Schedule Management 20Q Test

This is a randomized 20-question test on Schedule Management KA of PMBoK

Question 1 of 20

The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called

1. Free Float

2. Slack

3. Float

4. Total Float

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Question 2 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 6 days

3. 4 days

4. 2 days

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Question 3 of 20

In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that one anchored swinger can leave the contact of the free swinger only after another anchored swinger holds the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. SF

2. FF

3. FS

4. SS

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Question 4 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-E-F-G-H

2. A-D-G-H

3. A-E-F-H

4. A-B-C-H

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Question 5 of 20

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Top down estimation

2. Analogous estimation

3. Bottom up estimation

4. Parametric estimation

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Question 6 of 20

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?

1. 7.5 days

2. 7 days

3. 6.7 days

4. 6.83 days

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Question 7 of 20

The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

2. Activity list

3. Project network diagram

4. Project activity diagram

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Question 8 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 2 days

3. 4 days

4. 6 days

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Question 9 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 6 days

3. 4 days

4. 2 days

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Question 10 of 20

10.

The outcome of defining activities is

1. Activity list

2. Project activity diagram

3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

4. Task breakdown structure

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Question 11 of 20

11.

A project manager has just defined the activity list for a project. What is the possible process that he should execute next?

1. Estimate resources

2. Sequence activities

3. Estimate durations

4. Estimate cost

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Question 12 of 20

12.

lease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –

1. 5, 10

2. 11,16

3. 6, 11

4. 3, 8

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Question 13 of 20

13.

1. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

2. What is the closest description of the network diagram above?

3. It is a network diagram depicting a critical chain.

4. It is an incomplete network diagram

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Question 14 of 20

14.

An estimation method uses the following formula

Estimate = (O + M + P) / 3

Where

O = Optimistic Estimate

M = Most likely estimate

P = Pessimistic estimate

This method is of the following type among estimation methodologies:

1. Parametric estimation because it uses a formula

2. Statistical estimation because is uses likelihoods

3. 3 point estimate with PERT distribution

4. 3 point estimate with triangular distribution

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Question 15 of 20

15.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –

1. 11, 16

2. 6, 11

3. 1,7

4. 9, 14

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Question 16 of 20

16.

Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to defining activities?

1. All activities must be defined while developing a schedule

2. Some activities can be defined initially and activities for mile stones occurring later on can be defined when the project is closer to the milestone

3. All activities are defined as part of WBS in the scope baseline

4. It is fine if no activities are defined initially

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Question 17 of 20

17.

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He is working on the schedule and has just finished the RBS for the project. What process is he likely to have completed

1. Estimate resources

2. Estimate Durations

3. Estimate costs

4. Plan Risk management

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Question 18 of 20

18.

Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

1. A critical path will always have zero float

2. The Activity on node diagram of a project can have only one critical path

3. The length of the critical path indicates the maximum time that the project can take to complete

4. A critical path has the longest duration in the network diagram

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Question 19 of 20

19.

Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?

1. In a fast tracking method, the discretionary dependencies are re-examined to exploit inherent parallelism among activities

2. In a fast tracking method, the float of each task is leveraged to fast track the project.

3. Additional resources are allocated to tasks in the critical path so that the duration of the tasks and hence the whole project is fast tracked

4. In a fast tracking method, employees are motivated to work harder and faster so that the project completion is fast tracked.

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Question 20 of 20

20.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the length of the critical path is –

1. 13 days

2. 21 days

3. 19 days

4. 18 days

Question 20 of 20