World Scholar's Cup Set 1

Which one of the following is captured in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

• The life cycle phases

• The logical order of tasks

• The scope of the project

• Project costs

Which stage of project management life cycle requires the maximum time of completion

• Conceptualization

• Planning

• Execution

• Estimation

.In Project management when does planning take place?

• Before the project

• During the project execution

• At the start of the project

• After the project

In the initial stage of the project the probability of completing the project is .

• Zero

• High

• Low

• Medium

Which one is a true statement relating to project communications?

• A project sponsor is responsible for all communication methods and media.

• Different stakeholders typically have different communication needs.

• It is best to have a standard set of project reports used for every project.

• Email is the only way to communicate with large numbers of people.

The particular task performance in CPM is known

• Dummy

• Event

• Activity

• Contract.

The critical path

• Is a path that operates from the starting node to the end node

• Is a mixture of all paths.

• Is the longest path

• Is the shortest path

Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between

• its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

• its latest start time and earliest start time

• its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

• its earliest finish time and latest start time for its successor activity

The time with which direct cost does not reduce with the increase in time is known as

• crash time

• normal time

• optimistic time

• standard time

The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is

• crash time

• normal time

• optimistic time

• between normal time and crash time