Project Management Chapter 6 Questions
with Correct Answers A+
a. planning schedule management - ✔✔Which of the following processes involves determining
the policies, procedures, and documentation that will be used for planning, executing, and
controlling the project schedule?
a. planning schedule management
b. defining activities
c. estimating activity resources
d. activity sequencing
d. activity attributes - ✔✔Predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource
requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of .
a. items in an activity list
b. items on a Gantt chart
c. milestone attributes
d. activity attributes
c. discretionary - ✔✔As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping
to develop the project schedule. You decide that writing code for a system should not start until
users sign off on the analysis work. What type of dependency is this?
a. technical
b. mandatory
, c. discretionary
d. external
a. finish-to-start - ✔✔You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes
the first draft. What type of dependency does this represent?
a. finish-to-start
b. start-to-start
c. finish-to-finish
d. start-to-finish
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms. - ✔✔Which of the following statements is false?
a. A resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project's resources
by category and type.
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms.
c. A three-point estimate includes an optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic estimate.
d. A Gantt chart is a common tool for displaying project schedule information.
d. a white diamond - ✔✔What symbol on a Gantt chart represents a slipped milestone?
a. a black arrow
b. a white arrow
c. a black diamond
d. a white diamond
with Correct Answers A+
a. planning schedule management - ✔✔Which of the following processes involves determining
the policies, procedures, and documentation that will be used for planning, executing, and
controlling the project schedule?
a. planning schedule management
b. defining activities
c. estimating activity resources
d. activity sequencing
d. activity attributes - ✔✔Predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource
requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of .
a. items in an activity list
b. items on a Gantt chart
c. milestone attributes
d. activity attributes
c. discretionary - ✔✔As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping
to develop the project schedule. You decide that writing code for a system should not start until
users sign off on the analysis work. What type of dependency is this?
a. technical
b. mandatory
, c. discretionary
d. external
a. finish-to-start - ✔✔You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes
the first draft. What type of dependency does this represent?
a. finish-to-start
b. start-to-start
c. finish-to-finish
d. start-to-finish
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms. - ✔✔Which of the following statements is false?
a. A resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project's resources
by category and type.
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms.
c. A three-point estimate includes an optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic estimate.
d. A Gantt chart is a common tool for displaying project schedule information.
d. a white diamond - ✔✔What symbol on a Gantt chart represents a slipped milestone?
a. a black arrow
b. a white arrow
c. a black diamond
d. a white diamond
