WorksheetsQuiz2 - ADV07 - MakScie
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Resource planning in project management primarily involves:
Identifying risks
Allocating time and resources efficiently
Negotiating contracts
Testing product quality
Which of the following is NOT considered a project resource?
Manpower
Equipment
Money
Weather
A resource histogram is used to:
Compare project costs
Show resource allocation over time
Identify risk probabilities
Track stakeholder communication
The process of leveling resources helps to:
Eliminate slack time
Resolve resource over-allocation
Increase project duration
Reduce project budget
Which resource constraint is often considered most critical in project planning?
Labor availability
Material quality
Technology updates
Team motivation
The goal of resource smoothing is to:
Delay the project
Ensure resource demand does not exceed supply
Increase project cost for efficiency
Cancel unnecessary activities
Which document is most useful for identifying required resources?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Gantt chart
Risk register
Stakeholder matrix
If a resource is over-allocated, the project manager should:
Ignore the situation
Apply crashing
Reschedule tasks or assign alternatives
Increase costs directly
Resource calendars are used to:
Record project milestones
Indicate resource availability
Define stakeholder roles
Control risks
Which resource type is often considered non-renewable?
Raw materials
Labor
Equipment
Energy
In project management, "crashing" is a technique to:
Reduce risk
Shorten project duration by adding resources
Control quality
Reduce project cost
Resource dependency refers to:
The relationship between activities and available resources
The link between risks and costs
The sequencing of tasks
Stakeholder involvement
What is the first step in resource planning?
Identifying resources required
Preparing the budget
Drawing a network diagram
Performing earned value analysis
Which tool is most suitable for resolving conflicts in shared resource usage?
Critical Path Method
Resource histogram
Resource leveling
Gantt chart
A project requires a specialized machine available only at certain times. This is an example of:
Resource dependency
Risk factor
Cost constraint
Activity slack
The critical path in a project is the sequence of activities that:
Can be delayed without affecting the project
Determines the minimum project duration
Uses the least amount of resources
Always has float
Float (or slack) in CPM refers to:
Time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project
The fastest completion time
Unused resources
Free money in the budget
If the critical path is delayed by 3 days, the project completion time will:
Increase by 3 days
Remain the same
Decrease by 3 days
Double
In CPM, the earliest start (ES) of an activity is determined by:
Latest start of preceding activity
Earliest finish of preceding activity
Project manager's choice
Stakeholder decision
Backward pass in CPM is used to calculate:
Earliest start
Latest finish and slack
Project cost
Resource usage
Which activities define the project's overall completion time?
Critical activities
Dummy activities
Slack activities
Non-critical activities
A project with multiple critical paths implies:
Less flexibility in scheduling
Lower risk
More slack time
Reduced costs
In CPM, total float can be negative if:
Resources are over-allocated
Project completion is delayed beyond deadline
Dummy activities are inserted
WBS is incorrect
Dummy activities in CPM are used to:
Consume resources
Maintain logical relationships
Reduce project duration
Add extra float
Critical path analysis helps project managers to:
Identify tasks that can slip
Prioritize risk responses
Focus on activities with zero slack
Increase resource cost
If an activity has ES = 5, EF = 10, LS = 7, LF = 12, what is its total float?
0
2
5
7
Which of the following is a key assumption of CPM?
Activity durations are uncertain
Resources are unlimited
Risk analysis is integrated
Costs are fixed
PERT is mainly used for projects where:
Activities have definite durations
Activity times are uncertain
Resources are unlimited
Costs are fixed
PERT uses which type of distribution for estimating time?
Uniform distribution
Beta distribution
Normal distribution
Exponential distribution
The three estimates in PERT are:
Start time, finish time, duration
Optimistic, most likely, pessimistic
Best case, worst case, average case
Shortest, longest, slack
The formula for expected time (Te) in PERT is:
(O + P + M) ÷ 3
(O + 4M + P) ÷ 6
(M + P) ÷ 2
(O + M) ÷ 2
In PERT, the variance of an activity duration is:
(P-O)2÷36
(P-O)÷6
(O+P)÷2
(M-O)2÷6
Which project type benefits most from PERT?
Repetitive construction projects
Research and development projects
Assembly line manufacturing
Routine maintenance tasks
PERT provides project managers with:
Exact cost estimates
Probabilistic completion times
Unlimited resource availability
Fixed deadlines
The main difference between CPM and PERT is that:
PERT uses probabilistic time estimates, CPM uses deterministic
PERT ignores resources, CPM focuses on them
PERT is cost-oriented, CPM is time-oriented
CPM is for research, PERT is for construction
Which of the following is an advantage of PERT?
Works well with uncertain activity durations
Ensures zero delays in critical path
Requires no calculations
Removes resource constraints
Which is a limitation of PERT?
Time estimates are uncertain
Cannot be used for R&D projects
Ignores probability distributions
Provides exact completion time
If O = 4, M = 6, P = 10, the expected time is:
6
7
8
9
In PERT, the probability of project completion depends on:
Critical path variance
Dummy activities
Resource leveling
Cost baseline
Which of the following best describes PERT and CPM together?
Tools for risk management
Network-based project scheduling techniques
Quality assurance methods
Budgeting techniques
