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Chapter 12: Network Scheduling Techniques Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project?

  • Bar charts
  • Milestone charts
  • PERT charts
  • Precedence charts
A

Precedence charts

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Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for reporting project status to a customer during an interchange meeting?

  • Bar charts
  • Milestone charts
  • PERT charts
  • Precedence charts
A

BAR charts

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3
Q

The major disadvantage of using bar chart on large projects is that bar charts?

A

Do not show dependencies between activites

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4
Q

Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming technique?

  • PERT
  • GERT
  • VERT
  • PDM
A

VERT

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5
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Which of the following activity on arrow network diagramming methods does not require 3 estimates for duration?

  • PERT
  • GERT
  • ADM
  • PDM
A

ADM

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6
Q

Which does not use dummy activities?

  • PERT
  • GERT
  • PDM
  • ADM
A

PDM

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Q

Which of the following network diagramming method allows for branching and looping?

  • PERT
  • GERT
  • PDM
  • ADM
A

GERT

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Q

Which of the following is a activity-on-node network diagramming method?

  • PERT
  • GERT
  • PDM
  • ADM
A

PDM

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9
Q

Which of the following cannot be determined after performing a forward pass and a backward pass on a network diagram?

  • critical path
  • end date of the project
  • effort in each activity
  • slack in each activity
A

The effort in each activity

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10
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Negative slack is the result of:

A

The forward pass going beyond the customer’s end date and the backward pass is measured from the customer’s end date.

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11
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Activities with ZERO time duration are called?

A

Dummy activities… duh

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12
Q

Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network? It is the…

  • longest path in the network
  • shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed
  • path that contains the greatest number of activities
  • path where each activity has zero slack
A

It is the path that contains the greatest number of activities.

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13
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T/F The critical path is the path in a network with the greatest amount of risk.

A

False

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14
Q

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

13 weeks

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15
Q

Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to each work package that is being compressed?

  • overtime
  • crashing
  • outsourcing
  • descoping
A

Crashing

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16
Q

In which of the following schedule compression techniques is the cost of rework usually the greatest?

  • overtime
  • crashing
  • performing series work in parallel
  • outsourcing
A

Performing series of work in parallel

17
Q

Which of the following schedule compression techniques is often the lowest risk with the added benefit of lowering cost?

  • crashing
  • Descoping
  • Outsourcing
  • Overtime
A

Descoping

18
Q

Smoothing out project resources from period to period is called?

A

Resource leveling

19
Q

Laying out a network diagram when you know before-hand the size of the available resource pool is called?

A

Resource allocation or resource limited planning

20
Q

An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES=5, EF= 9, and LF=12. Then LS=?

A

LS= 8

project time = EF-ES= 4, then 12 -4 = 8

21
Q

An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES =10, EF=18, and LS=12. What is the duration?

A

8 weeks

22
Q

If slack in a 12 week activity is 6 weeks and ES=4 then what is the late finish?

A

LF= ES + activity length + slack = 22 weeks

23
Q

T/F The measurement of lag is made within an activity whereas slack is measured between activities.

A

FAAAAALSE

24
Q

A PERT network reflects what type of precedence diagram?

A

Finish to Start

25
Q

What are the maximum number of inputs and outputs that can exist in a node in the precedence diagramming method?

A

UNLIMITED

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