POM test 1 UMD questions and answers
A company must perform a maintenance project consisting of seven activities. The activities,
their predecessors, and their respective time estimates are presented here:Using CPM, what is
the latest finish time for the last activity in this project? - ANSWERS -11 days
Here are the data for a time-cost CPM scheduling model analysis. The time is in days and the
costs include both direct and indirect costs. what are the total time of this project and total
normal cost? - ANSWERS -the total time is 12 days, and the total cost is 1,700
with the same information provided in the previous question if the manager decides to shorten
the project completion by 1 day what is the total cost? - ANSWERS -$1750
Because services cannot be stored for later use, service managers consider time as one of their
supplies or resources - ANSWERS -True
You are managing a project and need to cut the cost of the project. You decide to transfer
workers to another job to cut the projects costs. costs associated with transferring the workers
are an example of project indirect costs - ANSWERS -False
Which of the following is not a major strategic operational competitive dimension that forms a
company's competitive position? - ANSWERS -Management acumen
an advantage of a pure project where self-contained teams work full time on a project is which
of the following? - ANSWERS -Lines of communication are shortened
a series of projects that are organized in such a way that each project utilizes people from
different functional areas is using which of the following organizational structures - ANSWERS -
Matrix project
A company must perform a maintenance project consisting of seven activities. The activities,
their predecessors, and their respective time estimates are presented here:Using CPM, what is
the latest finish time for the last activity in this project? - ANSWERS -11 days
Here are the data for a time-cost CPM scheduling model analysis. The time is in days and the
costs include both direct and indirect costs. what are the total time of this project and total
normal cost? - ANSWERS -the total time is 12 days, and the total cost is 1,700
with the same information provided in the previous question if the manager decides to shorten
the project completion by 1 day what is the total cost? - ANSWERS -$1750
Because services cannot be stored for later use, service managers consider time as one of their
supplies or resources - ANSWERS -True
You are managing a project and need to cut the cost of the project. You decide to transfer
workers to another job to cut the projects costs. costs associated with transferring the workers
are an example of project indirect costs - ANSWERS -False
Which of the following is not a major strategic operational competitive dimension that forms a
company's competitive position? - ANSWERS -Management acumen
an advantage of a pure project where self-contained teams work full time on a project is which
of the following? - ANSWERS -Lines of communication are shortened
a series of projects that are organized in such a way that each project utilizes people from
different functional areas is using which of the following organizational structures - ANSWERS -
Matrix project