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During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then total the estimates to create the project estimate. You commit to completing the project by this date. What is wrong with this scenario?

• The team did not create the estimate, and estimating takes too long using that method

• The team did not create the estimate, and a network diagram was not used

• The estimate is too long and should be created by management

• The project estimate should be the same as the customer's required completion date.

You are a project manager on a $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, you notice a series of activities that can be worked in parallel but must finish in a specific sequence. What type of activity sequencing method is required for these activities?

• Precedence diagramming method

• Arrow diagramming method

• Critical path method

• Operational diagramming method

You are a project manager on a US $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, your data architects suggest that quality could be improved if the data model is approved by senior management before moving on to other design elements. They support this suggestion with an article from a leading software development journal. Which of the following best describes this type of input?

• Mandatory external dependency

• Discretionary external dependency

• External regulatory dependency

• Heuristic

Base on the following, if you needed to shorten the duration of the project, which activity would you try to shorten?

Activity: Start A B C D E F G H I

Preceding Activity: None Start Start Start A B,C C D E F G,H,I

Duration in Weeks: 0 1 2 6 10 1 2 3 9 1 0"

• Activity B

• Activity D

• Activity H

• Activity C

You have a project with the following activities: Activity A takes 40 hours and can start after the project starts.Activity B takes 25 hours and should happen after the project starts. Activity C must happen after activity A and takes 35 hours. Activity D must happen after activities B and C and takes 30 hours. Activity E must take place after activity C and takes 10 hours. Activity F takes place after Activity E and takes 22 hours. Activities F and D are the last activities of the project. Which of the following is true if activity B actually takes 37 hours?

• The critical path is 67 hours

• The critical path changes to Start, B, D, End

• The critical path is Start, A, C, E, F, End.

• The critical path increases by 12 hours

A project manager has received activity duration estimates from his team. Which of the following does he need in order to complete the Develop Schedule process?

• Earned value analysis

• Schedule change control system

• Trend analysis

• Reserves

A project manager is taking over a project from another project manager during project planning. If the new project manager wants to see what the previous project manager planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be best to look at the:

• Communications management plan

• Update management plan

• Staffing management plan

• Schedule management plan

A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is being used?

• Critical path method

• Beta distribution

• Monte Carlo

• Resource leveling

The WBS, estimates for each work package, and the network diagram are completed. The next thing for the project manager to do is:

• Sequence the activities

• Validate that they have the correct scope

• Create a preliminary schedule and get the team's approval

• Complete risk management

A new product development project has four levels in the work breakdown structure and has been sequenced using the precedence diagramming method. The activity duration estimates have been received. What should be done next?

• Create an activity list

• Begin the work breakdown structure

• Finalize the schedule

• Compress the schedule