AACE CST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Activity
Answer: An element of work that must be performed in order to
complete a project.
●● Activity Attributes
Answer: Schedule-related characteristics and designations that uniquely
describe a network activity. Attributes can include early and late start
and finish dates; identification codes; resource assignments; predecessor
and successor activities; and any other information that places the
activity into accurate context of its place in the activity network.
●● Activity Bar
Answer: A rectangle representing an activity on the bar chart. Its length
is scaled according to the time scale.
●● Activity Calendar
Answer: In computer scheduling, calendar that defines the working and
non-working patterns applicable to an activity. The activity calendar is
normally overridden by the project calendar. See Also: RESOURCE
CALENDAR.
,●● Activity Code
Answer: Alphanumeric designation system, with code(s) assigned to an
activity to group or categorize its properties. Coding is used for detail
and summary reporting purposes.
●● Activity Cost
Answer: The monetary amount expended to complete an activity.
Depending upon the cost model and job cost system used, Activity cost
may or may not include indirect costs (jobsite and home office) as well
as direct costs.
●● Activity Definition
Answer: Process of identifying specific activities that must be performed
to produce project deliverables.
●● Activity Description
Answer: A unique activity name and word description, which generally
defines the work to be accomplished which easily identifies an activity
to any recipient of the schedule.
●● Activity Duration
Answer: Length of time from start to finish of an activity, estimated or
actual, in working or calendar time units.
,●● Activity Duration Estimating
Answer: Estimation of the number of work periods that will be needed
to complete the activity.
●● Activity Relationship
Answer: Determine how activities relate to one another and establish
schedule logic.
●● Activity Sequencing
Answer: The process of identifying and documenting dependencies
among schedule activities.
●● Activity Total Slack
Answer: The latest allowable end time minus earliest allowable end
time. Always greater than or equal to the slack of the activity ending
event.
●● Activity Splitting
Answer: Dividing an activity of stated scope, description and schedule
into two or more activities which are rescoped and rescheduled. The sum
of the split activities is normally the total of the original.
●● Activity Status
, Answer: Information about the performance of an activity that is used to
update schedule progress.
●● Activity Times
Answer: Time information generated through the critical path method
calculation that identifies the start and finish times for each activity in
the network.
●● Activity Type
Answer: Dictates calendar used in scheduling software for schedule
calculations.Examples are task, hammock, WBS, and milestone
●● Actual Finish Date
Answer: Date when work on an activity is substantially complete.
●● Actual state Date
Answer: Date when work on an activity actually started with intention of
completing activity within the planned duration.
●● Arrow Diagram
Answer: A network (logic diagram) on which the activities are
represented by arrows between event nodes.
●● Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Activity
Answer: An element of work that must be performed in order to
complete a project.
●● Activity Attributes
Answer: Schedule-related characteristics and designations that uniquely
describe a network activity. Attributes can include early and late start
and finish dates; identification codes; resource assignments; predecessor
and successor activities; and any other information that places the
activity into accurate context of its place in the activity network.
●● Activity Bar
Answer: A rectangle representing an activity on the bar chart. Its length
is scaled according to the time scale.
●● Activity Calendar
Answer: In computer scheduling, calendar that defines the working and
non-working patterns applicable to an activity. The activity calendar is
normally overridden by the project calendar. See Also: RESOURCE
CALENDAR.
,●● Activity Code
Answer: Alphanumeric designation system, with code(s) assigned to an
activity to group or categorize its properties. Coding is used for detail
and summary reporting purposes.
●● Activity Cost
Answer: The monetary amount expended to complete an activity.
Depending upon the cost model and job cost system used, Activity cost
may or may not include indirect costs (jobsite and home office) as well
as direct costs.
●● Activity Definition
Answer: Process of identifying specific activities that must be performed
to produce project deliverables.
●● Activity Description
Answer: A unique activity name and word description, which generally
defines the work to be accomplished which easily identifies an activity
to any recipient of the schedule.
●● Activity Duration
Answer: Length of time from start to finish of an activity, estimated or
actual, in working or calendar time units.
,●● Activity Duration Estimating
Answer: Estimation of the number of work periods that will be needed
to complete the activity.
●● Activity Relationship
Answer: Determine how activities relate to one another and establish
schedule logic.
●● Activity Sequencing
Answer: The process of identifying and documenting dependencies
among schedule activities.
●● Activity Total Slack
Answer: The latest allowable end time minus earliest allowable end
time. Always greater than or equal to the slack of the activity ending
event.
●● Activity Splitting
Answer: Dividing an activity of stated scope, description and schedule
into two or more activities which are rescoped and rescheduled. The sum
of the split activities is normally the total of the original.
●● Activity Status
, Answer: Information about the performance of an activity that is used to
update schedule progress.
●● Activity Times
Answer: Time information generated through the critical path method
calculation that identifies the start and finish times for each activity in
the network.
●● Activity Type
Answer: Dictates calendar used in scheduling software for schedule
calculations.Examples are task, hammock, WBS, and milestone
●● Actual Finish Date
Answer: Date when work on an activity is substantially complete.
●● Actual state Date
Answer: Date when work on an activity actually started with intention of
completing activity within the planned duration.
●● Arrow Diagram
Answer: A network (logic diagram) on which the activities are
represented by arrows between event nodes.
●● Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
