The job of the project manager is to:
A. Control all costs
B. Control costs, schedule, and performance of the project
C. Keep within the budget, no matter what
D. All of the above - Answers B. Control costs, schedule, and performance of the project
The purpose of performing a forward pass is to:
A. Identify the critical path
B. Determine the early start and the early finish times
C. Determine the late start and the late finish times
D. Determine the slack available in the process - Answers B. Determine the early start and the
early finish times
An assumption of the PERT method is:
A. Activity times are not constant.
B. There is uncertainty in individual activity time estimates.
C. Distribution of project completion times and the probability that each activity is on the critical
path can be computed.
D. All of the above - Answers D. All of the above
Project management requires:
A. Scheduling, planning, and controlling
B. Quantitative skills
,C. Behavioral skills
D. All of the above - Answers D. All of the above
Multiple critical paths can exist under the critical path method (CPM) because:
A. There is more than one way to complete the project
B. Different network paths can have the same total time
C. Great flexibility of activity sequences is available
D. None of the above - Answers B. Different network paths can have the same total time
Gantt charts are effective for project scheduling if:
A. Activities are highly interconnected
B. Activity times are random
C. The project contains simple activity sequences
D. All of the above - Answers C. The project contains simple activity sequences
Controlling a project does NOT include:
A. Monitoring costs, time, and performance
B. Adhering to the budget
C. Correcting the plan as necessary
D. None of the above - Answers D. None of the above
Which of the following statements is true about a critical path?
A. It consists of activities for which early start time equals late start time.
, B. The total time of activities on the path take the longest time.
C. There is no slack in the activities along the critical path.
D. All of the above. - Answers D. All of the above.
Project managers' objectives include:
A. Cost
B. Quality
C. Flexibility
D. All of the above - Answers A. Cost
Project managers' work includes:
A. Planning, Scheduling, Control, and Closing
B. Planning, Scheduling, Starting, and Ending
C. Scheduling, Control, Starting, and Ending
D. None of the above - Answers A. Planning, Scheduling, Control, and Closing.
The advantage(s) of the network method over the Gantt chart is (are) that:
A. The network method is easy to use and quite widely understood.
B. The network method shows precedence relationships more explicitly than Gantt charts.
C. Network methods are less costly to use.
D. All of the above - Answers B. The network method shows precedence relationships more
explicitly than Gantt charts.
The advantage(s) that the Gantt chart has over the network method is (are):
A. A Gantt chart is easy to use and quite widely understood.
B. Gantt charts show precedence relationships more explicitly than network scheduling.