东北大学软件项目管理与过程改进选择题整理(Chapter 6)

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Information Technology Project Management

Chapter 6

1. Which dependencies are sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care because they may limit later scheduling options?

*	a.	discretionary(自由)
	b.	mandatory(强制，硬逻辑)
	c.	external
	d.	inherent

2. Which is true of a finish-to-finish dependency?

	a.	It is a dependency in which in which the “from” activity must finish before the “to” activity or successor can start.
	b.	It is a dependency in which the “from” activity must start before the “to” activity can be finished.
	c.	It is a dependency in which the “from” activity cannot start until the “to” activity or successor is started.
*	d.	It is a dependency in which the “from” activity must be finished before the “to” activity can be finished.

3. Which law states that work expands to fill the time allowed?

	a.	Miller’s Law
*	b.	Parkinson’s Law
	c.	Einstein’s Law
	d.	Murphy’s Law

4. Which is a similarity between scope control and schedule control?

	a.	Both are initial processes of project time management.
	b.	Both of their primary goals is to define project goals and milestones.
*	c.	Both are portions of the integrated change control process under project integration management.
	d.	Both of these processes should occur before estimating activity durations.

5. After working with key stakeholders to define activities and calculate their resources, what is the next process in project schedule management?

	a.	control the schedule.
	b.	develop the schedule.
*	c.	estimate the duration of activities.
	d.	determine their dependencies.

6. Where would a draft schedule for a project most likely be found?

	a.	resource breakdown structure
	b.	project’s dummy activities list
	c.	project buffer
*	d.	project charter

7. In project schedule management, which process involves analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule?

*	a.	developing the schedule
	b.	defining activities
	c.	controlling the schedule
	d.	planning schedule management

8. Which dependencies do AOA network diagrams use?

	a.	finish-to-finish
	b.	start-to-start
*	c.	finish-to-start
	d.	start-to-finish

9. Which term is used for a significant event on a project that normally has no duration?

*	a.	milestone
	b.	schedule baseline
	c.	activity sequence
	d.	activity attribute

10. In project schedule management, the ultimate goal of which process is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project?

	a.	sequencing activities
	b.	estimating activity resources
*	c.	developing a schedule
	d.	defining activities

11. In project schedule management, which process involves estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities?

	a.	defining activities
	b.	sequencing activities
	c.	planning schedule management
*	d.	estimating activity durations

12. Which network diagramming technique uses boxes to represent activities?

	a.	ADM
	b.	CPM
*	c.	PDM
	d.	PERT

13. What is an accurate difference between the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM)?

	a.	Unlike CPM, PERT estimates only when there is no risk of uncertainty.
	b.	CPM involves more work than PERT because it requires several duration estimates.
*	c.	PERT uses different duration estimates whereas CPM uses one specific duration estimate.
	d.	CPM addresses the risk associated with duration estimates whereas PERT does not.

14. During which relationship is the “from” activity unable start until the “to” activity is started?

*	a.	start-to-start
	b.	finish-to-start
	c.	finish-to-finish
	d.	start-to-finish

15. In project schedule management, which is an output of controlling the schedule?

	a.	activity attribute
*	b.	project management plan update
	c.	milestones list
	d.	activity duration estimate

16. In project schedule management, which process primarily involve identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities?

*	a.	sequencing activities
	b.	estimating activity durations
	c.	defining activities
	d.	planning schedule management

17. In project schedule management, what is the next step after defining project activities?

	a.	planning schedule management
*	b.	determining their dependencies
	c.	controlling the schedule
	d.	estimating activity duration

18. What term is used for the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following activities?

	a.	backward pass
*	b.	free slack
	c.	forward pass
	d.	fast tracking

19. How does critical chain scheduling protect tasks on the critical chain from being delayed?

	a.	critical paths
*	b.	feeding buffers
	c.	dummy activities
	d.	fast tracking

20. Which technique is used for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost?

	a.	critical chain scheduling
	b.	dependency
*	c.	crashing
	d.	feeding buffers

21. Which is one of the main outputs of estimating activity resources process?

	a.	milestone list
*	b.	project documents update
	c.	activity duration estimate
	d.	breakdown structure

