CM 4101 FINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
During which of the following process, questions such as what activities should be
scheduled are typically asked and answered?
a. Planning
b. Scheduling
c. Control - Answers -Planning
Using traditional bar charts, it is always easy to tell the logic relationships between
activities.
a. True
b. False - Answers -False
An event consumes
a. Resources
b. Time
c. Both Resources and Time
d. Neither resources nor time - Answers -Neither resources nor time
Which of the following is correct regarding CPM and PERT?
a. The calculations in CPM are non-deterministic and those in PERT are deterministic
b. The calculations in CPM are deterministic and those in PERT are non-deterministic
c. The calculations in both are deterministic
d. The calculations in both are non-deterministic - Answers -The calculations in CPM
are deterministic and those in PERT are non-deterministic
Assume A is a milestone of a project, which of the following statement(s) can be true?
a. A may take 3 days
b. A needs one mason and two helpers to finish
c. A costs $2,000
d. A can at least be crashed by 1 day
c. None of the above - Answers -None of the Above
An activity's scheduled early start time is at the beginning of day 10. Its duration is 5
days. Its total float is 7 days. If the activity is actually finished at the end of day 21,
which of the following statement(s) must be true?
a. The project will be delayed because of this activity
b. The status of this activity will not cause a possible delay to the entire project
c. The early start time of the successors of this activity will be delayed
, d. None of the above - Answers -The status of this activity will not cause a possible
delay to the entire project
The forward pass along in the Critical Path Method can be used to determine
a. Total Float
b. Activity early finish time
c. Activity late finish time
d. None of the above - Answers -Total Float
Arrow diagrams use link to represent activities
a. True
b. False - Answers -True
Choose all that are NOT true to a non-critical activity (Assume the total float of critical
activities is zero)
a. Total float is not equal to zero
b. Total float is smaller than free float
c. Free float is always equal to zero
d. Lag is always equal to zero
e. None of the above - Answers -Free float is always equal to zero;
Lag is always equal to zero
After resource leveling, the duration of a project may be changed?
a. True
b. False
c. Cannot be determined - Answers -False
A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is:
a. Scheduling determines what is going to be done, and planning determines how to do
b. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines what to do
c. Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do,
and by whom
d. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines by whom - Answers -c.
Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do, and
by whom
What is not true about classic bar charts?
a. Bar charts use a time-scaled presentation
b. Bar charts often directly show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
During which of the following process, questions such as what activities should be
scheduled are typically asked and answered?
a. Planning
b. Scheduling
c. Control - Answers -Planning
Using traditional bar charts, it is always easy to tell the logic relationships between
activities.
a. True
b. False - Answers -False
An event consumes
a. Resources
b. Time
c. Both Resources and Time
d. Neither resources nor time - Answers -Neither resources nor time
Which of the following is correct regarding CPM and PERT?
a. The calculations in CPM are non-deterministic and those in PERT are deterministic
b. The calculations in CPM are deterministic and those in PERT are non-deterministic
c. The calculations in both are deterministic
d. The calculations in both are non-deterministic - Answers -The calculations in CPM
are deterministic and those in PERT are non-deterministic
Assume A is a milestone of a project, which of the following statement(s) can be true?
a. A may take 3 days
b. A needs one mason and two helpers to finish
c. A costs $2,000
d. A can at least be crashed by 1 day
c. None of the above - Answers -None of the Above
An activity's scheduled early start time is at the beginning of day 10. Its duration is 5
days. Its total float is 7 days. If the activity is actually finished at the end of day 21,
which of the following statement(s) must be true?
a. The project will be delayed because of this activity
b. The status of this activity will not cause a possible delay to the entire project
c. The early start time of the successors of this activity will be delayed
, d. None of the above - Answers -The status of this activity will not cause a possible
delay to the entire project
The forward pass along in the Critical Path Method can be used to determine
a. Total Float
b. Activity early finish time
c. Activity late finish time
d. None of the above - Answers -Total Float
Arrow diagrams use link to represent activities
a. True
b. False - Answers -True
Choose all that are NOT true to a non-critical activity (Assume the total float of critical
activities is zero)
a. Total float is not equal to zero
b. Total float is smaller than free float
c. Free float is always equal to zero
d. Lag is always equal to zero
e. None of the above - Answers -Free float is always equal to zero;
Lag is always equal to zero
After resource leveling, the duration of a project may be changed?
a. True
b. False
c. Cannot be determined - Answers -False
A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is:
a. Scheduling determines what is going to be done, and planning determines how to do
b. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines what to do
c. Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do,
and by whom
d. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines by whom - Answers -c.
Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do, and
by whom
What is not true about classic bar charts?
a. Bar charts use a time-scaled presentation
b. Bar charts often directly show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
