CM 4101 EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is:
a. Scheduling determines what is going to be done, and planning determines how to do
b. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines what to do
c. Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do,
and by whom
d. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines by whom - ✔✔c.
Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do, and
by whom
✔✔What is not true about classic bar charts?
a. Bar charts use a time-scaled presentation
b. Bar charts often directly show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
d. Bar charts cannot show the actual status of a project - ✔✔b. Bar charts often directly
show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
✔✔What statements about a work breakdown structure (WBS) are true?
a. A WBS describes the entire scope of a project
b. A WBS helps to organize project activities
c. The development of a WBS is a bottom up process, i.e., from project details and up
d. A WBS usually needs to consider who is going to do a particular task - ✔✔a. A WBS
describes the entire scope of a project
b. A WBS helps to organize project activities
✔✔What is a major difference between an arrow diagram and a precedence diagram?
a. An arrow diagram uses a network representation, and a precedence diagram does
not
b. An arrow diagram supports critical path analysis, and a precedence diagram does not
c. An arrow diagram uses links to represent activities, and a precedence diagram does
not
d. An arrow diagram uses a node to represent a connection between two activities, and
a precedence diagram does not - ✔✔c. An arrow diagram uses links to represent
activities, and a precedence diagram does not
d. An arrow diagram uses a node to represent a connection between two activities, and
a precedence diagram does not
✔✔What is not true about an activity?
, a. An activity usually takes time
b. An activity may consume resources
c. An activity usually has a start time and a finish time
d. An activity usually does not need to be measurable - ✔✔d. An activity usually does
not need to be measurable
✔✔A critical activity is the one that has:
a. No float
b. Positive float
c. Negative float
d. None of the above - ✔✔a. No float
✔✔What is not true about an event?
a. An event usually takes times
b. An event usually consumes resources
c. An event is not an activity
d. An event has a start time and a finish time - ✔✔a. An event usually takes time
b. An event usually consumes resources
✔✔What are the major types of activities?
a. Production/Construction
b. Procurement
c. Management - ✔✔a. Production/Construction
b. Procurement
c. Management
✔✔Reorder the list to show the logic sequence for developing a network model:
a. Determine quantities and assign durations to activities
b. Calculate early and late start/finish times
c. Schedule activity start/finish times
d. Define activities
e. Compute float values and identify the critical path
f. Order activities
g. Establish activity relationships and draw a network diagram
h. Assign resources and costs - ✔✔1. Define activities
2. Order activities
3. Establish activity relationships and draw a network diagram
4. Determine quantities and assign durations to activities
5. Assign resources and costs
6. Calculate early and late start/finish times
SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔A significant difference between "planning" and "scheduling" is:
a. Scheduling determines what is going to be done, and planning determines how to do
b. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines what to do
c. Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do,
and by whom
d. Scheduling determines how to do, and planning determines by whom - ✔✔c.
Scheduling determines when to do, and planning determines what to do, how to do, and
by whom
✔✔What is not true about classic bar charts?
a. Bar charts use a time-scaled presentation
b. Bar charts often directly show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
d. Bar charts cannot show the actual status of a project - ✔✔b. Bar charts often directly
show resource consumption of each activity
c. Bar charts can show the relative of each activity
✔✔What statements about a work breakdown structure (WBS) are true?
a. A WBS describes the entire scope of a project
b. A WBS helps to organize project activities
c. The development of a WBS is a bottom up process, i.e., from project details and up
d. A WBS usually needs to consider who is going to do a particular task - ✔✔a. A WBS
describes the entire scope of a project
b. A WBS helps to organize project activities
✔✔What is a major difference between an arrow diagram and a precedence diagram?
a. An arrow diagram uses a network representation, and a precedence diagram does
not
b. An arrow diagram supports critical path analysis, and a precedence diagram does not
c. An arrow diagram uses links to represent activities, and a precedence diagram does
not
d. An arrow diagram uses a node to represent a connection between two activities, and
a precedence diagram does not - ✔✔c. An arrow diagram uses links to represent
activities, and a precedence diagram does not
d. An arrow diagram uses a node to represent a connection between two activities, and
a precedence diagram does not
✔✔What is not true about an activity?
, a. An activity usually takes time
b. An activity may consume resources
c. An activity usually has a start time and a finish time
d. An activity usually does not need to be measurable - ✔✔d. An activity usually does
not need to be measurable
✔✔A critical activity is the one that has:
a. No float
b. Positive float
c. Negative float
d. None of the above - ✔✔a. No float
✔✔What is not true about an event?
a. An event usually takes times
b. An event usually consumes resources
c. An event is not an activity
d. An event has a start time and a finish time - ✔✔a. An event usually takes time
b. An event usually consumes resources
✔✔What are the major types of activities?
a. Production/Construction
b. Procurement
c. Management - ✔✔a. Production/Construction
b. Procurement
c. Management
✔✔Reorder the list to show the logic sequence for developing a network model:
a. Determine quantities and assign durations to activities
b. Calculate early and late start/finish times
c. Schedule activity start/finish times
d. Define activities
e. Compute float values and identify the critical path
f. Order activities
g. Establish activity relationships and draw a network diagram
h. Assign resources and costs - ✔✔1. Define activities
2. Order activities
3. Establish activity relationships and draw a network diagram
4. Determine quantities and assign durations to activities
5. Assign resources and costs
6. Calculate early and late start/finish times
