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  1. A project manager adds extra time to individual activity estimates to handle schedule risks. What is this practice called?

    Answer: Padding or contingency reserve

    Adding extra time to individual activity estimates is called padding or contingency reserve, used to handle identified schedule risks.

  2. Which method of estimating activity duration uses historical data from similar past projects?

    Answer: Analogous estimating

    Analogous estimating uses historical information from similar past projects as the basis for estimating current project durations.

  3. A project's critical path passes through activities A→C→E→G. Activity D is not on the critical path and has 8 days of total float. What happens if Activity D is delayed by 10 days?

    Answer: The project will be delayed by 2 days

    Since Activity D has only 8 days of float but is delayed by 10 days, the project end date will be delayed by the excess (10−8 = 2 days).

  4. Which resource optimization technique adjusts start and finish dates to balance demand for resources with available supply, potentially changing the critical path?

    Answer: Resource leveling

    Resource leveling is used when resources are over-allocated and may change the critical path by delaying activities to resolve resource conflicts.

  5. What does the term 'schedule baseline' refer to?

    Answer: The approved version of the schedule used to measure performance

    The schedule baseline is the approved version of the schedule model that can only be changed through formal change control procedures.

  6. A project manager is using parametric estimating for a construction project. If historical data shows a rate of 100 sq ft per day and the project requires 5,000 sq ft, what is the estimated duration?

    Answer: 50 days

    Parametric estimating uses the relationship between variables: 5,000 sq ft ÷ 100 sq ft/day = 50 days.

  7. Which output of the Control Schedule process documents what has changed from the schedule baseline?

    Answer: Work performance information

    Work performance information contains the calculated SV and SPI values along with analysis of schedule variances documented during Control Schedule.