< Strayer BUS375 Project Management Final Exam Part 1 >

Question 1                                                                                                                                          4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following schedule compression techniques is often the lowest risk and with the added benefit of lowering the cost?

Question 2                                                                                                                                          4 out of 4 points

The major disadvantage of using a bar chart on large projects is that bar charts:

 Question 3                                                                                                                                         4 out of 4 points

Which of the following network diagramming methods do not use dummy activities?

Question 4                                                                                                                                          4 out of 4 points

Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming techniques?

Question 5                                                                                                                                          4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following activity-on-arrow network diagramming methods does not require three estimates for durations?

 Question 6                                                                                                                                         4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network?

 Question 7                                                                                                                                         4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project?

 Question 8                                                                                                                                         4 out of 4 points

 Which type of chart provides the least “predictive” value?

Question 9                                                                                                                                          4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following is normally not one of the three critical parameters provided in information reporting to the customer?

Question 10                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 A charting technique designed to illustrate the inductive and deductive reasoning necessary to achieve some objective is called a _____ Diagram / network

Question 11                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

An employee earning $40/hour works in a department where the overhead is 125%. A billable or charge back hour to this department would be:

Question 12                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 When a functional manager tells you that your project is 10% more difficult than the standard project, the functional manager is providing you with a _____ estimate.

Question 13                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 point

 Which of the following is generally not part of capital budgeting?

 Question 14                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

 Material provided in a proposal to justify one’s estimates are called:

Question 15                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

Which of the following components of life cycle costing incurs the largest cost?

Question 16                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following projects would most likely have reasonably good estimating techniques?

 Question 17                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

Which of the following standard project estimating techniques is usually accomplished in weeks?

 Question 18                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

 Pricing out the construction cost of a home by a cost per square foot would be representative of a _____ estimate.

 Question 19                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

The person or group with greatest ability to influence cost at project initiation is:

 Question 20                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

An S-Curve plots:

Question 21                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 Which of the following terms is used to determine the trend on cost?

Question 22                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 The weakness in all of earned value measurement is the way we calculate:

 Question 23                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

 In which type of project report would we most likely find EAC and ETC?

Question 24                                                                                                                                       4 out of 4 points

 Variance envelopes are usually established because:

 Question 25                                                                                                                                      4 out of 4 points

If PV = $100, EV = $200 and AC = $300, the status is: