CM 4101 TEST 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
True/False: The thing to do when a schedule's actual time exceeds the planned time is
to find who did it. - Answers -False: accelerate time of other activities
True/False: The PERT technique is probabilistic model - Answers -True
True/False: A milestone consumes Time but not Resources - Answers -False: neither
True/False: If the schedule is going better than planned you do not need to do anything
- Answers -False
True/False: The reason why any two activities must be done in a particular order is
termed a constraint. - Answers -True
True/False: One of the effects of constraints is that they generally increase project cost -
Answers -True
True/False: You should only include physical constraints in the initial schedule -
Answers -True
True/False: In this class, the grades will be curved and decimals at .5 will be rounded up
- Answers -False
True/False: A layout is a customized view of activity information - Answers -True
True/False: There is only one level of activity detail of a construction project - Answers -
False
True/False: You must pick what work calender you want for the project and all activities
must use this calender - Answers -False
True/False: When you subcontract all the work then the schedule need not be resource
loaded. - Answers -False
True/False: The best way to contact Professor Nelson is by email. - Answers -False
True/False: The greatest disadvantage of the Gantt chart was the relationship between
activities - Answers -False: bar charts
True/False: The two companies that first developed the network logic diagrams were
Dow and the Air Force - Answers -False
True/False: Only the PERT schedule has a critical path - Answers -False
, True/False: The way for a P6 schedule to recalculate the schedule data is to go to
"Tools", "Schedule". - Answers -False
The menus for P6 are divided into two main parts _____ and _______. - Answers -
enterprise data; project data
My new projects are stored in _____________ - Answers -Enterprise Project Structure
(EPS)
There are three main types of relationships: - Answers -finish to start, start to start, and
finish to finish
The formula used in scheduling to set the calculations for resources is: - Answers -D =
RR/RA*P
D stands for what?
RR stands for what?
RA stands for what?
P stands for what? - Answers -Duration
Resources Required
Resources Applied
Productivity
The schedule is a reflection of the _____ - Answers -plan
Network Models have two main techniques: _________ and __________ - Answers -
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) and Program Evaluation and Review
Technique (PERT)
________are the basic building block of the network - Answers -Activities
If you had 1,600 hours of concrete work to do, and you needed the work in completed in
12 days, how many people should you put on the job working 10 hours a day with a
productivity of 1? - Answers -14 people
Working with a budget of 1,600 hours and a crew of 8 people working 8 hours a day
with an expected productivity of 1.2, how long will it take to do the work? - Answers -21
days
True/False: The thing to do when a schedule's actual time exceeds the planned time is
to find who did it. - Answers -False: accelerate time of other activities
True/False: The PERT technique is probabilistic model - Answers -True
True/False: A milestone consumes Time but not Resources - Answers -False: neither
True/False: If the schedule is going better than planned you do not need to do anything
- Answers -False
True/False: The reason why any two activities must be done in a particular order is
termed a constraint. - Answers -True
True/False: One of the effects of constraints is that they generally increase project cost -
Answers -True
True/False: You should only include physical constraints in the initial schedule -
Answers -True
True/False: In this class, the grades will be curved and decimals at .5 will be rounded up
- Answers -False
True/False: A layout is a customized view of activity information - Answers -True
True/False: There is only one level of activity detail of a construction project - Answers -
False
True/False: You must pick what work calender you want for the project and all activities
must use this calender - Answers -False
True/False: When you subcontract all the work then the schedule need not be resource
loaded. - Answers -False
True/False: The best way to contact Professor Nelson is by email. - Answers -False
True/False: The greatest disadvantage of the Gantt chart was the relationship between
activities - Answers -False: bar charts
True/False: The two companies that first developed the network logic diagrams were
Dow and the Air Force - Answers -False
True/False: Only the PERT schedule has a critical path - Answers -False
, True/False: The way for a P6 schedule to recalculate the schedule data is to go to
"Tools", "Schedule". - Answers -False
The menus for P6 are divided into two main parts _____ and _______. - Answers -
enterprise data; project data
My new projects are stored in _____________ - Answers -Enterprise Project Structure
(EPS)
There are three main types of relationships: - Answers -finish to start, start to start, and
finish to finish
The formula used in scheduling to set the calculations for resources is: - Answers -D =
RR/RA*P
D stands for what?
RR stands for what?
RA stands for what?
P stands for what? - Answers -Duration
Resources Required
Resources Applied
Productivity
The schedule is a reflection of the _____ - Answers -plan
Network Models have two main techniques: _________ and __________ - Answers -
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) and Program Evaluation and Review
Technique (PERT)
________are the basic building block of the network - Answers -Activities
If you had 1,600 hours of concrete work to do, and you needed the work in completed in
12 days, how many people should you put on the job working 10 hours a day with a
productivity of 1? - Answers -14 people
Working with a budget of 1,600 hours and a crew of 8 people working 8 hours a day
with an expected productivity of 1.2, how long will it take to do the work? - Answers -21
days
