65. Developing a _____ structure is the practice of breaking the projects main objectives down into a series of smaller tasks.

a. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

b. value breakdown structure (VBS)

c. risk breakdown structure (RBS)

d. concept breakdown structure (CBS)

66. Among the variety of project display diagrams, a _____ chart is a bottom-up technique designed to analyze a project as made up of a series of individual tasks, and it also shows detailed patterns and relationships.

a. Critical Path Method

b. Pareto

c. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

d. Scatter

67. Among expected outcomes for individual tasks, the _____ is normally the most pessimistic outcome of a task.

a. best-case estimate (B)

b. probable-case estimate (P)

c. worst-case estimate (W)

d. dominant-case estimate (D)

68. If a system must meet some restriction or requirement we call that condition a __________.

a. constraint

b. index

c. milestone

d. WBS

69. It is the nature of a _____ that it must wait on some prior task and cannot be started until that prior task is completed.

a. dependent task

b. predecessor task

c. precursor task

d. concurrent task

70. This is the term we give to multiple tasks that can be started at the same time we call them _________ tasks.

a. multiplexing

b. asynchronous

c. baseline

d. Concurrent

76. To determine a projects internal rate of return you should first find the NPV and then figure out what discount rate causes the NPV for the project to become_________?

	a.	zero	b.	more than 50%
	c.	a hundred percent	d.	positive

85. To make some estimations which will lead to an understanding of system _____ a systems analyst needs to gather information about the expected future trends in volume or sizing as they affect outputs, inputs, and processes.

	a.	scalability
	b.	reliability
	c.	compatibility
	d.	applicability