Activity sequencing, part II
The intern who will be verifying address labels will not be able to check them until they have obviously been printed. However, you recognize that she does not have to wait until all of the labels have been printed; rather she can begin shortly after the printing of the labels begin. This is an example of:
A. Finish-to-start
B. Finish-to-finish
C. Start-to-start
D. Start-to-finish
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Activity sequencing, part I
You are planning a series of programming tasks and you know that your quality engineers will be testing the code after the programmers have completed the code. This is an example of:
A. Finish-to-start
B. Finish-to-finish
C. Start-to-start
D. Start-to-finish
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Key components of a basic communication model are:
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B. Sender, message, receiver
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One of your monthly reports claim that your project has a CV of 2000. How would you describe it to your sponsor?
A. The project is $2000 over budget
B. The project is $2000 under budget
C. CV of anything over 1000 is irrelevant
D. Not enough information
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