Chapter 7 Schedule Control
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21. The key to effective project control is to measure _________________ and compare it to ____________ on a timely and regular basis and to take necessary corrective action immediately. a. production quality, efficiency measures b. actual earnings, projected earnings c. actual progress, planned progress d. production hours, output ratios ANSWER: C 22. The project control process starts with establishing a _________________. a. baseline plan b. work order form c. schedule assignments d. time-cost tradeoff ANSWER: A 23. A regular _____________________ should be established for comparing actual progress with planned progress. a. work breakdown assignment chart b. time-cost tradeoff analysis c. printout evaluation d. reporting period ANSWER: D 24. Project management is a(n) ____________ approach to controlling a project, to ensure that the project objective is achieved even when things don't go according to plan. a. trail-and-error b. proactive c. reactive d. automated ANSWER: B 25. The _________________ of completed activities will determine the earliest start and earliest finish times for the remaining activities in the network diagram, as well as the total slack. a. actual finish times b. finish estimates d. actual resource shares ANSWER: A 26. When changes are agreed upon, a new ______________ should be established and used as the benchmark against which actual project performance will be compared. a. time-cost diagram b. baseline plan c. work expectations form ANSWER: B 27. The amount of ____________ should determine the priority with which concentrated efforts are applied. a. baseline chart b. workbreak down structure c. time spent d. slack
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b. future, near term c. contractor’s site, client’s site d. past, future ANSWER: A 29. When modifying a project schedule, usually ____________ activities present the opportunity for larger reductions. a. shorter-duration b. longer-duration c. near term d. future ANSWER: B 30. In most cases, eliminating negative slack by reducing durations of activities will involve a trade-off in the form of an increase in _______________ or a reduction in _____________. a. production hours, budget b. costs, scope c. scope, costs d. scope, production hours ANSWER: B 31. The _____________ trade-off methodology is used to incrementally reduce the project duration with the smallest associated increase in incremental cost. a. schedule-quality b. cost-production c. time-quality d. time–cost ANSWER: D 32. Each activity has two pairs of duration and cost estimates: ________ and ____________. a. normal and crash c. actual and crash d. flash and level ANSWER: A 33. The _______ time is the shortest estimated length of time in which the activity can be completed. a. flash b. level
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