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• Question
1
Companies
are using which of the following for improving the estimating process for
future projects?
• Question
2
The
bottom-up approach for estimating times and costs that uses costs from past
projects that were similar to the current project is known as
.
• Question
3
Typical
kinds of costs found in a project include all of the following EXCEPT
• Question
4
Which
of the following is NOT one of the factors that need to be considered to
improve quality of estimates for project times and costs?
• Question
5
Refining
estimates may be necessary for a number of reasons. For example, design flaws
being revealed after the fact, extreme weather conditions, and accidents
occurring are good examples of
• Question
6
Janet
is forecasting how much money her department needs to support a new project.
She estimates that two people and $25,000 in expenses will cover her needs.
Because management typically insists on reducing forecasts by 20 percent, she
increases her estimates to allow for that reduction. Which of the following
factors is illustrated in this situation?
• Question
7
A good
starting point for developing time and cost estimates is
.
• Question
8
Which
of the following is a good condition for bottom-up estimating?
• Question
9
The
salary of the project manager would be an example of what type of cost found in
a project?
• Question
10
Sean is
forecasting the time and cost of developing a customized software program by
looking at the number of inputs, outputs, inquiries, files, and interfaces.
Which of the following methods is he using?
• Question
11
Laura
is forecasting the time and cost of developing an intranet for a new customer.
Her department has completed six such intranets for customers during the last
two years. Although the proposed system is about the same size as the others,
she estimates that it will take about 10 percent less time and money. Which of
the following methods is she using?
• Question
12
Refining
estimates may be necessary for a number of reasons. For example, people working
on prototype development needing time to interact with the design engineers
after the design is completed is a good example of
• Question
13
Ed is
looking over the actual results of projects and comparing them to what was
estimated. He notices that the projects that took six months or longer to
complete were noticeably more off the estimates. Which of the following factors
is he recognizing?
• Question
14
If a
project has more than one activity that can begin when the project is to start,
a common start node should be used to indicate a clear project beginning on the
network. Without a common start node, each path is a
• Question
15
Which
of the following correctly calculates the early finish for an activity?
• Question
16
If
testing cannot be completed any earlier than four days after the prototype has
been built, what type of lag exists?
• Question
17
Information
to develop a project network is collected from the
• Question
18
A
sequence of connected, dependent activities is termed a(n)
• Question
19
The
forward pass in project network calculations determines all of the following
EXCEPT
• Question
20
The
amount of time an activity can be delayed and yet not delay the project is
termed
• Question
21
Which
of the following will correctly calculate the total slack in an activity?
• Question
22
Arrows
on an activity-on-node (AON) project network represent
• Question
23
________
activities must be completed immediately before a particular activity.
• Question
24
Activities
which can take place at the same time are termed
• Question
25
Which
of the following is provided by both the project network and the work breakdown
structure?
