Schedule Management 20Q Test

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

Question 1 of 20

The outcome of defining activities is

1. Project activity diagram

2. Activity list

3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

4. Task breakdown structure

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Question 2 of 20

Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?

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

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

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

4. 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

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Question 3 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. Parametric estimation

2. Top down estimation

3. Analogous estimation

4. Bottom up estimation

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Question 4 of 20

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

1. 4 days

2. 2 days

3. 6 days

4. 8 days

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Question 5 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. 6.83 days

2. 7.5 days

3. 7 days

4. 6.7 days

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Question 6 of 20

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

1. 3, 8

2. 11,16

3. 6, 11

4. 5, 10

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Question 7 of 20

Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C

1. There is a lead of 5 days

2. Task C must start 5 days before the finish of task B

3. A lag of 5 days has been introduced for the start of task C

4. Task C must start before 5 days after the finish of task B

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Question 8 of 20

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

1. Estimate cost

2. Sequence activities

3. Estimate durations

4. Estimate resources

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Question 9 of 20

One of the software effort estimation methodologies uses the following formula to arrive at effort:

E=ai(KLoC)(bi)(EAF)

What type of estimation methodology is this?

1. Bottom up estimation

2. PERT estimation

3. Parametric estimation

4. Analogous estimation

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Question 10 of 20

10.

1. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

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

3. It is an incomplete network diagram

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

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Question 11 of 20

11.

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

1. 18 days

2. 19 days

3. 21 days

4. 13 days

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Question 12 of 20

12.

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

1. A-D-G-H

2. A-E-F-G-H

3. A-B-C-H

4. A-E-F-H

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Question 13 of 20

13.

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

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

2. It is fine if no activities are defined initially

3. 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

4. All activities must be defined while developing a schedule

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Question 14 of 20

14.

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

1. 6, 11

2. 1,7

3. 9, 14

4. 11, 16

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Question 15 of 20

15.

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

1. Total Float

2. Free Float

3. Float

4. Slack

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Question 16 of 20

16.

Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to activity resource estimation process:

1. The output of the activity resource estimate process includes RBS

2. Cost is estimated based on activity resource and duration estimates but is fed back to refine activity resource estimation

3. Activity resource estimation is carried out independent of cost estimates

4. Activity duration estimate is carried out after activity resources are estimated

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Question 17 of 20

17.

The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

2. Project activity diagram

3. Project network diagram

4. Activity list

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Question 18 of 20

18.

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 an anchored swinger can start his stunt by holding the hand of the free swinger only after the previous anchored swinger has left the hands of the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. SS

2. SF

3. FF

4. FS

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Question 19 of 20

19.

Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition

1. Defining activities is a pre-requisite to base lining scope

2. Scope base line is an input to defining activities

3. WBS is part of scope base line and activities are part of WBS base line.

4. Activity definition and scope base line have no relationship at all

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Question 20 of 20

20.

Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

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

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

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

4. A critical path will always have zero float

Question 20 of 20