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Which of the following is a project category discussed in the text? |
| | A) | Product change and process change |
| | B) | Product change and personnel change |
| | C) | Research and development |
| | D) | Alliances and partnership |
| | E) | A, C and D |
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Project teams may be organized as: |
| | A) | Pure project |
| | B) | Functional project |
| | C) | Matrix project |
| | D) | A and C only |
| | E) | A, B and C |
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Advantage/s of a pure project structure is/are: |
| | A) | Duplication of resources providing redundancy that can reduce project time |
| | B) | Team members report only to one boss, the project manager |
| | C) | Lines of communication are shortened |
| | D) | A, B and C |
| | E) | B and C |
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Disadvantage/s of Matrix project structure is/are: |
| | A) | Duplication of resources is maximized |
| | B) | There are two bosses |
| | C) | It is doomed to failure, unless the project manager has strong negotiating skills |
| | D) | B and C |
| | E) | A, B and C |
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Critical path in a project: |
| | A) | Is the longest path |
| | B) | Activities in a critical path will have 0 slack |
| | C) | The length of the critical path will be greater than the sum of all activity times in the project |
| | D) | Both A and B |
| | E) | A, B and C |
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The length of the critical path will always be less than or equal to the sum of all activity times of a project. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Slack time of an activity: |
| | A) | Is the time an activity may be delayed without delaying the project |
| | B) | Is equal to latest start time – earliest start time |
| | C) | Is equal to latest finish time – earliest start time |
| | D) | A and B |
| | E) | A, B and C |
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If the optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times for an activity in a project are 4, 7, and 16, then the expected time for that activity is: |
| | A) | 7 |
| | B) | 9 |
| | C) | 8 |
| | D) | 2 |
| | E) | None of the above |
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If the optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times for an activity in a project are 4, 7, and 16, then the standard deviation of the activity is: |
| | A) | 7 |
| | B) | 8 |
| | C) | 2 |
| | D) | 6 |
| | E) | 3.5 |
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EVM in the context of project management refers to: |
| | A) | Earned value management |
| | B) | Expected value management |
| | C) | A technique that combines measures of scope, schedule and cost for evaluating project progress |
| | D) | A and C |
| | E) | B and C |
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