PROJECT MANAGEMENT THE
MANAGERIAL PROCESS COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Critical path
Answer: The longest activity path(s) through the network. The critical
path can be distinguished by identifying the collection of activities that
all have the same minimum slack
●● Late finish (LF)
Answer: The latest an activity can finish and not delay a following
activity (LF = LS + DUR)
●● Late start (LS)
Answer: The latest an activity can start and not delay a following
activity. It is the largest late finish (LF) of all activities immediately
preceding it (LS = LF - DUR)
●● Early finish (EF)
Answer: The earliest an activity can finish if all its preceding activities
are finished by their early finish times (EF = ES + DUR)
,●● Early Start Date (ES)
Answer: The earliest an activity can start. It is the largest early finish of
all its immediate predecessors (ES = EF - DUR)
●● Merge Activity
Answer: An activity that has more than one activity immediately
preceding it
●● Parallel activity
Answer: One or more activities that can be carried on concurrently or
simultaneously.
●● Burst activity
Answer: An activity that has more than one activity immediately
following it.
●● Activity-on-Node (AON)
Answer: Method for drawing project networks. The activity is on the
node (rectangle).
●● Activity-on-arrow (AOA)
Answer: Method for drawing project networks. The activity is shown as
an arrow.
, ●● Forward Pass—Earliest Times
Answer: -How soon can the activity start? (early start—ES)
-How soon can the activity finish? (early finish—EF)
-How soon can the project finish? (expected time—ET)
●● Backward Pass—Latest Times
Answer: - How late can the activity start? (late start—LS)
- How late can the activity finish? (late finish—LF)
- Which activities represent the critical path?
- How long can the activity be delayed? (slack or float— SL)
●● Total slack
Answer: The amount of time an activity can be delayed and not affect
the project duration.
●● Sensitivity
Answer: The likelihood that the critical path(s) will change once the
project begins to be implemented
●● Free slack (FS)
Answer: The amount of time that a specific activity can be delayed
without delaying the earliest start time of its immediately succeeding
activities; the relative difference between the amounts of total slack for
MANAGERIAL PROCESS COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Critical path
Answer: The longest activity path(s) through the network. The critical
path can be distinguished by identifying the collection of activities that
all have the same minimum slack
●● Late finish (LF)
Answer: The latest an activity can finish and not delay a following
activity (LF = LS + DUR)
●● Late start (LS)
Answer: The latest an activity can start and not delay a following
activity. It is the largest late finish (LF) of all activities immediately
preceding it (LS = LF - DUR)
●● Early finish (EF)
Answer: The earliest an activity can finish if all its preceding activities
are finished by their early finish times (EF = ES + DUR)
,●● Early Start Date (ES)
Answer: The earliest an activity can start. It is the largest early finish of
all its immediate predecessors (ES = EF - DUR)
●● Merge Activity
Answer: An activity that has more than one activity immediately
preceding it
●● Parallel activity
Answer: One or more activities that can be carried on concurrently or
simultaneously.
●● Burst activity
Answer: An activity that has more than one activity immediately
following it.
●● Activity-on-Node (AON)
Answer: Method for drawing project networks. The activity is on the
node (rectangle).
●● Activity-on-arrow (AOA)
Answer: Method for drawing project networks. The activity is shown as
an arrow.
, ●● Forward Pass—Earliest Times
Answer: -How soon can the activity start? (early start—ES)
-How soon can the activity finish? (early finish—EF)
-How soon can the project finish? (expected time—ET)
●● Backward Pass—Latest Times
Answer: - How late can the activity start? (late start—LS)
- How late can the activity finish? (late finish—LF)
- Which activities represent the critical path?
- How long can the activity be delayed? (slack or float— SL)
●● Total slack
Answer: The amount of time an activity can be delayed and not affect
the project duration.
●● Sensitivity
Answer: The likelihood that the critical path(s) will change once the
project begins to be implemented
●● Free slack (FS)
Answer: The amount of time that a specific activity can be delayed
without delaying the earliest start time of its immediately succeeding
activities; the relative difference between the amounts of total slack for
