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Quiz 3: Planning
True/False
1. The plan lays out what needs to be accomplished but not how it is to be
accomplished.
ANSWER: F
2. It is important that the people who will be involved in performing the work are also
involved in planning the work.
ANSWER: T
3. The first step in the planning process is to define the project criteria.
ANSWER: F
4. The objective must be clear, attainable, specific, and measurable.
ANSWER: T
5. For a project, the objective is usually defined in terms of scope, packages, and cost.
ANSWER: F
6. In the real world, project objectives are always be spelled out clearly at the
beginning of a project.
ANSWER: F
7. The WBB breaks a project down into manageable pieces, or items, to help ensure
that all of the work elements needed to complete the project work scope are
identified.
ANSWER: F
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8. The lowestlevel item of any one branch of a WBS is called a work code.
ANSWER: F
9. The WBS usually indicates the organization or individual responsible for each work
item.
ANSWER: T
10. Some responsibility matrices use an X to show who is responsible for each work
item.
ANSWER: T
11. An activity requires the expenditure of effort by people.
ANSWER: F
12. The Gantt chart is sometimes called a bar chart.
ANSWER: T
13. In a Gantt chart, activities are listed down the lefthand side, and the person
responsible is shown along the bottom.
ANSWER: F
14. One of the major advantages to the traditional Gantt chart is that it shows
graphically the interrelationships of activities.
ANSWER: F
15. A network diagram is typically not drawn to a time scale.
ANSWER: T
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16. Each activity in a network diagram can be represented by one or more boxes.
ANSWER: F
17. An activity cannot start until all of the preceding activities that are linked to it by
arrows have been finished.
ANSWER: T
18. In the AOA format, an activity is represented by a rectangle in the network diagram
ANSWER: F
19. Network diagrams must flow from right to left.
ANSWER: F
Multiple Choice
20. ________________ is the systematic arrangement of tasks to accomplish an
objective.
a. scheduling
b. planning
c. team building
d. controlling
ANSWER: B
21. The plan becomes a benchmark against which ______ progress can be compared.
a. actual
b. planned
c. future
d. expected
ANSWER: A
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22. By participating in ____________ of the work, individuals will become committed
to accomplishing it.
a. planning
b. controlling
c. discussing of
d. timing
ANSWER: A
23. The _______ step in the planning process is to define the project objective
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
ANSWER: A
24. The project __________ must be clear, attainable, specific, and measurable.
a. environment
b. cycle
c. objective
d. work forms
ANSWER: C
25. For a project, the objective is usually defined in terms of scope, _______, and cost.
a. plan
b. schedule
c. controls
d. packages
ANSWER: B
26. The _____________ breaks a project down into manageable pieces, or items, to help
ensure that all of the work elements needed to complete the project work scope are
identified.
a. work package plan
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b. work budget plan
c. work breakdown staff
d. work breakdown structure
ANSWER: D
27. _________ Is a hierarchical tree of end items that will be accomplished or produced
by the project team during the project.
a. work package plan
b. work budget plan
c. work breakdown staff
d. work breakdown structure
ANSWER: D
28. A WBS subdivides the project into smaller pieces called _____________.
a. object codes
b. task statements
c. work items
d. work loads
ANSWER: C
29. The lowestlevel item of any one branch is called a ___________.
a. object item
b. task statements
c. work package
d. work loads
ANSWER: C
30. The ___________________ is a method used to display, in tabular format, the
individuals responsible for accomplishing the work items in the WBS.
a. responsibility matrix
b. resource map
c. responsibility web
d. task structure
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ANSWER: A
31. A _____________ is defined as a piece of work that consumes time.
a. action
b. activity
c. element
d. work object
ANSWER: B
32. When all the detailed activities have been defined for each of the work packages, the
next step is to graphically portray them in a __________________ that shows the
appropriate sequence and interrelationships to accomplish the overall project work
scope.
a. bubble diagram
b. network ladder
c. network diagram
d. responsibility chart
ANSWER: C
33. PERT stands for:
a. program evaluation and review technique
b. process examination and review technique
c. program evaluation and reward technique
d. process examination and reward technique
ANSWER: A
34. CPM stands for:
a. critical part model
b. critical path method
c. criteria plan method
d. criteria part model
ANSWER: B
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35. Two popular formats for drawing network diagrams are:
a. activity in the box and activity on the arrow
b. activity in the node and activity in the square
c. activity in the box and activity on the box
d. activity on the arc and activity on the node
ANSWER: A
36. In the _____ format, an activity is represented by an arrow in the network diagram
a. AOA
b. ABC
c. AIN
d. AIB
ANSWER: A
37. In the _______ format, there is a special type of activity known as a dummy activity.
a. AOA
b. ABC
c. AIN
d. AIB
ANSWER: A
38. A dummy activity consumes ______ time.
a. zero
b. little
c. endless
d. varying
ANSWER: A
57. Draw network diagrams using the activity-in-the-box format and the activity-on-the-
arrow format for the following project.
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Activity Immediate Predecessor
A -
B A
C A
D B, C
E D
F D
G F
H E, G
ANSWER:
Activity-on-the-arrow
B
A
E
C D H
F G
Activity-in-the-box
B E
A D H
C F G

A -
B -
C A
D B, C
E D
F E
G E
H G
TB9–8
ANSWER:
A C D E F
G
B
H
Activity-in-the-box
A C
Start D E F
Finish
B G H

A -
B A
C A
D B
E C
F D
G E
H F, G
I H
J I
ANSWER:
D F H I J
B
A
G
C E
TB9–9
Activity-in-the-box
B D F
A H I J
C E G
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