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CAPM Time Management
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Instructions:
Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A situation that occurs when an activity's start date comes before a preceding activity's finish date.
Mathematical Analysis
Negative Float
Float
Reserve Time (Contingency)
2. A type of network diagram where the boxes are activities - and the arrows are used to show dependencies between the activities.
Critical Path
Activity on Node Diagram
Expert Judgment
Precedence Diagramming Method
3. A schedule buffer used to reduce schedule risk.
Reserve Time (Contingency)
Heuristics
Backward Pass
Slack
4. Computer simulation that throws a high number of "what if" scenarios at the project schedule to determine probable results.
Fast Tracking
Monte Carlo Analysis
Float
Free Float
5. Method for calculating late start and late finish dates for an activity.
Activity List
Dummy Activity
Forward Pass
Backward Pass
6. Method of estimated where experts are asked to provide input to the schedule.
Expert Judgment
Duration Compression
Activity Decomposition
Crashing
7. A rarely used type of network diagram where activities are represented by arrows connecting the nodes.
Backward Pass
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Crashing
Float
8. Delay between an activity and the subsequent one dependent upon it.
Lag
Activity on Node Diagram
Mathematical Analysis
Activity Duration Estimates
9. High-level points in the schedule used to track and report progress.
Mathematical Analysis
Milestones
Heuristics
Analogous Estimating
10. Probable number of periods this activity should take with the probable range of results (1 week +/- 3 days)
Precedence Diagramming Method
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Activity on Node Diagram
Activity Duration Estimates
11. How much time an activity can be delayed without affecting the project's finish date.
Float
Heuristics
Forward Pass
Delphi Technique
12. Rules for which no formula exists; usually derived through trial and error.
Variance Analysis
Heuristics
Duration Compression
Activity on Arrow Diagram
13. The approved schedule that is used as a basis for measuring and reporting. It includes the original project schedule plus all approved updates.
Crashing
Schedule Baseline
Dependencies
Forward Pass
14. A type of network diagram where activities are represented on rectangular nodes with arrows representing the dependencies.
Activity Duration Estimates
Slack
Activity on Node Diagram
Schedule Baseline
15. The path through the network diagram that show which activities - if delayed - will affect the project finish date.
Duration Compression
Expert Judgment
Critical Path
Monte Carlo Analysis
16. The method for calculating early start and early finish dates for an activity.
Activity on Node Diagram
Forward Pass
Dependencies
Fast Tracking
17. A form of expert judgment often used early on when there is little information available. It is performed from the top down - focusing on the big picture.
Lead
Analogous Estimating
Activity List
Critical Path
18. A technique primarily made up of two means of compressing the schedule: crashing and fast-tracking.
Lead
Duration Compression
Activity Duration Estimates
Free Float
19. Activities that must be completed before other activities either start or finish (mandatory - discretionary - and external).
Dependencies
Backward Pass
Float
Activity on Node Diagram
20. Comparing planned versus actual schedule dates.
Dependencies
Variance Analysis
Lead
Critical Path
21. An activity in a network diagram that does not have any time associated with it. Only included to show relationship and is usually dotted or dashed line.
Analogous Estimating
Heuristics
Fast Tracking
Dummy Activity
22. Method of diagramming project activities to show sequence and dependencies.
Network Diagram
Activity Duration Estimates
Monte Carlo Analysis
Duration Compression
23. Final result is an activity list (similar to Scope Decomposition where the result is a WBS)
Lead
Activity List
Reserve Time (Contingency)
Activity Decomposition
24. Perform activities in parallel that normally are done in sequence; increases risk
Crashing
Dependencies
Fast Tracking
Lead
25. Float.
Slack
Milestones
Negative Float
Analogous Estimating
26. A technique to show scheduling possibilities where early and late start and finish dates are calculated for every activity without looking at resource estimates.
Heuristics
Activity on Node Diagram
Mathematical Analysis
Backward Pass
27. Means of gathering expert judgment where the participants do not know who the others are and therefore are not able to influence each other's opinion. Designed to prevent "groupthink."
Duration Compression
Delphi Technique
Crashing
Activity Duration Estimates
28. List of every activity that will be performed on the project.
Backward Pass
Activity List
Activity Duration Estimates
Crashing
29. Applying more resources; increases cost
Crashing
Activity on Node Diagram
Delphi Technique
Forward Pass
30. Activities with finish to start relationships cannot start until their predecessors have been finished; however - if you have 5 days of lead time on an activity - it may begin 5 days before its predecessor.
Lead
Expert Judgment
Fast Tracking
Reserve Time (Contingency)
31. Or free slack--how much time an activity can be delayed without affecting the early start date of subsequent dependent activities.
Milestones
Mathematical Analysis
Free Float
Activity Decomposition