Scheduling a Deterministic Project MCQs

Scheduling a Deterministic Project MCQs

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1: Activity-on-Arc (AOA) Network is a visual representation of a project as a network using arrows or arcs to represent tasks and nodes to represent ______________ .

A.   Events

B.   Milestones

C.   Both

D.   None of these

2: Activity-on-Node (AON) Network is a visual representation of a project as a network using arrows or arcs to represent tasks and nodes to represent events/milestones.

A.   True

B.   False

3: A graph consisting of nodes connected by unidirectional arcs that contains no cycles is known as :

A.   Critical Path

B.   Acyclic Directed Network

C.   Activity-on-Node (AON) Network

D.   Backward Pass

4: Part of the CPM calculations where you start at the end node of the project’s precedence network and move backward through the network is called ____________ .

A.   Critical Path

B.   Acyclic Directed Network

C.   Activity-on-Node (AON) Network

D.   Backward Pass

5: Critical Path is the longest path from the starting milestone to the ending milestone in a project’s precedence network.

A.   True

B.   False

6: A methodology used to calculate a project schedule in a deterministic project precedence network based on the longest path from the starting to the ending milestone is called ____________.

A.   Critical Path Method (CPM)

B.   Critical Path

C.   Acyclic Directed Network

D.   Activity-on-Node (AON) Network

7: ___________ is the amount of time tasks in a precedence network may be delayed without delaying the project end date; also known as slack.

A.   Forward Pass

B.   Float

C.   Both

D.   None of these

8: Part of the CPM calculations through a project’s precedence network that proceed from the starting node to the ending node is known as:

A.   Forward Pass

B.   Float

C.   Both

D.   None of these

9: Gantt chart is a bar chart where the duration of each task is represented by a horizontal bar.

A.   True

B.   False

10: LP in Programming of Project Management stands for:

A.   Liquid Propane

B.   Long Playing

C.   Linear Programming

D.   None of these

11: Milestones are tasks that require zero time, have no associated direct costs, and are used to represent important events in the life of a project.

A.   True

B.   False

12: Precedence network is a network of arcs and nodes used to represent the precedence relationships between tasks.

A.   True

B.   False

13: A task that must be completed before following tasks can be started is called ___________ .

A.   Precedence Network

B.   Predecessor Task

C.   Slack

D.   None of these

14: Amount of time tasks may be delayed without delaying the project end date; also known as float is known as :

A.   Precedence Network

B.   Predecessor Task

C.   Slack

D.   None of these

15: Successor Task is a task that follows a given task.

A.   True

B.   False