Project Time Management Part 2 by Whizlabs Software

You are a Project Manager in a construction company. Your Project sponsor tells you to begin the build phase, even though the design phase isn’t yet completed. Which of the following statements is not true?

You have used precedence diagram method create the preliminary project schedule. The Critical path duration is 145 days as of now. However, as per the charter, the maximum duration of the project has to be within 130 days. In order to meet the schedule deadline, what should you do as a Project manager- assuming funds are not a constraint?

In the previous data, if D is delayed by 1 day, what is the impact on the project?

You are a project manager for a software development project. The final schedule was created and approved by all key stakeholders. Halfway through the execution phase, you have discovered that an activity on Critical path has been delayed by 2 days. What’s the project float at this time?

It’s a Government rule to get the design (plan) of the building approved by the development authority, prior to start of the construction phase. This is an example of?

You have just completed creating the stakeholder register for your project. The senior management has asked you to submit an approximate estimation of total time duration of the project. Which is the best estimation technique you can use in this case?

You have just completed creating the WBS for your project. The senior management has asked you to submit an approximate estimation of total time duration of the project. Which is the best estimation technique you can use in this case?

What is a Critical chain method?

You have used precedence diagram method to create the preliminary project schedule. As per this schedule, you have 3 Critical paths in the schedule. Your sponsor is not happy with the schedule & asks you to rework on the schedule before finalizing it. What can be a probable cause?

Which of the following is incorrect relating to Crashing and Fast tracking?

You have taken over a Project, which is half way through the execution phase. The Sponsor is concerned about the project running behind the schedule and asks you to compress the schedule. You have also found that the project has a CPI of 0.85. What should you do?

Which of the following is not true about Analogous Estimating?

Considering the worst possible scenario, an activity might take upto 13 days to complete. On the other side, if everything goes as per the plan, your team would be able to complete this activity within 10 days. What’s the standard deviation of this activity?

You are a project manager of a construction project. In your schedule network diagram, ‘Construction of pillars” and “Construction of walls on the pillars” are two sequential activities. You have to wait for 3 weeks for the concrete to settle down before you can start constructing walls on the pillars. This duration of 3 weeks represents:

You have activity Q on a non-critical path on the schedule network diagram. Using forward & backward pass method, it has been determined that Q can be delayed by 2 days without delaying the early start date of next activity R and it does not delay the overall project as well. What’s the duration of 2 days can be referred as for activity Q?

As per the data in previous question, what’s the float on activity C

As per the data in question 17, what’s the float on activity F

Considering the schedule network diagram as per question 17, if management asks you to complete the project within 16 days, what’s the total float for the project?