PMBOK PMBOK Project Schedule Management Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which scheduling technique identifies the longest path through a project network to determine the minimum project duration?

Accepted Answer

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Answer

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

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Resource Leveling

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Fast Tracking

Question 2

What is 'float' (also called slack) in project schedule management?

Accepted Answer

The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the project

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Extra budget reserved for schedule risks

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The difference between planned and actual progress

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A buffer added to the end of a schedule

Question 3

Which schedule compression technique involves overlapping activities that were originally planned in sequence?

Accepted Answer

Fast tracking

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Crashing

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Resource leveling

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Schedule baseline revision

Question 4

In a Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) network, what does a Finish-to-Start (FS) dependency mean?

Accepted Answer

The successor can start only after the predecessor finishes

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Both activities must finish at the same time

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The successor must start before the predecessor finishes

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Both activities must start at the same time

Question 5

What is the purpose of a Schedule Baseline in PMBOK?

Accepted Answer

To serve as the approved version of the schedule used to measure performance

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To document lessons learned after the project

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To list all project resources and their availability

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To identify risks that may affect the timeline

Question 6

Which estimating technique uses the actual durations from similar past projects to estimate current activity durations?

Accepted Answer

Analogous estimating

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Three-point estimating

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Parametric estimating

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Bottom-up estimating