1.

Which of the following relationships is used in Arrow Diagramming Method [ADM] :

A. Start-to-Finish
B. Finish-to-Start
C. Start-to-Start
D. Finish-to-Finish
2. Resource Leveling is a technique for:
A. Develop Schedule
B. Estimate Activity Durations
C. Estimate Activity Resources
D. Sequence Activities
3. Three-Point Estimates includes _________.
A. Most likely
B. Optimistic
C. Pessimistic
D. All
4. A Project with a total funding of $70,000 finished with a BAC value of $60,000. What term can
best describe the difference of $10,000?
A. Cost Variance
B. Management Overhead
C. Management Contingency Reserve
D. Schedule Variance
5. Resource reallocation from non critical to critical activities is an example of which Project
Scheduling technique:
A. Resource Leveling
B. Schedule Compression
C. Critical Path Method
D. What if Analysis


6. Trend Analysis is best described as:
A. Examining project performance over time
B. Calculating Earned Value
C. Calculating Cost Variance
D. Analyzing performance of similar projects over time
7. What is the lowest level in a work breakdown structure?
A. Project task
B. Work package
C. SOW
D. none
8. If the Earned Value is equal to Actual Cost, What does it means:
A. There is no cost variance
B. There is no schedule variance
C. Schedule Variance Index is 1
D. Project is on budget and on schedule

9. Resource Breakdown Structure is an example of:
A. Text-oriented Format
B. Functional Chart
C. Hierarchical-type Organizational Chart
D. Matrix-based Responsibility Chart

10. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a ________ product or service
11. Having only partial or no information about a situation or outcome, often due to ambiguity or
complexity is known as ________
12. With respect to project goals throughout the projects lifecycle, early in the life cycle, the project
teams focus should be on how to achieve the required ________.
13. ____________, a term used to cover both risk quantification and risk response planning, is
devoted to estimating the impacts that uncertainties have on project outcomes.
a) risk planning
b) risk analysis
c)risk mitigation
d) risk minin
14. Which of the following statements is false in regards to projects?
a) Projects have limited budgets.
b) Projects have life cycles.
c) On most projects, conflict does not exist.
d) Every project has some elements that are unique.
15. The term program refers to an exceptionally large, long-range objective that is broken down
into a set of ________.
a) Tasks
b) Projects
c) Subprojects
d) Campaigns
16. The mission of the _________ is to foster the growth of project management and
build professionalism in the field.
a) Project Management Institute
b) Manhattan Project
c) Project Management Book of Knowledge
d) ARPA.net
17. Because the customer is not a member of the performing organization, the customer isnot a
stakeholder of the project. (True/False)
18. The pattern of progress observed in every project lifecycle can be explained by the S-curve that
exhibits a cumulative pattern of slow-rapid-slow progress. (True/False)
19. The conventional project lifecycle can be described as a pattern of cumulative progress that is
slow-rapid-slow progress. (True/False)
20. Earned value is based on the concept that the percentage of project completion is closely
correlated with cost or with the use of resources (True/False)
21. In a conventional project lifecycle, as work progresses uncertainty about the expected outcome
should increase (True/False).
22. Project management provides an organization with powerful tools that improve its ability to plan,
implement, and control its activities. (True/False)
23. In general, projects today are getting smaller and smaller (True/False)
24. Which of the following is referred for monitoring and controlling the projects:
A. Control Chart
B. Activities Chart
C. Gantt Chart
D. None of above
25. Project Scope includes:
A. Product Scope Description
B. Project Deliverables
C. Product Acceptance Criteria
D. All the above.
26. Three-Point Estimates includes _________.
A. Most likely
B. Optimistic
C. Pessimistic
D. All
27. Resource reallocation from non critical to critical activities is an example of which Project
Scheduling technique:
A. Resource Leveling
B. Schedule Compression
C. Critical Path Method
D. What if Analysis
28. A Project with a total funding of $70,000 finished with a BAC value of $60,000. What term can
best describe the difference of $10,000?
A. Cost Variance
B. Management Overhead
C. Management Contingency Reserve
D. Schedule Variance


29. Trend Analysis is best described as:
A. Examining project performance over time
B. Calculating Earned Value
C. Calculating Cost Variance
D. Analyzing performance of similar projects over time
30. If the Earned Value is equal to Actual Cost, What does it means:
A. There is no cost variance
B. There is no schedule variance
C. Schedule Variance Index is 1
D. Project is on budget and on schedule

