tailieunhanh - Project Management Professional-Chapter 12b (Answer key)

Chapter 12b: Answer key about TIME MANAGEMENT Answers to the following questions can be found in chapter 2, ‘‘Time Management,’’ unless otherwise noted. 1. Answer: b Note that activities in a calendar schedule start on the beginning of the time period that they start on and end at the end of the time period that they finish on. A two-day activity starts on May 5 and ends on May 6, ES and EF. 2. Answer: b The free float or slack is the amount of time that an activity can be delayed before it affects the schedule of any other activity | TIME MANAGEMENT Answers to the following questions can be found in chapter 2 Time Management unless otherwise noted. 1. Answer b Nmetf atacti s itiesinaLcJe c au schedule start on the beginning of the time period that they start on and end at the end of the time period that they finish on. A two-day activity starts on May 5 and ends on May 6 ES and EF. 2. Answeni The freefloat orslack es tbo emouna oftimeabatim ectirity can be Delayed before it affects the schedule of any other activity. Activity F has free float but activity D dees not. Both have seven days of float total float or plain old float. When emulating lehnenknsd mi ls la 1 m la n rhe nenr aewiywrrh ns lead tglD. .og dsertasa - g them by the amount of the lead or lag. 3 Answer S The fres float ostlack isthe amouns of time that an activity can be delayed before it affects the schedule of any other activity. Activity F has free float but activity D dees not. Both have seven days of float total float or plain old float. 4 Answers Criticalpathis theiiet e damgeraua et find the path that has the longest sum of the durations. Path A B D F H has a duratiooefeight days but has a sum of the durations of ten days. 5 Answerc The laSe st ariCoiacsivStya is May12. Iskasa iste steal tkat es celcuSated to be two days before the late finish of activity D. With leads and lags it is best to calculatelde LS of the dependent activity then the LF of the independent activity and then adjust the LF of the independent activity to consider the FS lead f Fl 6 Answer b 325 326 Preparing for the Project Management Professional Certification Exam Thefirst workof the peojcca isdouc onMayl aoC the last work ofthe j i c p ct is finished on May 20. 7. Answer c There is a lead of two daysassociated with the finish-start relationship between activities D and F. If the relationship were a normal FS relationship the ES of activityCwould be May 7. A two day lead means it will start