice B) because it is the longest activity, but
notice that shortening it will not change the length of the project. You may not have
understood a dummy and tried to look for the longest path that does not includes a
dummy. If you did, you would have found that Start-B,B-E,E-End and Start-A,A-D,DEnd
are the same length.
29. Answer C
Explanation Did you notice how difficult this question was to read? Such wording is
intentional, to prepare you for interpreting questions on the real exam. Looking at this
situation, you see that there are three paths through the network. They are Star,A,C,E,F
End with a duration of 40 + 35 + 10 + 22 or 107,Start,A,C,D,End with a duration of
40+35+30 or 105, and Start,B,D,End with a duration of 25+30 or 55. If the duration of
the activity B changes from 25 to 37, the activity will 12 hours longer. As the activity is
only on the third path, it will only change the duration of that path from 55 to 55 + 12 or
67 hours. Since the duration of the critical path is 107 hours, the delay with activity B
will have no impact on the project timeline or the current critical path.
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32. Answer B
Explanation PERT uses a weighted average.
33. Answer D
Explanation Choice A is the same thing as create a network diagram. Choice B is
another name for scope verification, and is done during the monitoring and controlling
process group, not during project planning. Since a schedule is an input to risk
management, choice D comes after choice C and so it is not the next thing to do. The
only remaining choice is C.
34. Answer D
Explanation The question is really asking, What is done after activity duration
estimation? Choices A and B are done before activity duration estimating. Duration
compression (choice D) occurs before finalizing the schedule (choice C) and is, therefore,
the best answer.
35. Answer D
Explanation Notice how this question and the one previous seem very similar. This is
intended to prepare you for similar questions on the exam. Choices B and C should have
already been completed. The situation described is within the schedule development
process of time management Choice A is the next time process after schedule
development, but schedule development is not finished. Final approval (choice D) of then
schedule by the stakeholders is needed before one has a project schedule.
36. Answer A
Explanation Past history is being used to calculate an estimate.Monte Carlo (choice
D) relates to what-if analysis. Choice B uses three time estimates per activity. One could
use past history to come up with the estimate (choice C) but the best answer is choice A
because an estimate such as hours per installation is a chief characteristic of parametric
estimates.
37. Answer D
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