ISDS 351 FINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
True - Answer -A dependency pertains to the sequencing of project activities or tasks.
False - Answer -After defining project activities, the next step in project time
management is developing the schedule.
Critical Path - Answer -A(n) ...... for a project is the series of activities that determine
the earliest time by which the project can be completed.
False - Answer -In a critical path analysis, the shortest path is what drives the
completion date for the project.
False - Answer -In a Gantt Chart, thick black bars represent milestones achieved in a
project.
Project Management Plan Update - Answer -In project time management, a(n) ....... is
an output of controlling the schedule.
False - Answer -In project time management, one should control the schedule before
estimating the duration for each activity.
Developing a Schedule - Answer -In project time management, the ultimate goal of ......
is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the
project.
Ballpark - Answer -A rough order of magnitude estimate can be referred to as a .......
estimate.
Not directly related to the products or series of a project. - Answer -Indirect costs are?
False - Answer -Intangible costs can be easily measured in monetary terms.
False - Answer -It is important for project managers to focus on indirect costs because
they can be easily controlled.
Direct - Answer -Newtech Inc. hires John for the position of a software programmer to
work on their new project. Salary paid to John by Newtech Inc. would be an example of
....... costs.
False - Answer -A budgetary estimate is the most accurate of the three types of
estimates.
Cost - Answer -Accounts define ......... as a resource sacrificed or foregone to achieve a
specific objective.
,Profit - Answer -........ are revenues minus expenditures.
False - Answer -Budgetary estimates are made even before a project is officially
started.
Sunk - Answer -Good Earth, a company manufacturing packaged food products, sets
up its stores in Baltonia. However, a year later, the company closes the store down due
to high operating costs. In such a scenario, the money spent in paying for the rent of the
store in Baltonia would be an example of ........ costs.
True - Answer -If an important supplier goes out of business, management reserves
can be set aside to cover the resulting costs.
True - Answer -In a bottom-up estimate, the size of the individual work items is one of
the factors that drives the accuracy of the estimates.
Critical Tasks - Answer -Tasks which determine when a project will really finish are
called?
Critical Path - Answer -The set of tasks that need to be completed for a project to be
considered complete is called the .....
Filter - Answer -The author talks about another way of showing only the critical tasks by
using a ......
Format Tab - Answer -If you click on the ..... Tab you can see an option to select the
critical task.
True - Answer -Gaps in the critical path are completely explicable and they can be
there for a good reason.
True - Answer -The professor says that the dangers of Cyber Threat are enormous.
True - Answer -Seriously smart and sophisticated people with knowledge of technology
can have a malicious intent to wage a cyber attack.
False - Answer -Cyber attacks can come from nonstate actors as well as state actors.
True - Answer -When a nation state launches a Cyber attack it is equivalent to an act of
war that could trigger a counter attack.
True - Answer -The professor believes that there is a long connection from Cyber
Security to Cyber Threat and financing of terrorism.
, Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) - Answer -The interviewer mentioned a type of
cyber attack called ?
True - Answer -Public as well as private sector organizations must recognize the same
diligence toward protection as a physical attack.
False - Answer -The interviewer talks about worms and viruses being like a nuclear
bomb.
Firewall - Answer -..... can be a safe way to shield from these bombs can boomerang
back to the attacker.
True - Answer -The professor believes that International laws and regulations relevant
to the changing forms of technology and their use as weapons of warfare must be
developed.
True - Answer -It is the Department of Defense, government and the military leadership
that decides the "should" for Military operations.
False - Answer -The laws of armed conflict states that the military should do everything
in its power to target civilians and combatants.
True - Answer -Lethal, autonomous weapons is not allowed in the battlefield today.
True - Answer -Sony hacked before releasing movie about Kim Jung Un.
This kind of attack is called Cyberattack.
True - Answer -The friendly household servant is the product of IoT.
True - Answer -Autonomous cars have to choose between protecting the occupants of
the car or the people outside the car.
True - Answer -Autonomous cars can be hacked by cutting off its transmission.
True - Answer -"Red teaming" is similar to white hat hacking in that the team takes the
components apart for testing vulnerabilities.
True - Answer -Corporations and consumers should decide the "should" about
technology adoption.
True - Answer -The power to move the world to a better place is within us.
Tier I - Answer -....... enterprise resource planning system solutions are highly complex.
Supply Chain Management - Answer -...... includes the planning, execution, and control
of all activities involved in raw materials sourcing and procurement, conversion of raw
True - Answer -A dependency pertains to the sequencing of project activities or tasks.
