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Test Name: Exam - Critical Path Method

Learner: Andrew Odeo

Your Score 80.00%

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Question 1 of 10
The critical or essential elements of a network are:

a. Its orientation, such as left to right or up to down

b. The preceding plus the tasks and their interrelationships.
c. The tasks and their interrelationships.

Result:
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Answer 1 is C

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Question 2 of 10
Task identification is an essential part of creating the network to which the CPM will be applied. An
important task identification tip is:

a. Make tasks large enough so that they can be assigned to teams, rather than individuals, so that they get done.
b. Avoid linking tasks with deliverables.
c. When in doubt, make tasks small.

Result:
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Answer 2 is C

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Question 3 of 10
Estimating the duration of a task:

a. Also requires specifying the person-hours required to complete the task.

b. Does not require specifying the person-hours required to complete the task.

c. Must be expressed in weeks.

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Answer 3 is B

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Question 4 of 10
Each task that is on the critical path:

a. Has a positive float.

b. Must be started at its EST if the project is to be completed as soon as possible.

c. Must be completed whereas tasks off the critical path are optional.

Result:
Correct
Answer 4 is B

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Question 5 of 10
Repeated applications of the CPM to a variety of projects would reveal that any given project:

a. Can have only one critical path.

b. Can have two or more “parallel” critical paths or “parallel” critical path segments.

c. May not have any critical path.

Result:
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Answer 5 is B

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Question 6 of 10
A Gantt chart:

a. Can be constructed using the results of a CPM analysis.

b. Is not related to the CPM but is, instead, an alternative project management tool applicable to simpler projects.
c. Is useful only for construction projects.

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Answer 6 is A

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Question 7 of 10
Once the network diagram is completed and the CPM performed, the CPM:

a. Should be updated as needed.

b. Should not be modified because it is the benchmark against which project progress will be measured.
c. Becomes irrelevant because its use is solely as a project planning tool; not a project execution tool.

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Answer 7 is A

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Question 8 of 10
CPM software:

a. Eliminates the need to identify tasks and their durations.

b. Requires task and duration determination, but eliminates the need to specify interrelationships.

c. Is intended for CPM analysis on actual planning, design, construction, and other projects.

Result:
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Option B is not correct

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Question 9 of 10
Once a project is completed:

a. The series of CPM analyses that were performed can be examined to identify lessons learned.

b. The project-specific CPM no longer has value because it is a forward-looking tool, not a retrospective one.
c. The software Open Workbench will automatically perform the analyses noted in “a” above.

Result:
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Answer 9 is A
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Question 10 of 10
This webinar:

a. Urges use of CPM in all projects.

b. Restricts CPM to construction projects.

c. Argues that the network diagram, which must be created in order to use the CPM, is a principal value of the CPM.

Result:
Incorrect
Option A is not correct

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