hat is the earliest duration for this project

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a. 13
b. 11
c. 12
d. 18
e. 5

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An event is a point in time that marks the beginning or ending of an activity
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1. True
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2. False

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Which of the following elements is NOT normally common in projects?
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1. No defined end point
2. An objective
3. Uncertainty
4. Uniqueness

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Are clearly defined goals important to achieve a successful project..
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a. Important
b. Not important

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Is having no direct top management involvement important to achieve a successful project.
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a. Important
b. Not important

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A small project consists of the following activities.
A takes 2 days,
B follows A and takes 4,
C follows B and takes 10,
D follows A and takes 15,
E follows C and D and takes 2 days.
What is the earliest day the project can be completed?
Select one:
a. 25 days
b. 18 days
c. 17 days

d. 19 days
This is the critical path ADE
e. 21 days

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A critical path network diagram does NOT:
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1. Help determine the amount of float
2. Identify the particularly important activities
3. Show how resources shared by more than one activity are scheduled
4. Calculate the duration of the whole project

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Which is the first stage in the project management role?

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1. Project planning
No, this is the third stage
2. Understanding the project environment
3. Project control
4. Project definition

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In a project planning network, activity D and E have predecessors B and C. D has a duration of 6 and
is followed by F. G has a duraton of 10 and follows F and E. B's latest finish is 18 and C's latest finish
is 20. The duration of F is 6 and E is 10.
Which of the following is the critical path?
Select one:
1. CDFG
Correct.
2. EFG
3. CEFG
4. BDFG
5. DFG

6. BEG

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In a project planning network, activity D has predecessors B and C, and is followed by F. D has
duration 6, B's latest finish is 18 and C's latest finish is 20. F's latest start is 26. Which of the following
statements is true?
Select one:
1. C is completed before B
Incorrect: you can't tell if this statement is correct or not, because you don't have sufficient information
2. D has no slack but is not critical
3. D is critical and has zero slack
4. B is a critical activity

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Calculate the duration of the critical path of the following project all estimates are in days.
The project starts with activity A that has a duration of 2. B follows A with a duration of 3 days. C [9
days], D [1 days] and G [6 days] follow activity B. Following activity G is activity H [7]. Activity E that
takes [16 days] follows activity D. Activity H is followed by activity I [5]. The project ends with
completion of activity F that takes 10 days. Before activity F can start activities I, E and C need to be
completed.
Please provide your answer as a number without the unit of measure. Failure to do this will result in a
mark of zero.
Answer:
33

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In the management of projects, Gantt charts are best used to:
Select one:
a. indicate the precedence constraints between activities
b. indicate resource constraints within the project
c. show the planned times for activities
d. show the schedule for the activities and the progress made
Correct - the Gant chart shows the currect status of the project
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The table below shows the activities and duration in days of a small project. What is the critical path
and how many days will it take to complete?

Duration in days is:

Critical path is:

Answer 1
12

Answer 2
AD

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Is frequently changing staff on long projects important to achieve a successful project..
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a. Important
b. Not important

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What is the critical path of the following project.

Select one:
a. ABDEF
Correct this is longest path.
b. ABGHIF
c. ABCF
d. ABDHIF

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A small project consists of the following activities: Activity A takes 3 days; Activity B takes 4 days;
Activity C follows Activity A and takes 2 days; Activity D follows Activity A and takes 6 days; Activity E
follows Activities B and C and takes 3 days. Assuming that the earliest start time is zero, the earliest
start time for Activity E is:
Select one:
a. 9

b. 8
c. 5
d. 4
Incorrect -B takes 4 days, so if there were no other predecessors, E could start when B finishes.
However, E follows both B and C, and the A-C path takes 5 days. Hence E cannot start until day 5
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A clear hierachy of objectives in the project definition would NOT normally contain?
Select one:
1. Success criteria
2. The purpose
3. Control mechanisms
Correct, these come later
4. Desired end result

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The table below shows the activities and duration in days of a small project. How many days will it
take to complete the project assuming no resource constraints? If activities A, B & C need to use the
same resource then how many days will the duration be?

The unconstrained project duration is

Answer 1

The constained project duration is

Answer 2

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The unconstrained project duration is
12,
The constained project duration is
16
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A small project consists of the following activities: Activity A takes 3 days; Activity B takes 4 days;
Activity C follows Activity A and takes 2 days; Activity D follows Activity A and takes 6 days; Activity E
follows Activities B and C and takes 3 days. If Activity C took 3 days instead of 2, which of the
following is correct:
Select one:
a. There would be no impact on project completion time but there are now two critical paths

Correct - path A-C-E would then become critical as well as A-D

b. The whole project would take a day longer but the critical path remains unchanged
c. There would be no impact on project completion time and no alteration in the critical path
d. The whole project would take a day longer and the critical path changes.

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Select those of the following statements regarding project management which are TRUE.
Select one or more:
1. Gantt charts give a timeline for each of a project's activities, but do not adequately show the
interrelationships of activities.
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2. Gantt charts are not sophisticated enough to have any real value in project management
3. A project organisation is most suitable for projects that are temporary but critical to the
organisation.
4. Project organisation works well when the work contains a mulitude of simple repetitive tasks.
5. The shortest of all the paths through a network is the Critical Path

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adequately show the interrelationships of activities., A project organisation is most suitable for projects
that are temporary but critical to the organisation.