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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. Method for calculating late start and late finish dates for an activity.
Crashing
Backward Pass
Heuristics
Negative Float
2. Probable number of periods this activity should take with the probable range of results (1 week +/- 3 days)
Delphi Technique
Activity Duration Estimates
Milestones
Lead
3. The path through the network diagram that show which activities - if delayed - will affect the project finish date.
Critical Path
Activity Duration Estimates
Dependencies
Float
4. A type of network diagram where activities are represented on rectangular nodes with arrows representing the dependencies.
Heuristics
Forward Pass
Activity List
Activity on Node Diagram
5. Applying more resources; increases cost
Activity List
Network Diagram
Analogous Estimating
Crashing
6. A type of network diagram where the boxes are activities - and the arrows are used to show dependencies between the activities.
Precedence Diagramming Method
Expert Judgment
Dependencies
Float
7. Comparing planned versus actual schedule dates.
Backward Pass
Variance Analysis
Mathematical Analysis
Duration Compression
8. A technique to show scheduling possibilities where early and late start and finish dates are calculated for every activity without looking at resource estimates.
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Mathematical Analysis
Analogous Estimating
Activity on Node Diagram
9. High-level points in the schedule used to track and report progress.
Analogous Estimating
Lead
Milestones
Float
10. List of every activity that will be performed on the project.
Expert Judgment
Activity List
Precedence Diagramming Method
Crashing
11. Method of estimated where experts are asked to provide input to the schedule.
Critical Path
Expert Judgment
Backward Pass
Precedence Diagramming Method
12. A situation that occurs when an activity's start date comes before a preceding activity's finish date.
Expert Judgment
Schedule Baseline
Negative Float
Critical Path
13. Delay between an activity and the subsequent one dependent upon it.
Fast Tracking
Analogous Estimating
Lag
Critical Path
14. A rarely used type of network diagram where activities are represented by arrows connecting the nodes.
Milestones
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Lead
Duration Compression
15. 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.
Dummy Activity
Negative Float
Precedence Diagramming Method
Duration Compression
16. Or free slack--how much time an activity can be delayed without affecting the early start date of subsequent dependent activities.
Float
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Free Float
Heuristics
17. Float.
Milestones
Precedence Diagramming Method
Fast Tracking
Slack
18. How much time an activity can be delayed without affecting the project's finish date.
Activity Decomposition
Network Diagram
Float
Activity on Arrow Diagram
19. Activities that must be completed before other activities either start or finish (mandatory - discretionary - and external).
Dependencies
Fast Tracking
Activity List
Activity Duration Estimates
20. The method for calculating early start and early finish dates for an activity.
Forward Pass
Network Diagram
Activity List
Slack
21. 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.
Precedence Diagramming Method
Lead
Negative Float
Activity on Node Diagram
22. A technique primarily made up of two means of compressing the schedule: crashing and fast-tracking.
Duration Compression
Float
Variance Analysis
Dummy Activity
23. 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.
Crashing
Critical Path
Analogous Estimating
Activity List
24. Final result is an activity list (similar to Scope Decomposition where the result is a WBS)
Activity Decomposition
Schedule Baseline
Forward Pass
Reserve Time (Contingency)
25. Computer simulation that throws a high number of "what if" scenarios at the project schedule to determine probable results.
Dummy Activity
Variance Analysis
Monte Carlo Analysis
Precedence Diagramming Method
26. Rules for which no formula exists; usually derived through trial and error.
Milestones
Crashing
Reserve Time (Contingency)
Heuristics
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."
Activity List
Mathematical Analysis
Reserve Time (Contingency)
Delphi Technique
28. The approved schedule that is used as a basis for measuring and reporting. It includes the original project schedule plus all approved updates.
Monte Carlo Analysis
Schedule Baseline
Dummy Activity
Activity on Arrow Diagram
29. Perform activities in parallel that normally are done in sequence; increases risk
Negative Float
Precedence Diagramming Method
Fast Tracking
Float
30. A schedule buffer used to reduce schedule risk.
Activity on Arrow Diagram
Milestones
Reserve Time (Contingency)
Activity Decomposition
31. Method of diagramming project activities to show sequence and dependencies.
Negative Float
Float
Network Diagram
Dummy Activity