False - Answer -After defining project activities, the next step in project time
management is developing the schedule.
Critical Path - Answer -A(n) ...... for a project is the series of activities that determine
the earliest time by which the project can be completed.
False - Answer -In a critical path analysis, the shortest path is what drives the
completion date for the project.
False - Answer -In a Gantt Chart, thick black bars represent milestones achieved in a
project.
Project Management Plan Update - Answer -In project time management, a(n) ....... is
an output of controlling the schedule.
False - Answer -In project time management, one should control the schedule before
estimating the duration for each activity.
Developing a Schedule - Answer -In project time management, the ultimate goal of ......
is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the
project.
Ballpark - Answer -A rough order of magnitude estimate can be referred to as a .......
estimate.
Not directly related to the products or series of a project. - Answer -Indirect costs are?
False - Answer -Intangible costs can be easily measured in monetary terms.
False - Answer -It is important for project managers to focus on indirect costs because
they can be easily controlled.
Direct - Answer -Newtech Inc. hires John for the position of a software programmer to
work on their new project. Salary paid to John by Newtech Inc. would be an example of
....... costs.
False - Answer -A budgetary estimate is the most accurate of the three types of
estimates.
Cost - Answer -Accounts define ......... as a resource sacrificed or foregone to achieve a
specific objective.
,Profit - Answer -........ are revenues minus expenditures.
False - Answer -Budgetary estimates are made even before a project is officially
started.
Sunk - Answer -Good Earth, a company manufacturing packaged food products, sets
up its stores in Baltonia. However, a year later, the company closes the store down due
to high operating costs. In such a scenario, the money spent in paying for the rent of the
store in Baltonia would be an example of ........ costs.
True - Answer -If an important supplier goes out of business, management reserves
can be set aside to cover the resulting costs.
True - Answer -In a bottom-up estimate, the size of the individual work items is one of
the factors that drives the accuracy of the estimates.
Critical Tasks - Answer -Tasks which determine when a project will really finish are
called?
Critical Path - Answer -The set of tasks that need to be completed for a project to be
considered complete is called the .....
Filter - Answer -The author talks about another way of showing only the critical tasks by
using a ......
Format Tab - Answer -If you click on the ..... Tab you can see an option to select the
critical task.
True - Answer -Gaps in the critical path are completely explicable and they can be
there for a good reason.
True - Answer -The professor says that the dangers of Cyber Threat are enormous.
True - Answer -Seriously smart and sophisticated people with knowledge of technology
can have a malicious intent to wage a cyber attack.
False - Answer -Cyber attacks can come from nonstate actors as well as state actors.
True - Answer -When a nation state launches a Cyber attack it is equivalent to an act of
war that could trigger a counter attack.
True - Answer -The professor believes that there is a long connection from Cyber
Security to Cyber Threat and financing of terrorism.
, Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) - Answer -The interviewer mentioned a type of
cyber attack called ?
True - Answer -Public as well as private sector organizations must recognize the same
diligence toward protection as a physical attack.
False - Answer -The interviewer talks about worms and viruses being like a nuclear
bomb.
Firewall - Answer -..... can be a safe way to shield from these bombs can boomerang
back to the attacker.
True - Answer -The professor believes that International laws and regulations relevant
to the changing forms of technology and their use as weapons of warfare must be
developed.
True - Answer -It is the Department of Defense, government and the military leadership
that decides the "should" for Military operations.
False - Answer -The laws of armed conflict states that the military should do everything
in its power to target civilians and combatants.
True - Answer -Lethal, autonomous weapons is not allowed in the battlefield today.
True - Answer -Sony hacked before releasing movie about Kim Jung Un.
This kind of attack is called Cyberattack.
True - Answer -The friendly household servant is the product of IoT.
True - Answer -Autonomous cars have to choose between protecting the occupants of
the car or the people outside the car.
True - Answer -Autonomous cars can be hacked by cutting off its transmission.
True - Answer -"Red teaming" is similar to white hat hacking in that the team takes the
components apart for testing vulnerabilities.
True - Answer -Corporations and consumers should decide the "should" about
technology adoption.
True - Answer -The power to move the world to a better place is within us.
Tier I - Answer -....... enterprise resource planning system solutions are highly complex.
Supply Chain Management - Answer -...... includes the planning, execution, and control
of all activities involved in raw materials sourcing and procurement, conversion of raw