31. Resource Breakdown Structure is an example of:
A. Text-oriented Format
B. Functional Chart
C. Hierarchical-type Organizational Chart
D. Matrix-based Responsibility Chart
32. What is the lowest level in a work breakdown structure?
A. Project task
B. Work package
C. SOW
D. none
33. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a ________ product or service
34. Having only partial or no information about a situation or outcome, often due to ambiguity or
complexity is known as ________
35. With respect to project goals throughout the projects lifecycle, early in the life cycle, the project
teams focus should be on how to achieve the required ________.
36. ____________, a term used to cover both risk quantification and risk response planning, is
devoted to estimating the impacts that uncertainties have on project outcomes.
a) risk planning
b) risk analysis
c)risk mitigation
d) risk minin
37. Which of the following statements is false in regards to projects?
a) Projects have limited budgets.
b) Projects have life cycles.
c) On most projects, conflict does not exist.
d) Every project has some elements that are unique.
38. The term program refers to an exceptionally large, long-range objective that is broken down
into a set of ________.
a) Tasks b) Projects c) Subprojects d) Campaigns
39. The mission of the _________ is to foster the growth of project management and
build professionalism in the field.
e) Project Management Institute b) Manhattan Project c)Project Management Book of
Knowledge d) ARPA.net
40. In general, projects today are getting smaller and smaller (True/False)
41. Because the customer is not a member of the performing organization, the customer isnot a
stakeholder of the project. (True/False)
42. The pattern of progress observed in every project lifecycle can be explained by the S-curve that
exhibits a cumulative pattern of slow-rapid-slow progress. (True/False)
43. The conventional project lifecycle can be described as a pattern of cumulative progress that is
slow-rapid-slow progress. (True/False)
44. Project management provides an organization with powerful tools that improve its ability to plan,
implement, and control its activities. (True/False)
45. Earned value is based on the concept that the percentage of project completion is closely
correlated with cost or with the use of resources (True/False)
46. In a conventional project lifecycle, as work progresses uncertainty about the expected outcome
should increase (True/False).



1. What are the constraints in projects and what is the role of each constraint.
2. What do you mean by Network analysis? Explain with examples.
3. What is Project Evaluation? Explain with Examples.
4. What is project computerization? Explain with examples.
5. What do you mean by ADM and PDM explain with examples.
6. What you understand by project procurement? What are the different contract types
in project management? Discuss
7. What do you mean by codification of materials or components, and how it is helpful in
projects? Explain with example.
8. Explain the following with formulas (any 6)
a) Planned Value
b) Earned Value
c) Schedule performance Index
d) Estimated time to completion
e) Cost performance Index
f) Actual cost of work performed
g) Estimated cost to completion
9. What do you mean by Resource Leveling explain with example.
10. What is the difference between Heuristic and Optimization approach in Resource scheduling?
11. What do you understand by project control cycle? Explain each phase.
12. What do you mean by millstone analysis? Explain with examples.
13. What do you mean by ADM and PDM explain with examples.
14. List and explain the critical success factors for successful project implementation.

1. Develop a clean Network Diagram and calculate the critical path. Also calculate the
expected project completion time and project variance.
Event ID Pred. Description Time (Wks)
A None Preliminary Invest 1
B A Technical Feasibility 6
C A Documentation 3
D B Approval 2
E D Design 3
F C Develop 4
G E,F Deploy 1

2. Calculate the last crash point. And if customer is willing to pay Rs 2000 per day saved, so
how much profit can be generated after crashing. (For critical path refer the figure below)
ABC is critical path=30
Crash cost
per week (Rs)
Crash
wks avail
A 500 2
B 800 3
C 5,000 2
D 1,100 2




3. What do you understand by work breakdown structure (WBS)? What are the different
approaches to develop the WBS, explain with WBS structure. Explain the WBS dictionary and
scope baseline.

4. Your organization got a project of installation of new molding plant for HULs Fair & Lovely
empty tubes manufacturing. As a project manager how you will start working on project, till its
handover to HUL Explain in detail. Also explain which tools and techniques how these can help
you at different stages of projects.

5. Calculate the activity variance & activity duration for each task.

Task Predecessor a m b
Z -- 7 8 15
Y Z 13 16 19
X Z 14 18 22
W Y, X 12 14 16
V W 1 4 13
T W 6 10 14
S T, V 11 14 19




6. Calculate the critical path and total duration of completion of the project

Task Predecessor Duration
(days)
1 -- 0
2 1 5
3 2 5
4 2 6
5 4 13
6 3,4,5 6,9,4
7 6 2

Q.7 Calculate early and late start and finish times for all activities.

Activity Time
(days)
Pred Activity Time
(days)
Pred
A 4 -- F 4 D
B 2 A G 15 D
C 10 A H 7 E,F,G
D 3 B,C K 11 G
E 15 B



Q.8 from the given network diagram create resource loading table and level the resources , clearly show
in chart.

Q.9 In the given diagram the critical path is 1-2-3-4-6-7 and for crashing the project the cost information
and resources & duration is given



Calculate the 1 ) total crash cost 2) total crashed weeks 3) completion time for the project