ISA Utility Specialist Ch. 2 Program
and Personnel Management
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Means to justify the allocation of resources, set priorities, and make decisions regarding what
can and cannot be completed. - correct answer ✔✔Budget
Monetary outlay for relatively large sums of money invested over multiple years. - correct
answer ✔✔Capital budget
Completing all necessary line clearance on a feeder or circuit basis. - correct answer ✔✔Circuit
work
Depiction of the concept of triple constraint in project management, consisting of time, cost,
and scope. - correct answer ✔✔Constraint triangle
A legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties. Every contract has five basic
elements: offer, acceptance, consideration, legal and possible objective, and competent parties.
- correct answer ✔✔Contract
Accounting configuration for expenditures that do not generate income. - correct answer
✔✔Cost center
In project management, the longest period of time a series of task requires from project
beginning to end. - correct answer ✔✔Critical path
, A proposal or plan that outlines project expenditures, outputs, and alternatives, which receive
funding in order of priority. - correct answer ✔✔Decision package
Relationships that dictate when tasks in the work breakdown structure begin and end. - correct
answer ✔✔Dependencies
Contract without a separation date. - correct answer ✔✔Evergreen contract
Layered mapping application consisting of a base map and overlays, containing features and
information that can be viewed singularly or in combination. - correct answer ✔✔Geographic
information system (GPS)
Distribution cycle work preformed within a specified geographic boundary. - correct answer
✔✔Grid work
Process by which limited tree work is scheduled on a specific area of the network where shorts
or outages are occurring. - correct answer ✔✔Hotspotting
Contractual target against which a contractor is evaluated. It can include unit price components
(i.e. cost per tree, acre, or mile), as well as elements, such as work quality, customer
satisfaction, reliability, safety, certifications, or other factors. - correct answer ✔✔Key
performance indicator (KPI)
Organization of employees that collectively negotiate wages, benefits, working conditions, and
other matters. - correct answer ✔✔Labor union
Contractural strategy where vendors submit a single price for a set amount of work (e.g. project
or the entire account for a specified period of time). - correct answer ✔✔Lump sum contract
and Personnel Management
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Means to justify the allocation of resources, set priorities, and make decisions regarding what
can and cannot be completed. - correct answer ✔✔Budget
Monetary outlay for relatively large sums of money invested over multiple years. - correct
answer ✔✔Capital budget
Completing all necessary line clearance on a feeder or circuit basis. - correct answer ✔✔Circuit
work
Depiction of the concept of triple constraint in project management, consisting of time, cost,
and scope. - correct answer ✔✔Constraint triangle
A legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties. Every contract has five basic
elements: offer, acceptance, consideration, legal and possible objective, and competent parties.
- correct answer ✔✔Contract
Accounting configuration for expenditures that do not generate income. - correct answer
✔✔Cost center
In project management, the longest period of time a series of task requires from project
beginning to end. - correct answer ✔✔Critical path
, A proposal or plan that outlines project expenditures, outputs, and alternatives, which receive
funding in order of priority. - correct answer ✔✔Decision package
Relationships that dictate when tasks in the work breakdown structure begin and end. - correct
answer ✔✔Dependencies
Contract without a separation date. - correct answer ✔✔Evergreen contract
Layered mapping application consisting of a base map and overlays, containing features and
information that can be viewed singularly or in combination. - correct answer ✔✔Geographic
information system (GPS)
Distribution cycle work preformed within a specified geographic boundary. - correct answer
✔✔Grid work
Process by which limited tree work is scheduled on a specific area of the network where shorts
or outages are occurring. - correct answer ✔✔Hotspotting
Contractual target against which a contractor is evaluated. It can include unit price components
(i.e. cost per tree, acre, or mile), as well as elements, such as work quality, customer
satisfaction, reliability, safety, certifications, or other factors. - correct answer ✔✔Key
performance indicator (KPI)
Organization of employees that collectively negotiate wages, benefits, working conditions, and
other matters. - correct answer ✔✔Labor union
Contractural strategy where vendors submit a single price for a set amount of work (e.g. project
or the entire account for a specified period of time). - correct answer ✔✔Lump sum contract
