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MG-585 Chapter 8 Exam Questions With
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According to PMI, after planning schedule management, the next process in project time
management is to ___________.
a. Sequence activities
b. Define activities
c. Estimate activity durations
d. Develop schedule - Answers✔b. Define activities
In order to be useful as schedule building blocks, activities should have certain characteristics.
Which of these is NOT one of the characteristics that an activity should have?
a. Tangible output that can be verified
b. It is the element at the lowest level of the WBS and has a deliverable associated with it
c. Resources, other costs, and schedule that can be estimated and controlled
d. Clear starting and ending points - Answers✔b. It is the element at the lowest level of the WBS
and has a deliverable associated with it
What is another name for the Activity-on-Node (AON) network diagramming technique?
a. Activity on Arrow (AOA)
b. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
c. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
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d. Critical Path Method (CPM) - Answers✔b. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Which of these is NOT a typical situation for creating a project schedule milestone?
a. Time just before a large amount of money needs to be committed to the project
b. Time for weekly project meetings
c. Merging point in the schedule where multiple project activities need to be completed
d. Completion of a critical activity - Answers✔b. Time for weekly project meetings
The schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity, as determined by their logical
relationship, is called a ________.
a. Lag
b. Predecessor activity
c. Lead
d. Successor activity - Answers✔d. Successor activity
Which of these four most common types of logical dependencies would be represented by the
situation "the carton must be sealed and labelled before the package can be shipped?"
a. Start-to-start (SS)
b. Start-to-finish (SF)
c. Finish-to-start (FS)
d. Finish-to-finish (FF) - Answers✔c. Finish-to-start (FS)
Potential problems can occur with activity duration estimating when omissions are made. All of
these are potential remedies for this problem EXCEPT:
a. Rolling wave planning
b. Checklists, templates, devil's advocate
c. Refining scope and WBS
d. Lessons learned - Answers✔a. Rolling wave planning
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MG-585 Chapter 8 Exam Questions With
Verified Answers
According to PMI, after planning schedule management, the next process in project time
management is to ___________.
a. Sequence activities
b. Define activities
c. Estimate activity durations
d. Develop schedule - Answers✔b. Define activities
In order to be useful as schedule building blocks, activities should have certain characteristics.
Which of these is NOT one of the characteristics that an activity should have?
a. Tangible output that can be verified
b. It is the element at the lowest level of the WBS and has a deliverable associated with it
c. Resources, other costs, and schedule that can be estimated and controlled
d. Clear starting and ending points - Answers✔b. It is the element at the lowest level of the WBS
and has a deliverable associated with it
What is another name for the Activity-on-Node (AON) network diagramming technique?
a. Activity on Arrow (AOA)
b. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
c. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
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d. Critical Path Method (CPM) - Answers✔b. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Which of these is NOT a typical situation for creating a project schedule milestone?
a. Time just before a large amount of money needs to be committed to the project
b. Time for weekly project meetings
c. Merging point in the schedule where multiple project activities need to be completed
d. Completion of a critical activity - Answers✔b. Time for weekly project meetings
The schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity, as determined by their logical
relationship, is called a ________.
a. Lag
b. Predecessor activity
c. Lead
d. Successor activity - Answers✔d. Successor activity
Which of these four most common types of logical dependencies would be represented by the
situation "the carton must be sealed and labelled before the package can be shipped?"
a. Start-to-start (SS)
b. Start-to-finish (SF)
c. Finish-to-start (FS)
d. Finish-to-finish (FF) - Answers✔c. Finish-to-start (FS)
Potential problems can occur with activity duration estimating when omissions are made. All of
these are potential remedies for this problem EXCEPT:
a. Rolling wave planning
b. Checklists, templates, devil's advocate
c. Refining scope and WBS
d. Lessons learned - Answers✔a. Rolling wave planning
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