A project manager is informed midway through project planning that she was given inaccurate data regarding new regulations affecting the required end date of her project. She may need to make a few adjustments, but she thinks she can still manage the project to complete it before the regulations take effect. She confirms this by analyzing the sequence of activities with the least amount of scheduling flexibility. What technique is she using?

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Critical path method
Flowchart
Precedence diagramming
Work breakdown structure
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A design engineer is helping to ensure that the dependencies within her area of expertise are properly defined on the project. The design of several deliverables must be complete before manufacturing can begin. This is an example of what type of dependency?
Discretionary dependency
External dependency
Mandatory dependency
Scope dependency
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Your sponsor and stakeholders have made it clear they wish to be kept informed on the project status. There are many aspects of the project on which you will report, and you want to choose the most appropriate tool to use in each case. Which of the following are generally illustrated better by bar charts than network diagrams?
Logical relationships
Critical paths
Resource trade-offs
Progress or status
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A heuristic is best described as a:
Control tool
Scheduling method
Planning tool
Generally accepted rule
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lag means:
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of its successor
Waiting time
The product of a forward and backward pass
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A project manager is new to the company but has 10 years of project management experience. She is given a medium-sized project and is asked to plan so it is finished as quickly as possible because the company has a large list of projects to complete in the coming year. She will be given another project to manage as soon as she has this one baselined. She needs to report on the longest time the project will take. Which of the following is the best project management tool to use to determine this?
Work breakdown structure
Network diagram
Bar chart
Project charter
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is correct?
The critical path helps prove how long the project will take.
There can be only one critical path.
The network diagram will change every time the end date changes.
A project can never have negative float.
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