Time Management

Practice Exam

Question 1
The Ethical Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday. As of today, Tuesday,
Activity ACT is 45 days into its 50 day scheduled duration time. Activity EC is the
next scheduled activity on the schedule. ACT and EC have a finish to start
dependency. EC has a scheduled duration of 3 days. When is the earliest your
team can start on Activity EC?

A.
B.
C.
D.

After the Ethical Committee meeting

Thursday
Day 48
Today (Tuesday)

Question 2
You have received estimates for one of your project tasks as follows: The
pessimistic estimate is 32 days, the optimistic estimate is 22 days, and the most
likely estimate is 26 days. Using this information, calculate the three-point estimate
for this project activity.

A.
B.
C.
D.

80 days
26.3 days
24 days
36.2 days

Question 3
You are a Project Manager of a multi-million dollar construction project. The team
has identified that the local government is very slow to approve permits. Acquiring
permits is therefore moved to much earlier in the schedule. What risk technique is
being used?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Transference
Mitigation
Acceptance
Avoidance

Question 4
The project has 5 paths. The Critical Path has a duration of 78 days. The Near
Critical Path has a duration of 40 days. Ten days into the project, activities on the
CP are behind schedule. What is the best option for the project manager?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Reassign new project team members to the late activities

Crash the late activities
Eliminate the late activities
Move slack from other paths to avoid further schedule delays

Question 5
Marcus is Senior PM for a large aircraft project. The deadline for a particular
activity is set for March 1. Even though that date is months away, the Project
Management Team determines that the deadline is unrealistic, and approves
multiple significant modifications to the schedule. What is the next best action for
Marcus?
A. Notify appropriate stakeholders of the modifications
B. Estimate the adjusted schedule duration
C. Prepare schedule compression techniques to meet the March 1 deadline with
the revised modifications
D. Update the scope management plan to reflect the approved changes

Question 6
You are a project manager for a $40,000 project requiring a product changeover.
An activity must start at the end of the main work day (5pm). The activity takes 1
hour to complete. The next activity requires completion of the first. When is the
earliest start time of the second activity?

A.
B.
C.
D.

5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
the next day

Question 7
You are managing a large charitable project for a highly respected company in its
industry. Most of the charitable work is occurring outside the companys home
country. Publicizing the work is crucial, but only when certain activities have
completed. Namely, when the invitations to dignitaries are mailed out, the press
releases must go out. What is the best relationship to use between these activities
on the project schedule?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Start to start
Finish to finish
Start to finish
Finish to start

Question 8
You have learned that two technical architects have been rolled off another project,
and you acquire them for your project. You must figure out the best use of these
scarce resources. What is your best action?

A. Network with functional managers to acquire the team members for the length
of the project
B. Place the resources on activities with free float to give them time to learn the
project objectives and work required
C. Allocate the resources to critical path activities first
D. File proper change control forms to acquire the resources

Question 9
The project requires use of a particular software. The organization has put many
procedures and restrictions on purchasing software. The project team needs it by
next week. A team member has access to an unauthorized version of the software
that can be downloaded instantly. What is your best action?
A. Instruct the team member to use the software until the organizations copies
come in
B. Procure the software, even if paperwork may delay an early start
C. Use the unauthorized version and allocate the additional funds other project
needs
D. Submit a request for change to use the accessible software or similar version

Question 10
Activity UAT has an early start (ES) of day 6, a late start (LS) of day 10, an early
finish (EF) on day 12, and a late finish (LF) on day 16. Based on this information,
which of the following statements accurately describes activity UAT in the Network
Diagram?
A.
B.
C.
D.

It is a dummy Node
It is not on the Critical Path
It is on the Critical Path
It has a LAG of 4 days