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Calculating Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

Gabe Young — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:01:00 +0000

If EV = 25,000, PV = 30,000, and AC = 29,000, what is the SPI?

A. 0.83
B. 0.86
C. 1.16
D. 1.20

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Estimating type that takes the most amount of time

Gabe Young — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:01:31 +0000

Which of the following estimating types takes the most amount of time to prepare?

A. Bottom up
B. Analogous
C. Parametric
D. Top down

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Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) disadvantage

Gabe Young — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:01:19 +0000

One disadvantage of using Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) is that:

A. Only finish-to-start relationships can be used.
B. Negative lag is not shown.
C. There can only be one critical path.
D. Project duration is limited to the total of all dummy activities.

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Least accurate estimating type

Gabe Young — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:01:40 +0000

Which of the following estimating types provides the least accuracy?

A. Analogous
B. Engineering
C. Bottom-up
D. Grass roots

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Calculating Schedule Variance (SV)

Gabe Young — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:01:02 +0000

If EV = 25,000, PV = 30,000, and AC = 29,000, what is the SV?

A. -5,000
B. -1,000
C. 1,000
D. 5,000

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Estimating type that takes the least amount of time

Gabe Young — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:01:02 +0000

Which of the following estimating types takes the least amount of time to prepare?

A. Analogous
B. Parametric
C. Engineering
D. Bottom up

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Activity sequencing using arrows

Gabe Young — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:01:52 +0000

__________ is an activity sequencing technique that uses arrows to represent activities.

A. Critical chain method
B. Activity-on-Arrow (AOA)
C. Activity-on-Node (AON)
D. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

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Activity sequencing using nodes

Gabe Young — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:01:01 +0000

__________ is an activity sequencing technique that uses nodes to represent activities.

A. Project management software
B. Activity-on-Arrow (AOA)
C. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
D. Critical chain method

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SPI — what does it mean?

Gabe Young — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:01:34 +0000

As the project manager with a time conscience sponsor, you have been monitoring earned value throughout the year long project. At the halfway point, you report that the SPI is 0.8. This means that the project is:

A. Ahead of schedule
B. Under budget
C. Behind schedule
D. Over budget

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GERT

Gabe Young — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:01:08 +0000

For your new software project, you decide you need to use a Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) network diagram. When asked by an intern why you chose to use GERT, you explain that one of the main advantages is that you can:

A. Be more accurate than using a PERT
B. Use hammock activities
C. Assign multiple resources
D. Create loops between tasks

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