Management questions.

Please choose the correct answer from the following:

1. The WBS establishes the framework for:

developing the acceptance criteria

further planning to create a baseline plan for performing the project work

listing the deliverables

defining the major tasks or work elements

2. The description of an activity in a network diagram usually starts with a(n)__________.

adverb

noun

verb

name of the individual responsible

3. Free slack is the amount of time a specific activity can be

postponed without delaying the earliest start time of its immediately preceding activities.

accelerated without delaying the latest start time of its immediately succeeding activities

accelerated without delaying the latest finish time of its immediately preceding activities

postponed without delaying the earliest start time of its immediately succeeding activities.

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Gantt Chart?

It combines the two functions of planning and scheduling

It is easy to read and interpret

All of the answers are characteristics of Gantt Charts.

It displays the interrelationships of activities

5. The project scope document defines ________in terms of the statement of work and deliverables, and the WBS establishes the framework for ________to produce the project deliverables:

how the work will get done

who will get the work done

what needs to be done

who needs to get the work done

how it needs to be done

6. The project objective should

summarize the need and justification for the project.

be concise and create a vision for the end result of the project.

state what is expected to be accomplished.

state the major end products or items expected to be produced.

7. The purpose of preparing a request for proposal is to state, comprehensively and in detail, what is required, from the customer's point of view, to address the __________.:

technical ideas

identified need

work breakdown goals

cost issues

8. The __________ defines what the project team or contractor will do.

statement of work

network diagram

project scope document

work breakdown structure