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Which of the following statements is true about Precedence Diagramming Method?
- Nodes represent dependencies
- Arrows represent activities
- Start to Finish is most commonly used relationship in forward scheduling
- Activities are referred to as nodes
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Question2
A new ERP system has to be started after the previous is shut down. This is an example of …
- Finish-Start dependency
- Start-Start dependency
- Start-Finish dependency
- Finish-Finish dependency
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What can be said about activities which have a high number of predecessors and/or successors?
- They are likely to be on the critical path
- They usually have a high level of risk
- They are called milestones
- They are the start and end points of projects or phases
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The amount of time that an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of its successor is known as ……
- Free float
- Total float
- Buffer
- Lag
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All of the following is true about Fast tracking, EXCEPT …
- May result in rework
- Duration of schedule activity is reduced
- Results in increase in risk
- Activities are performed parallely
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The Early Start of an activity is 17. The duration is 7 days. The Late Finish is 34. What is the Float in this activity?
- 7
- 11
- 17
- Cannot be determined from given data
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Question7
Activity B can start 5 days after the initiation of Activity B. What type of logical relationship would you assign?
- Finish to start with a lead
- Start to start with a lag
- Start to start with a lead
- Start to finish with a lag
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The initiation of the successor activity depends upon the completion of the predecessor activity. What relationship is this?
- Finish to finish
- Start to start
- Finish to start
- Start to finish
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Question9
Activity ‘B’ can start 5 days after activity ‘A’ has completed. This is an example of ……
- Start to start
- Start to Finish
- Finish to start
- Finish to finish
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Question10
Jack is a project manager working on the development of an e-learning portal. He has information about how many screens need to be developed and how long will his developers take for each screen. Based on this formula he makes estimation. This is an example of …
- Analogous Estimation
- Function Point Estimation
- Screen Level Estimation
- Parametric Estimation
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Question11
In a project schedule, few activities were marked as “milestone” activities. This means that …
- They are on the critical path
- They represent a significant event in the schedule
- They are specified in the contract
- They represent the start of a project phase
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Question12
Crashing has a risk of compromising ……
- Scope
- Cost
- Time
- Quality
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Question13
A customer has not given the complete project requirement and he says: I shall plan the work in near future in details and the work in far future will be detailed at a later stage. This is known as ……
- Scope identification
- Rolling wave planning
- Analogous approach
- Parametric approach
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Question14
The duration of the Tasks A, B, C, D, E and F are 2, 2, 2, 3, 6, 3 days respectively. B, D and E are the successors of A. The predecessor of C is B. The Predecessors of F are C, D and E. What is the critical path of the network?
- ABCF
- ADF
- AEF
- ADF and AEF
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Question15
Which of the following statement is NOT correct about Summary Activity?
- Duration is an aggregate of all sub activities
- Cost is an aggregate of all sub activities
- Work is an aggregate of all sub activities
- Start date is the start date of the earliest sub activity
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Question16
A run chart is a graph that displays observed data in a time sequence. Often, the data displayed represents some aspect of the output or performance of a process. Such a report can provide ……
- Achievement of performance milestones
- Evidence of performance improvements
- The information to stakeholders about the failure of the product
- The progress report of the project
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Question17
The primary purpose of a milestone chart is ……
- To show significant events in the project
- To identify the task dependencies
- To identify the critical path
- To identify the deliverable
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Question18
Midway through the project during analysis you find that schedule needs to be compressed. Which activity can you consider crashing?
- Activity 'A' on critical path that costs $3000
- Activity 'B' on critical path that costs $700
- Activity 'D' which is closer to end date and on critical path and costs $1500
- Activity 'J' which is closer to end date but not on critical path and costs $300
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Question19
The project manager is planning to use a computer based simulation software to analyze the behavior of the system. Which of the following technique, is typically used in simulations?
- Decision tree
- EMV
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Monte Carlo Analysis
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Question20
The project schedule presentation may be in summary form or in detail. It is more often presented graphically in different formats like bar charts, milestone charts or network diagrams. One main difference between bar charts and network diagrams is …
- Bar charts are easier to be read than Network diagrams
- Bar charts show logical relationships between activities but Network diagrams don't
- Bar chart is more complicated to draw as compared to network diagram
- None of the above
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Question21
Review of any of the following could trigger a need for resource leveling, except …
- Resource calendar
- Fast Tracking
- RAM
- Resource breakdown structure
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Question22
Due to shortage of resources, half of the resources from the project have been shifted to another project in the organization. To meet the project schedule deadline, The project manager needs to ……
- Compel the remaining resources to work overtime
- Negotiate with the sponsor for reduction in scope
- Ask for increased budget
- Assign more skilled resources to complete the work.
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Question23
The project manager has completed the project network diagrams and critical path analysis. He is reviewing the calculations again before starting the schedule network analysis. An activity in the network diagram has an ES=4, LS=14 and EF=12 , LF=22. What is true regarding this activity?
- It is on the critical path
- The activity is progressing well
- The activity has a lag
- The activity is not on the critical path
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Question24
Which of the following would be irrelevant if the critical path needs to be reduced by 35% on a project?
- Adding resources
- Fast tracking
- Crashing time schedule
- Eliminating float
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Question25
During Earned Value Analysis, the project SPI is calculated as 0.78 and the CPI as 0.89. What is the best explanation for this result?
- The critical path took longer and more hours to complete
- The project is in control
- There were more resources applied to complete the activities
- Schedule compression techniques were used

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