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IEM 5603 Chapter 12 Multiple Choice, Exams of Advanced Education

Abilene Christian University (ACU)Advanced Education

IEM 5603 Chapter 12 Multiple Choice

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IEM 5603 Chapter 12 Multiple Choice
Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for
managing a project?
A. BAR charts
B. Milestone charts
C. PERT charts
D. Precedence charts - correct answer d
Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for reporting
project status to a customer during an interchange meeting?
A. BAR charts
B. Milestone charts
C. PERT charts
D. Precedence charts - correct answer a
The major disadvantage of using a bar chart on large projects is that bar charts:
A. Cannot identify critical paths
B. Do not show dependencies between activities
C. Cannot identify milestones
D. Cannot show slack - correct answer b
Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming techniques?
A. PERT
B. GERT
C. VERT
D. PDM - correct answer c
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IEM 5603 Chapter 12 Multiple Choice

Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project? A. BAR charts B. Milestone charts C. PERT charts D. Precedence charts - correct answer d Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for reporting project status to a customer during an interchange meeting? A. BAR charts B. Milestone charts C. PERT charts D. Precedence charts - correct answer a The major disadvantage of using a bar chart on large projects is that bar charts: A. Cannot identify critical paths B. Do not show dependencies between activities C. Cannot identify milestones D. Cannot show slack - correct answer b Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming techniques? A. PERT B. GERT C. VERT D. PDM - correct answer c

Which of the following activity-on-arrow network diagramming methods does not require three estimates for durations? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM - correct answer c Which of the following network diagramming methods do not use dummy activities? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM

  • D. PDM - correct answer d Which of the following network diagramming methods allows for branching and looping? A. PERT B. GERT C. ADM D. PDM - correct answer b Which of the following cannot be determined after performing a forward pass and a backward pass on a network diagram? A. The critical path B. The end date of the project C. The effort in each activity D. The slack in each activity - correct answer c Which of the following is an activity-on-node network diagramming method?

If the optimistic time for an activity is 6 weeks, the pessimistic time is 24 weeks and the most likely time is 12 weeks, then the expected duration is: A. 7 weeks B. 13 weeks C. 22 weeks D. 24 weeks - correct answer b Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to each work package that is being compressed? A. Overtime B. Crashing C. Outsourcing D. Descoping - correct answer b In which of the following schedule compression techniques is the cost of rework usually the greatest? A. Overtime B. Crashing C. Performing series work in parallel D. Outsourcing - correct answer c Which of the following schedule compression techniques is often the lowest risk and with the added benefit of lowering the cost? A. Crashing B. Descoping C. Outsourcing

D. Overtime - correct answer b Smoothing out project resources from period to period is called A. Resource leveling B. Resource allocation or resource limited planning C. Better effort planning D. Slack utilization planning - correct answer a Laying out a network diagram when you know before-hand the size of the available resource pool is called: A. Resource leveling B. Resource allocation or resource limited planning C. Better effort planning D. Slack utilization planning - correct answer b An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES = 10, EF = 18 and LS =

  1. The duration of the activity is: A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. Cannot be determined - correct answer b If the slack in a 12 week activity is 6 weeks and ES = 4, then LF = _____. A. 4 B. 10 C. 16 D. 22 - correct answer d The measurement of lag is made within an activity whereas slack is measured between activities.
  1. Which of the following cannot be identified after performing a forward and backward pass? A. Dummy activities B. Slack time C. Critical path activities D. How much overtime is planned - correct answer d
  2. Which of the following is not a commonly used technique for schedule compression? A. Resource reduction B. Reducing scope C. Fast-tracking activities D. Use of overtime - correct answer a
  3. A network-based schedule has four paths, namely 7, 8, 9, and 10weeks. If the 10- weekpath is compressed to 8 weeks, then: A. We now have two critical paths. B. The 9-week path is now the critical path. C. Only the 7-week path has slack. D. Not enough information is provided to make a determination. - correct answer d
  4. The major disadvantage of using bar charts to manage a project is that bar charts: A. Do not show dependencies between activities B. Are ineffective for projects under one year in length C. Are ineffective for projects under $1 million in size D. Do not identify start and end dates of a schedule - correct answer a
  5. The first step in the development of a schedule is a: A. Listing of the activities

B. Determination of dependencies C. Calculation of effort D. Calculation of durations - correct answer a

  1. Reducing the peaks and valleys in manpower assignments in order to obtain a relatively smooth manpower curve is called: A. Manpower allocation B. Manpower leveling C. Resource allocation D. Resource commitment planning - correct answer b
  2. Activities with no time duration are called: A. Reserve activities B. Dummy activities C.Zero slack activities D. Supervision activities - correct answer b
  3. Optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely activity times are associated with: A. PERT B. GERT C. PDM D. ADM - correct answer a 10.The most common constraint or relationship in a precedence network is: A. Start-to-start B. Start-to-finish C. Finish-to-start D. Finish-to-finish - correct answer c
  4. A network-based technique that allows for branching and looping is: