CM 4100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is - Answer -Scheduling
determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do and by whom
What is not true about bar charts? - Answer -Bar charts often directly show material
consumption of each activity., Bar charts can show the relationships of each activity.
What is not true about an activity? - Answer -An activity usually does not need to be
measurable.
What is not true about an event? - Answer -An event usually takes time.
An event usually consumes resources.
An event is an activity.
An event cannot have a start time or a finish time
What statements about a work breakdown structure (WBS) are true - Answer -A WBS
describes the entire scope of the project.
A WBS helps to organize project activities.
What are the major types of activities? - Answer -Production/construction
Procurement
Management
Order the list to show the logic sequence for developing a network model. - Answer -
Define activities; Order activities; Establish activity relationships and draw a network
diagram; Determine quantities and assign durations to activities; Assign resources and
costs; Calculate early and late start/finish times; Compute float values and identify the
critical path; Schedule activity start/finish times
The conditions of limited resource availability dictate certain activities cannot be
performed simultaneously. This is, - Answer -Resource constraints
To order activities, for each identified activity, what do we need to determine: - Answer
-What activities precede it?
What activities must follow it?
What activities can be concurrent with it?
There are four activities, A, B, C, and D (See Figure 1). B depends on A. C depends on
A. D depends on B. Which of the following are true? - Answer -A is IPA of B.
B is IPA of D.
A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is - Answer -Scheduling
determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do and by whom
What is not true about bar charts? - Answer -Bar charts often directly show material
consumption of each activity., Bar charts can show the relationships of each activity.
What is not true about an activity? - Answer -An activity usually does not need to be
measurable.
What is not true about an event? - Answer -An event usually takes time.
An event usually consumes resources.
An event is an activity.
An event cannot have a start time or a finish time
What statements about a work breakdown structure (WBS) are true - Answer -A WBS
describes the entire scope of the project.
A WBS helps to organize project activities.
What are the major types of activities? - Answer -Production/construction
Procurement
Management
Order the list to show the logic sequence for developing a network model. - Answer -
Define activities; Order activities; Establish activity relationships and draw a network
diagram; Determine quantities and assign durations to activities; Assign resources and
costs; Calculate early and late start/finish times; Compute float values and identify the
critical path; Schedule activity start/finish times
The conditions of limited resource availability dictate certain activities cannot be
performed simultaneously. This is, - Answer -Resource constraints
To order activities, for each identified activity, what do we need to determine: - Answer
-What activities precede it?
What activities must follow it?
What activities can be concurrent with it?
There are four activities, A, B, C, and D (See Figure 1). B depends on A. C depends on
A. D depends on B. Which of the following are true? - Answer -A is IPA of B.
B is IPA of D.
