CH 09 - Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM

CH 09 - Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM © Cengage. Testing Powered by Cognero. Page 1 True / False 1. It is normal for activities on the critical path to be delayed without delaying the entire project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember 2. PERT and CPM are applicable only when there is no dependence among activities. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember 3. A path through a project network must reach every node. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand 4. A critical activity can be part of a noncritical path. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times CH 09 - Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM © Cengage. Testing Powered by Cognero. Page 2 KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand 5. When activity times are uncertain, an activity's most likely time is the same as its expected time. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.02 - 9.2 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.2 Project Scheduling Considering Uncertain Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand 6. The final activity's earliest finish time is the anticipated project duration. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand 7. The length of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the project completion time is the slack. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.01 - 9.1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking TOPICS: 9.1 Project Scheduling Based on Expected Activity Times KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember 8. When activity times are uncertain, total project time is normally distributed by considering the overall mean being equal to the sum of the means of all of the critical activities. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IMS.ASWC.19.09.02 - 9.2 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking