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Strayer BUS 375 Final Exam

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    Strayer BUS 375 FINAL EXAM Final Exam Part 1 Question Question 1 Smoothing out project resources from period to period is called Resource leveling Resource allocation or resource limited planning Better effort planning Slack utilization planning Question 2 Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project? BAR charts Milestone charts PERT charts Precedence charts Question 3 The major disadvantage of using a bar chart on large projects is that bar charts: Answer Cannot identify critical paths Cannot identify milestones Do not show dependencies between activities Question 4 Laying out a network diagram when you know before - hand the size of the available resource pool is called: Answer Resource leveling Resource allocation or resource limited planning Better effort planning Slack utilization planning Question 5 Activities with zero time durations are called: Answer Low - slack activities No - slack activities Dummy activities

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    Special activities Question 6 If the slack in a 12 week activity is 6 weeks and ES = 4, then LF = _____. Answer 4 10 16 22 Question 7 Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to each work package that is being compressed? Answer Overtime Crashing Outsourcing Descoping Question 8 A charting technique designed to illustrate the inductive and deductive reasoning necessary to achieve some objective is called a _____ Diagram / network Answer Gantt Logic Descriptive Intuition Question 9 Which of the following is normally not one of the three critical parameters provided in information reporting to the customer? Answer Time Cost Performance Risks Question 10 Which type of chart provides the least “predictive” value? Answer Bar chart

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    PERT ADM PDM Question 11 When a functional manager tells you that your project is 10% more difficult than the standard project, the functional manager is providing you with a _____ estimate. Answer Parametric Analogy Engineering Grassroots Question 12 Which of the following projects would most likely have reasonably good estimating techniques? Answer Construction R & D Software development New product development Question 13 An employee earning $40/hour works in a department where the overhead is 125%. A billable or charge back hour to this department would be: Answer $ 40 $ 50 $ 90 $ 100 4 points Question 14 Which of the following is generally not part of capital budgeting? Answer Life cycle cost estimating Net present value Internal rate of return Discounted cash flow Question 15 Which of the following standard project estimating techniques is usually accomplished in weeks?

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