MGT236

Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 7

1. What is a unique, one-time event that is intended to achieve an objective in a given time
period?
a) a project
b) a job
c) a task
d) an activity
e) an event

2. Which of the following is not characteristic of a project?

a) has a specific objective
b) has multiple activities
c) typically performed by external consultants
d) activities have defined precedence relationships
e) to be completed in a specified time period

3. Which of the following is not characteristic of a project?

a) has a life cycle
b) uses no resources
c) involves a unique, one-time event
d) consists of several tasks
e) typically some activities may be done simultaneously

4. Which of the following would probably not benefit from the use of critical path scheduling?
a) constructing a new bridge over the Mississippi River
b) moving the company’s credit card center to a new city
c) building a new natural gas pipeline
d) receiving orders for the company’s products by phone
e) developing a new computer system for financial planning

5. Which phase in the project life cycle involves identifying the need for the project?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

6. Which phase in the project life cycle involves evaluating expected costs, benefits, and risks?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

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7. Which phase in the project life cycle involves analyzing the work to be done and developing
time estimates for completing each of the activities?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

8. Which phase in the project life cycle involves analyzing the project risk?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

9. Which phase in the project life cycle involves carrying out the activities that make up the
project?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

10. Which phase in the project life cycle involves ending the project?
a) conception
b) feasibility analysis or study
c) planning
d) execution
e) termination

11. Which of the following is not a benefit of network planning techniques?

a) graphical display of the project, including the relationships and sequence of activities
b) estimate of the expected project length
c) resources are clearly identified
d) identification of activities that are critical to the timely completion of the project
e) identification of the amount of slack associated with individual activities

12. Two type of network diagramming notation include:

a) AON and AOA
b) AON and Node
c) AON and NOA
d) Node and AOA
e) Node and Arrow

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13. Actions that consume resources and/or time are project ______________________.
a) events
b) activities
c) nodes
d) arrows
e) tasks

14. structure the sequencing of activities.

a) Evaluation of costs
b) Crashings
c) Work breakdowns
d) Backschedules
e) Precedence relationships

15. Project managers use network planning techniques to _____________________________.

a) evaluate costs
b) assign resources to activities
c) estimate how long it will take to assign activities
d) calculate the expected completion time of the project
e) invert activities

16. What does AON stand for?

a) action-oriented-network
b) activity-on-network
c) activity-on-node
d) activity-oriented-network
e) activity-overrun-network

17. The critical path is the sequential path of interrelated activities which has the
____________________.
a) most activities
b) longest time
c) most nodes
d) most events
e) most arrows

18. If a delay in an activity will delay completion of the whole project, the activity
____________________.
a) is on the critical path
b) has slack
c) is costly
d) is a dummy
e) is represented by a node

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19. The sum of the activity times on the critical path determines
____________________________________.
a) total slack available
b) total labor time required for the project
c) minimum time to complete the project
d) the number of milestones
e) amounting of crashing that needs to be done

20. When we are unsure about the duration of project activities, we use time
estimates.
a) variable
b) probabilistic
c) estimated
d) deterministic
e) cumulative

21. The process of calculating ES and EF___________________________________________.

a) requires only a forward pass through the network
b) requires only a backward pass through the network
c) requires both a forward and backward pass through the network
d) cannot be accomplished until slack is first determined
e) is sufficient for calculating the critical path

22. The process of calculating LS and LF __________________________________________.

a) requires only a forward pass through the network
b) requires only a backward pass through the network
c) requires both a forward and backward pass through the network
d) cannot be accomplished until slack is first determined
e) is sufficient for calculating the critical path

23. The last project activity ES and LS times are:

a) different
b) calculated using termination rules
c) the same
d) required probabilistic calculations
e) involving risk analysis

24. In making a forward pass through a network, activities L, M, and P are immediate
predecessors for activity T, which has an activity time of 7. The early start times for activities L,
M, and P are 22, 17, and 27, respectively. The early finish times for activities L, M, and P are 29,
27, and 33, respectively. What is the early start time for activity T?
a) 17
b) 24
c) 27
d) 33
e) 40

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25. In making a backward pass through a network, activity L has an activity time of 4 and
immediately precedes activities M, P, and T. The late start times for activities M, P, and T are 22,
17, and 27, respectively. The late finish times for activities M, P, and T are 29, 27, and 33,
respectively. What is the late start time for activity L?
a) 13
b) 17
c) 22
d) 33
e) 37

26. Activities on the critical path _________________________________________________.

a) are the ones with the longest activity times
b) always are connected directly to dummy activities
c) have LS equal to LF
d) have ES equal to EF
e) have no slack

27. With probabilistic time estimates, when we calculate the expected time for an activity, we
treat each activity time estimate as a random variable derived from a
probability distribution.
a) normal
b) beta
c) gamma
d) Poisson
e) uniform

28. The formula to calculate an activity’s probabilistic expected time is

a) ET = ( M+4*O+P)/6
b) ET = ( P+4*O+M)/6
c) ET = ( P+4*M+O)/6
d) ET = ( P+3*M+O)2/6
e) ET = ( M+3*O+P)/4

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29. Joe’s radio tower fabrication company has developed the following milestone project
schedule. What is the expected time duration for the project?
ACTIVITY PRECEDENCE P M O
A Complete design None 4 3 2
B Develop BOM A 2 1 1
C Order Materials B 3 2 1
D Site Selection A 7 4 3
E Receive Materials C 6 3 2
F Obtain permits A, D 4 2 1
Begin fabrication facility
G development E, F 6 5 3

a) 9
b) 10
c) 14
d)14.33
e) 17.33

30. Joe’s tower fabrication firm has revised their earlier project time estimates. Based on the new
time estimates what is the critical path standard deviation?
ACTIVITY PRECEDENCE P M O ET
A Complete design None 4 3 2 3
B Develop BOM A 2 1 1 1.17
C Order Materials B 3 2 1 2
D Site Selection A 7 4 3 4.33
E Receive Materials C 6 3 2 3.33
F Obtain permits A, D 5 2 1 2.33
Begin fabrication facility
G development E, F 6 5 3 4.83
a) 0.94
b) 1.0
c) 1.14
d) 1.25
e) 1.3