Unit 4 PM Review

Adam's Construction has accepted a contract to build a six-story office building. The company is using a timeline from a two-story building project the company completed in the previous month to develop the schedule for this project. Adam's Construction is using:

• Analogous estimating

• Parametric estimating

• Three-point estimating

• Reserve analysis

Which process puts more resources on the critical path?

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• Leading

• Shortening

The prom committee is having a contest to design the invitation and poster for this year's prom. To ensure getting the design to the printer by the January 15th deadline, the committee is holding the contest in November. This is an example of:

• Analogous estimating

• Parametric estimating

• Three-point estimating

• Reserve analysis estimating

Craig would like to view a graphical representation of his project's work packages in a timeline bar chart format. Craig should create a:

• Gantt chart

• Milestone chart

• Project schedule diagram

• Schedule compression

Maria determines the project duration by overestimating what she calculates by 15%. Maria is using:

• Analogous estimating

• Parametric estimating

• Three-point estimating

• Reserve analysis

Lynn needs to finish paving his driveway before the rain arrives on Friday. He chooses to hire someone to finish the job for him because it is less expensive than getting a helper and another truck. This is an example of schedule:

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• Leading

• Lagging

In order to complete the finished attic remodel project on time, Brian decides to hang the ceiling fan while Petrina paints the walls. This is an example of schedule:

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• Leading

• Lagging

Dennis is unable to estimate the duration of his project with certainty, so he decides to break down the work into activities. He then adds up the total quantity for each of the activity durations. Dennis is using:

• Analogous estimating

• Bottom-up estimating

• Reserve analysis

• Three-point estimating

It took Scott's team two hours to mow and edge one acre of land. He estimates that it will take his team eight hours to mow and edge four acres of land for an upcoming project. Scott's duration estimation for this project is an example of:

• bottom- up estimating

• parametric estimating

• reserve analysis

• three-point estimating

Which process requires the project manager to analyze the network diagram and sequencing to see whether any activities can be done in parallel on the critical path?

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• Leading

• Shortening