CST Resource Loading & Leveling 5

Question 1

What is the purpose of a 'resource calendar' in a resource-loaded schedule?

Accepted Answer

To define when each resource is available, including vacations and holidays

Answer

A resource calendar defines a resource's availability—working days, holidays, part-time hours—used to constrain scheduling.

Question 2

Which heuristic, often used in manual resource leveling, assigns available resources to activities in order from earliest start date to latest?

Accepted Answer

Serial scheduling heuristic

Answer

The serial scheduling heuristic processes activities one at a time in a defined order (e.g., earliest start) and assigns resources until exhausted.

Question 3

After resource leveling, a project manager wants to verify that no resource exceeds 100% allocation in any given week. Which tool best supports this verification?

Accepted Answer

Resource histogram by time period

Answer

A time-period resource histogram displays utilization week by week, making it easy to spot any bars exceeding the 100% line.

Question 4

What is the consequence of over-leveling (over-smoothing) resources on a project schedule?

Accepted Answer

Activities are unnecessarily delayed, adding unneeded schedule padding

Answer

Excessive leveling delays activities beyond what is needed to resolve conflicts, artificially inflating project duration.

Question 5

In the context of resource loading, what does 'lag' between activities allow in terms of resource management?

Accepted Answer

It creates a gap that can reduce the demand overlap between predecessor and successor

Answer

Lag creates a time gap between activities, reducing simultaneous demand on shared resources by offsetting their start times.

(CST) Certified Scheduling Technician Practice Test

(CST) Certified Scheduling Technician Practice Test

CST Resource Loading & Leveling 5