Resource ______ problem type refers to the case in which sufficient resources to complete a project within a specified time are lacking.

a. allocation

b. leveling

c. switching

d. loss

Of the following, ______ is NOT a goal of a project manager when creating a project team roster that meets skill and expertise requirements while minimizing team size and/or cost.

a. minimizing costs of a team that satisfies skill requirements

b. finding the largest team that satisfies skill requirements

c. creating a team with the fewest members that meet all skill criteria

d. creating a team with the fewest members at the lowest cost

Capacity-constrained resources refer to those resources that have a limit on ______ but no limit on ______.

a. total usage; utilization rate

b. utilization rate; total usage

c. cost; schedule

d. schedule; cost

______ protect the schedule against the impact of unplanned tasks and task overruns.

a. Cost/work buffers

b. Project buffers

c. Schedule buffers/contingency times

d. Project phase gates

According to the Tuckman Ladder model of team development, ______ is the phase during whichteam members get to know each other and test each other to discover personal and task boundaries and behaviors.

a. forming

b. storming

c. norming

d. adjourning

According to the Tuckman Ladder model of team development, the ______ phase is marked by

conflict and polarization around a variety of issues, many of which are interpersonal.

a. forming

b. storming

c. norming

d. adjourning

1. Critical chain advocates suggest that four types of these be added to a critical chain precedence

network to allow for various uncertainties, such as ______.

a. buffers

b. milestones

c. stop gates

d. reviews

SMEs Jose and Matt are disagreeing on a particular task duration estimate. Jose thinks the task will take 14 days to complete, but Matt thinks it will take only 7 days to complete. Finally, the two agree to split the difference and agree that 11 days is a suitable task duration estimate. What type of conflict resolution is happening in this scenario?

a. compromising

b. avoiding

c. accommodating

d. dominating or forcing

Of the following, ______ is the conflict resolution approach that uses bargaining to find a solution that offers some level of satisfaction for all parties involved.

a. collaborating

b. compromising

c. accommodating

d. dominating or forcing

______ refer to anything (e.g., people, machines, tools, capital, etc.) used to complete specific tasks in a project.

a. Resources

b. Timelines

c. Budgets

d. Inspections

In the context of project team resources, homogeneity means project resources are ______.

a. alike

b. not alike

c. lacking in experience

d. highly experienced

______ constrained resources category includes resources with limits such as number of resources that can be used per day.

a. Availability

b. Rate

c. Capacity

d. Doubly

______ schedule one task at a time until all tasks have been scheduled.

a. Single pass algorithms

b. Fixed task ordering (serial) heuristics

c. Project management software

d. Dynamic task ordering (parallel) heuristics

______ is a process that repeatedly sets values for each random variable (e.g., task durations,

costs, etc.) by sampling from each variable's respective distribution.

a. PERT

b. Monte Carlo simulation

c. Project buffer strategies

d. Schedule buffer strategies

A _____ is a project scenario that would be most fitting for a proactive scheduling approach.

a. housing development project

b. project with initially poorly defined project goals

c. project that is risky and likely to require substantial rework and cycles in the precedence network

d. typical process improvement project