CAPM Schedule Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is total float (slack) in schedule management?
- The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date (Correct answer)
- The difference between early start and late start only
- The time saved by crashing the schedule
- The buffer added to each activity estimate
Correct answer: The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date
Total float is the amount of time a scheduled activity can be delayed without delaying the project end date or violating a schedule constraint.
Question 2: Which type of dependency is inherent in the nature of the work and cannot be changed by the project team?
- Discretionary dependency
- External dependency
- Mandatory dependency (Correct answer)
- Soft dependency
Correct answer: Mandatory dependency
Mandatory dependencies are inherent in the work being done (e.g., you must lay the foundation before building walls) and are also called hard logic.
Question 3: A project manager is applying schedule compression and finds that adding resources will not reduce duration further. What alternative compression technique could be used?
- Resource leveling
- Fast tracking (Correct answer)
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Schedule baselining
Correct answer: Fast tracking
Fast tracking overlaps activities that would normally be done sequentially, reducing duration without necessarily adding cost.
Question 4: Which tool is used to show schedule information against a calendar, displaying activity start and end dates as horizontal bars?
- Network diagram
- Milestone chart
- Gantt chart (Correct answer)
- PERT chart
Correct answer: Gantt chart
A Gantt chart (bar chart) displays project activities against a calendar timeline as horizontal bars showing start and finish dates.
Question 5: What is free float in project scheduling?
- Float shared among a group of activities
- The time an activity can be delayed without delaying any successor activity (Correct answer)
- The total time available to delay all project activities
- Buffer time added at the end of the project
Correct answer: The time an activity can be delayed without delaying any successor activity
Free float is the amount of time a scheduled activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately following scheduled activities.
Question 6: During schedule development, a project manager identifies that Activity B cannot start until Activity A is 50% complete. What type of relationship is this?
- Finish-to-Start with lag
- Start-to-Start with lag (Correct answer)
- Finish-to-Finish
- Start-to-Finish
Correct answer: Start-to-Start with lag
A Start-to-Start relationship with lag means Activity B can start only after Activity A has been underway for a certain time (50% completion).
Question 7: Which process involves reviewing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule?
- Define Activities
- Sequence Activities
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Develop Schedule (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Develop Schedule
Develop Schedule analyzes activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and constraints to create the schedule model.
CAPM Schedule Management 3
What is total float (slack) in schedule management?