22. Which is true of dummy activities?

    Dummy activities have no duration and no resources, but are occasionally needed on AOA network diagrams to show logical relationships between activities. These activities are represented with dashed arrow lines, and have zeros for their duration estimates.
    虚活动没有工期而且没有资源，但是有时需要在AOA网络图上图用虚活动表示活动之间的逻辑关系，它们使用虚的箭线表示的，工期估算为0。

    bb平台有点问题。

	a.	They have long durations.
*	b.	They show logical relationships between activities.
	c.	They have a large range of resources.
	d.	They have limited time periods.

23. What term is used for the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date?

	a.	forward pass
	b.	backward pass
	c.	free float
*	d.	total slack

24. In project schedule management, which process primarily involves checking and managing changes to the project schedule?

	a.	estimating activity resources
	b.	estimating activity durations
	c.	developing the schedule
*	d.	controlling the schedule

25. Which technique involves network diagramming and is used primarily to predict total project duration?

	a.	arrow diagramming method
*	b.	critical path analysis
	c.	resource breakdown structure
	d.	Gantt chart

26. Which document is most likely to include planned project start and end dates which serve as the starting points for a detailed schedule?

	a.	organizational process assets update
	b.	resource breakdown structure
	c.	milestones list
*	d.	project charter

27. In project schedule management, which process generates the main outputs of an activity list, activity attributes, and a milestone list?

	a.	resource estimating activities
*	b.	defining activities
	c.	estimating activity durations
	d.	sequencing activities

28. Which type of dependencies are inherent in the nature of work being performed on a project?

	a.	random
	b.	discretionary
*	c.	mandatory
	d.	external

29. In project schedule management, the main goal of which process is to ensure that the project team has complete understanding of all the work they must do as part of the project scope so they can start scheduling the work?

	a.	estimating activity durations
	b.	estimating activity resources
	c.	controlling the schedule
*	d.	defining activities

30. In an AOA network diagram, what occurs when two or more activities follow a single node?

	a.	combinations
	b.	buffers
*	c.	bursts
	d.	mergers

31. The critical path is the _____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the _____ amount of slack or float.

*	a.	longest; shortest
	b.	shortest; longest
	c.	longest; longest
	d.	shortest; shortest

32. What is the first process involved in project schedule management?

	a.	defining activities
*	b.	planning schedule management
	c.	estimating activity durations
	d.	sequencing activities

33. Which technique involves network diagramming and is used primarily to predict total project duration?

	a.	resource breakdown structure
	b.	arrow diagramming method
*	c.	critical path analysis
	d.	Gantt chart

34. What is the latest possible time an activity might begin without delaying the project finish date?

	a.	early start date
*	b.	late start date
	c.	early finish date
	d.	late finish date

35. Which statement best describes the difference between an activity list and an activity attribute?

	a.	An activity list provides a more concrete list of milestones for a project than an activity attribute.
	b.	As opposed to an activity attribute, an activity list provides resource requirements and constraints related to activities.
*	c.	An activity attribute provides more schedule-related information about each activity than an activity list.
	d.	An activity attribute is a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule whereas an activity list is not.

36. Which is an output of schedule control?

	a.	activity attributes
	b.	milestones lists
	c.	resource requirements
*	d.	change requests

37. Which is a similarity between the crashing and fast tracking?

*	a.	both can shorten the time needed to finish a project
	b.	both are network diagramming techniques used primarily to predict total project duration
	c.	both spread out tasks over a long period of time to ensure the quality of work is maintained
	d.	both invariably result in increases in total project costs

38. Which provide a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format?

	a.	PERT analysis
*	b.	Gantt charts
	c.	Arrow diagramming method
	d.	Critical path analysis

39. Which process in project schedule management involves identifying the specific tasks that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables?

*	a.	defining activities
	b.	estimating activity durations
	c.	developing the schedule
	d.	sequencing activities

40. Which dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities?

	a.	discretionary
	b.	mandatory
	c.	inherent
*	d.	external

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