Project Time Management Quiz

Project schedules grow out of the basic documents that initiate a project. State true or false.

• Not mentioned

• Not mentioned

• False

• True

____ involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence.

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• Expediting

• Crushing

____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date.

• Total slack

• Free float

• Free slack

• Total time

Project managers often illustrate progress with a(n) ____ showing key deliverables and activities.

• Tracking Gantt chart

• PERT chart

• Gantt chart

• Network diagram

____ dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities.

• Mandatory

• Discretionary

• External

• Internal

____ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.

• Gantt charts

• Critical path analysis

• Critical chain scheduling

• Critical chain scheduling

The critical path always includes the most critical activities. True or false.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Not mentioned

The ultimate goal of ____ is to create a realistic project schedule that provides a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project.

• Schedule development

• Activity duration estimating

• Activity sequencing

• Activity definition

The critical path is the ____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the ____ time it takes to complete a project.

• Longest; longest

• Longest; shortest

• Shortest; longest

• Shortest; shortest

Duration only includes the actual amount of time worked on an activity. True or false.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Not mentioned