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Chapter 6 Questions with Answers - Project Time Management

The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to project time management, focusing on key concepts such as scheduling processes, dependencies, Gantt charts, and critical path methods. It aims to assess understanding of project management principles as taught in the course SE391 at the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport. The questions cover topics like activity attributes, resource management, and scheduling techniques.

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Chapter 6 Questions with Answers - Project Time Management

The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to project time management, focusing on key concepts such as scheduling processes, dependencies, Gantt charts, and critical path methods. It aims to assess understanding of project management principles as taught in the course SE391 at the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport. The questions cover topics like activity attributes, resource management, and scheduling techniques.

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Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport

College of Computing and Information Technology

Course Project Management


Course Code SE391
Lecturer Dr. Nada Hany – Dr. Hagar Hussein
TA Salma ElKady
Chapter 6 – Project Time Management

MCQs

1. What is the first process in planning a project schedule?


a. defining milestones
b. defining activities
c. estimating activity resources
d. sequencing activity sequencing

2. Predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource


requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of a.
items in an activity list
b. items on a Gantt chart
c. milestone attributes
d. activity attributes

1. 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. What type of dependency is this? a.
technical
b. mandatory
c. discretionary
d. external

4. You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes the first
draft. What type of dependency does this represent?
a. finish-to-start
b. start-to-start
c. finish-to-finish
d. start-to-finish

5. Which of the following statements is false?


a. A resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure that identifies the
project s
resources by category and type.
b. Duration and effort are synonymous terms.
c. A three-point estimate is an estimate that includes an optimistic, most likely, and
pessimistic estimate.
d. A Gantt chart is a common tool for displaying project schedule information.

6. What symbol on a Gantt chart represents a slipped milestone?


a. a black arrow
b. a white arrow
c. a black diamond
d. a white diamond

7. What type of diagram shows planned and actual project schedule information? a.
a network diagram
b. a Gantt chart
c. a Tracking Gantt chart
d. a milestone chart

8. ___________ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project


duration.
a. PERT
b. A Gantt chart
c. Critical path method
d. Crashing

9. Which of the following statements is false?


a. Growing grass was on the critical path for a large theme park project. b. The
critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a
project can be completed.
c. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and
early finish dates for each activity.
d. Fast tracking is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to
obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental
cost.

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10. ___________ is a method of scheduling that considers limited resources when
creating a project schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion
date.
a. Parkinson s Law
b. Murphy s Law
c. Critical path analysis
d. Critical chain scheduling
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