POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 1 CHAPTER 3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
System developers can initiate a formal project as early as the preliminary investigation stage, or
later on, as analysis, design, and implementation activities occur. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) and Gantt charts
are mutually exclusive techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Using a work breakdown structure (WBS) allows one to manage a project as one large task. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
In most systems analysis tasks, time and people are interchangeable. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
In a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart, each
rectangular box, called a task box, has five sections that contain important information about a
task. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
When tasks must be completed one after another, they are called concurrent tasks. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
If any task along a critical path falls behind schedule, the entire project will be delayed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Generally, systems analysts review the work of other systems analysts, and programmers review
the work of other programmers, as a form of peer review, in structured walk-throughs. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
, If team members lack experience with certain aspects of the required technology, temporary help
might be obtained from IT consultants or part-time staff. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and
the degree of impact. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Critical time is the amount of time that the task could be late without pushing back the
completion date of the entire project. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
The purpose of quantitative risk analysis is to understand the actual impact in terms of dollars,
time, project scope, or quality. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
The three legs of the project triangle are management, staff, and clients. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
Scheduling involves selecting and staffing the project team and assigning specific tasks to team
members. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Henry L. Gantt developed Gantt charts almost 100 years ago. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
In addition to tasks, every project has events, or milestones. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Weight is an importance value that is added to each duration estimate. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
A project manager should never develop time and cost estimates based on the resources used for
previously developed information systems. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
System developers can initiate a formal project as early as the preliminary investigation stage, or
later on, as analysis, design, and implementation activities occur. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) and Gantt charts
are mutually exclusive techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Using a work breakdown structure (WBS) allows one to manage a project as one large task. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
In most systems analysis tasks, time and people are interchangeable. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
In a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart, each
rectangular box, called a task box, has five sections that contain important information about a
task. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
When tasks must be completed one after another, they are called concurrent tasks. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
If any task along a critical path falls behind schedule, the entire project will be delayed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Generally, systems analysts review the work of other systems analysts, and programmers review
the work of other programmers, as a form of peer review, in structured walk-throughs. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
, If team members lack experience with certain aspects of the required technology, temporary help
might be obtained from IT consultants or part-time staff. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and
the degree of impact. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Critical time is the amount of time that the task could be late without pushing back the
completion date of the entire project. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
The purpose of quantitative risk analysis is to understand the actual impact in terms of dollars,
time, project scope, or quality. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
The three legs of the project triangle are management, staff, and clients. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅False
Scheduling involves selecting and staffing the project team and assigning specific tasks to team
members. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Henry L. Gantt developed Gantt charts almost 100 years ago. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
In addition to tasks, every project has events, or milestones. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Weight is an importance value that is added to each duration estimate. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
A project manager should never develop time and cost estimates based on the resources used for
previously developed information systems. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
