Practice Quiz Chapter 15

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. Which of the following statements about activity-on-arc is wrong?

a) The nodes of the network indicate milestones. correct incorrect

b) The arcs between nodes show activities. correct incorrect

c) A duration is associated with each arc. correct incorrect

d) The nodes of the network indicate activities. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements concerning activity-on-node is correct?

a) The arcs between notes show activities. correct incorrect

b) The notes of the network indicate states. correct incorrect

c) The arcs show dependencies. correct incorrect

d) An arc linking two nodes indicates that the activity represented by the left-hand node can only start after the activity represented by the right-hand node has been finished. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is considered the major difference between critical path and project evaluation and review technique?

a) None of the activities can be accelerated. correct incorrect

b) No reduction in completion time is feasible. correct incorrect

c) The crashed is a quadratic function of cost. correct incorrect

d) The crashed is a linear function of cost. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Earliest finish equals to earliest start minus time. correct incorrect

b) Latest start plus latest finish equal time. correct incorrect

c) Earliest start equal to earliest finish plus time. correct incorrect

d) Latest finish equals to latest start plus time. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements is wrong?

a) Project evaluation and review technique's major contribution is to force managers to study the network structure of the project. correct incorrect

b) Henry Gantt was one of the disciples of Frederick Taylor who published The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911. correct incorrect

c) Activities that have slack are on the project's critical path. correct incorrect

d) Activities with no slack are on the project's critical path. correct incorrect

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. Please see the PDF attachment to answer this question. Determine the earliest start of Activity Y.

a) 0:00 correct incorrect

b) 7:00 correct incorrect

c) 8:00 correct incorrect

d) 11:00 correct incorrect

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. Please see the PDF attachment to answer this question. Determine the earliest start of Activity Z.

a) 12:00 correct incorrect

b) 15:00 correct incorrect

c) 19:00 correct incorrect

d) 22:00 correct incorrect

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. Please see the PDF attachment to answer this question. Determine the estimated completion time of the project.

a) 18:00 correct incorrect

b) 20:00 correct incorrect

c) 22:00 correct incorrect

d) 29:00 correct incorrect

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. Please see the PDF attachment to answer this question. Determine the project's critical path.

a) WXYZ correct incorrect

b) WXZ correct incorrect

c) WYZ correct incorrect

d) WZ correct incorrect

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. Please see the PDF attachment to answer this question. Determine which activity has slack.

a) Activity W correct incorrect

b) Activity X correct incorrect

c) Activity Y correct incorrect

d) Activity Z correct incorrect