1 A work breakdown schedule is a hierarchical tree of tasks required to achieve objectives. True

False

2 A work breakdown schedule is a hierarchical tree of tasks required to achieve objectives.

True

False

3 The fact that PERT charts are acyclic means that it is possible to arrive at any network node by following the arrows stemming from the start node.

True

False

4 The earned value chart is a graphical representation of the time, cost and schedule of a project as compared to its baseline.

True

False

5 Excluding the start and end nodes, all nodes on the critical path have immediate successors and predecessors.

True

False

6 Gantt charts do not clearly show the interdependence of activities in a project.

True

False

7 Which of the following is not true? Gantt charts ______.

a. force project managers to think in detail about the projects requirements

b. are simple and easy to understand

c. show the critical path

d.do not display the precedence requirements of individual tasks

8 Critical path analysis is not used to determine the ______.

a. expected profitability of a project

b. activities that influence project completion time

c. schedule of project activities

d. appropriate allocation of resources between individual tasks

9 What characteristic of a non-critical path would make it a good candidate for becoming a critical path?

a. Having a small amount of slack.

b. Having a great deal of slack.

c. Containing many activities.

d. Containing activities with little variability.

10______ is not a characteristic of a project.

a. Purpose

b. Interdependencies

c. Conflict

d. Cycle time