ISQS 4350 (Burns) Exam 2; Questions &
Answers 100% Solved
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Probability distributions for PERT activity durations are represented by use of the Beta
distribution.
b. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and e...
ISQS 4350 (Burns) Exam 2; Questions &
Answers 100% Solved
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Probability distributions for PERT activity durations are represented by use of the Beta
distribution.
b. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and early finish
dates for each activity.
c. To complete a project it is necessary to complete all tasks on all paths through the project
network.
d. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a project
can be started.
e. Both c. and d. are false statements. Correct answer-d. The critical path is the series of
activities that determine the earliest time by which a project can be started.
As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping to develop the
project schedule. You decide that writing code for a system should not start until users sign off
on the analysis work. Further, you decide that testing of a module (an object, class) will not
commence until the entire module has been coded and compiled. What type of dependency is
this?
The district magistrate of Arkham City has decided to rebuild the busiest road in the city. She
plans to close the street for the duration of the work, causing immense inconvenience to the
people who typically use the road. The project has 3 parallel paths defined as the following:
Path A-B-C-H will take 14 days.
Path A-F-G-H will take 28 days.
Path A-D-E-H will take 20 days.
Given the information on hand, which of the following statements is true?
a. Path A-D-E-H is the critical path.
b. Path A-B-C-H is the critical path.
c. Path A-F-G-H has the largest slack time.
d. Path A-F-G-H is the critical path.
e. Path A-D-E-H has the largest slack time. Correct answer-d. Path A-F-G-H is the critical
path.
The ________ calculates the critical path and determines how long an activity can be delayed
without delaying the project.
Which of the following is not one seven processes that make up the PMBOK knowledge area
known as time (schedule) management?
a. Sequence activities
b. Define activities
c. Control activities
d. Plan schedule management
e. Monitor activities Correct answer-e. Monitor activities
Which PMBOK activity is responsible for determining activity resource requirements, and for
determining a resource breakdown structure?
a. Estimate activity durations
b. Develop schedule
c. Plan schedule management
d. Estimate activity resources
e. Define activities Correct answer-d. Estimate activity resources
, ISQS 4350 (Burns) Exam 2; Questions &
Answers 100% Solved
Rose leads the advertising of an innovative product, Teckos, just launched by her company. She
has determined the advertising for Teckos is an individual project consisting of 7 activities.
Information pertinent to these activities is included in the table that follows. Using a Gantt
chart, determine the earliest completion time for the project.
a. 10 weeks
b. 13 weeks
c. 11 weeks
d. 12 weeks Correct answer-d. 12 weeks
For any activity that has one or more predecessors, the ________ time is always the largest
early finish of any of its predecessors. If the early finish times of an activity's predecessors were
55, 40 and 35, then this time would be the largest of these three early finish times or 55.
a. late finish
b. early start
c. early finish
d. late start Correct answer-b. early start
In project time management, which of the following processes involve calculating the number
of work periods that are needed to complete individual tasks?
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