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ENGR-502 Mod 10

ENGR-502 Exam II

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Finish to start lags are the same as additional activity slack. False
The least common type of lag relationship occurs when a successor's finish is dependent upon a predecessor's start. True
Gantt charts cannot depict float. False
In order to accelerate completion of a project, the manager must crash critical path activities. True
The critical path may not contain a dummy activity. False
Quite often the marginal gains in employee productivity decrease dramatically with the increased use of overtime. True
AOA is a more useful technique than AON if the project is complex and has many significant milestones. True
Dummy activities are used in AOA networks to indicate the existence of precedent relationships between activities and their event nodes. True
Networks are adaptable and useful for all scheduling challenges that an organization faces. False
Most activity estimations using PERT methods lead to overly optimistic activity duration estimates. True
The most common type of logical sequencing between tasks is referred to as the: finish to start relationship.
A finish to start lag delay is usually shown: on the line adjoining the two activity nodes.
The process of accelerating a project is referred to as: crashing
One reason for crashing a project is: the project has slipped behind schedule.
What approach will NOT accelerate the completion of a project? Increase the bureaucratic oversight.
If an activity's cost is plotted against its duration on axes with zeros at the origin: the slope of the line is negative because it costs more to finish an activity more quickly.
The amount of time an activity may be delayed from its early start without delaying the finish of the project is the: float
Prior to creating a network, it is important to: understand the activity precedence.
Serial activities are those that: flow from one to the next in sequence.
Concurrent activities are: activities that can be performed at the same time.
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