PMP Schedule Management 2

Question 1

A project manager is analyzing the critical path and finds that a non-critical activity has a total float of 0 days but free float of 5 days. What does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

The activity can be delayed 5 days without affecting any successor

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The activity is on the critical path

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Delaying this activity will delay its successor but not the project end date

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The activity has a finish-to-start dependency with lag

Question 2

During schedule compression, the project manager decides to overlap phases that were originally planned sequentially. This technique is called:

Accepted Answer

Fast tracking

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Resource leveling

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Crashing

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Schedule baseline revision

Question 3

A project has a Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of 0.85. What does this tell the project manager?

Accepted Answer

The project is behind schedule and only accomplishing 85% of planned work

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The project is over budget

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The project is ahead of schedule

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The project will finish 15% over budget

Question 4

Which scheduling method calculates the earliest and latest start and finish dates without resource constraints to identify schedule flexibility?

Accepted Answer

Critical Path Method

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Resource leveling

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Critical Chain Method

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Monte Carlo simulation

Question 5

A project manager is creating a schedule network diagram. Activity B cannot begin until Activity A has been 50% complete. This is best represented as:

Accepted Answer

Start-to-start with lag

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Finish-to-start with lag

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Finish-to-finish dependency

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Start-to-finish dependency

Question 6

The project sponsor requests an updated Estimate to Complete (ETC) for schedule recovery. The team used 120 days to complete work planned for 100 days. What approach should the PM use for ETC calculation?

Accepted Answer

Divide remaining work by the actual SPI

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Multiply remaining work by original productivity rate

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Use the original schedule baseline unchanged

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Subtract elapsed time from the total project duration

Question 7

Which tool in schedule management helps visualize resource allocation over time and identify periods of over- or under-allocation?

Accepted Answer

Resource histogram

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Network diagram

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Gantt chart

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RACI matrix