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3 Project Scheduling and Time Management Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 3 Project Scheduling and Time Management, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

Which description best fits a project schedule milestone?

  1. A

    A task assigned to a team that always takes one working day

  2. B

    A significant event or decision that usually has zero duration

  3. C

    A resource constraint that limits how quickly work can proceed

  4. D

    A planned date that must be changed whenever a task slips

02
Choose one
1 point

After a project schedule is approved, what is the baseline used for?

  1. A

    A list of tasks that do not have assigned durations

  2. B

    A forecast that replaces the approved plan at every status meeting

  3. C

    The approved reference plan against which progress and changes are assessed

  4. D

    A chart that displays activities as bars across a timeline

03
Choose one
1 point

A team estimates work by multiplying the number of units by an expected number of hours per unit. Which estimating approach is it using?

  1. A

    Applying a rate to a quantity, such as hours per unit

  2. B

    Asking people familiar with the work to estimate its duration

  3. C

    Using a comparable past activity and adjusting for differences

  4. D

    Using optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic estimates

04
Choose all
1 point

Which items does a project schedule show? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Activities

  2. B

    Dependencies

  3. C

    A guaranteed final completion date that cannot change

  4. D

    Milestones

  5. E

    Planned dates

05
Choose all
1 point

When estimating an activity's duration, which factors should the team consider? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    The work required

  2. B

    The desired deadline, even if the work estimate must be shortened to fit it

  3. C

    Available people and equipment and their productivity

  4. D

    Work calendars and relevant experience or historical data

06
True or false
1 point

True or false: An activity's duration is its expected working time, so it may differ from the total elapsed time between its start and finish.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

07
True or false
1 point

True or false: Once identified at the start of a project, the critical path cannot change as work proceeds.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Written response
1 point

What is the scheduling term for an activity that must occur before another activity can start or finish?

09
Written response
1 point

In the product-launch example, what is the duration of the critical path in working days?

10
Fill in the blank
1 point

In a finish-to-start relationship, the starts after the predecessor finishes.

11
Fill in the blank
1 point

After approval, the schedule is saved as the against which progress and changes are assessed.

12
Open ended
1 point

A project forecast shows that a milestone will be late. Describe a sound response that addresses both how the team should evaluate options and how it should handle a change to the approved plan.

13
Choose one
1 point

An activity can be delayed by one day without affecting its successor's start or the project finish. Which scheduling concept describes that flexibility?

  1. A

    The time an activity must wait before its predecessor begins

  2. B

    The time an activity can slip without delaying a specified successor or project finish

  3. C

    The total working time needed to complete an activity

  4. D

    The gap between the baseline date and the actual finish date

14
True or false
1 point

A team schedules approval of a launch plan as a milestone. In a project schedule, this milestone would usually have zero duration. True or false?

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Choose one
1 point

A project manager wants to show planned activities as bars across a timeline. Which schedule view is designed for this purpose?

  1. A

    A network diagram

  2. B

    A Gantt chart

  3. C

    A milestone register

  4. D

    A resource calendar

16
Choose one
1 point

A team estimates assembly time by applying a known number of labor hours per unit to the number of units required. Which estimating approach is it using?

  1. A

    Expert judgment

  2. B

    Analogous estimating

  3. C

    Parametric estimating

  4. D

    Three-point estimating

17
Choose one
1 point

After a proposed schedule has been reviewed and approved, what is the main purpose of saving it as the baseline?

  1. A

    Use the approved schedule as the reference plan for assessing progress and changes.

  2. B

    Replace the approved schedule with each new forecast, without retaining the earlier plan.

  3. C

    Use the schedule only to record actual finish dates.

  4. D

    Treat the baseline as a list of activities without planned dates.

18
Written response
1 point

An activity can slip by two working days without delaying its specified successor or the project finish. What is this scheduling flexibility called?

19
Written response
1 point

An activity has an optimistic duration of 2 working days, a most likely duration of 4 working days, and a pessimistic duration of 6 working days. Using the common weighted three-point estimate, what is its estimated duration?

20
Choose one
1 point

All dependencies are finish-to-start. Activity A takes 2 working days. B takes 3 days after A, and C takes 4 days after A. D takes 5 days after both B and C, and E takes 2 days after D. Which route is the critical path, and what is the earliest planned project finish?

  1. A

    A–B–D–E; 12 working days

  2. B

    A–C–D–E; 13 working days

  3. C

    A–B–D–E; 13 working days

  4. D

    A–C–D–E; 11 working days