Also known as total float, total ______ is the total amount of time that a task may be delayed without delaying the project end date.

a. delay

b. fill

c. slack

d. lead

The ______ cost and duration estimation technique starts at the lowest level of detail in the WBS. For each low-level task, a work content estimate is prepared based on the nature of the individual task. These individual task estimates are aggregated into the overall project estimate.

a. top-down

b. bottom-up

c. parametric

d. template

______ is a task on which a subsequent (following) task depends in a project schedule.

a. Successor

b. Precedence relations

c. Predecessor

d. Precedence constrains

To avoid negative values, it is best to use a bounded type of distribution for project estimating

because it has limiting values (i.e. values that cannot exceed certain boundaries). Of the following, a ______ distribution type isn't considered a bounded distribution.

a. beta

b. triangle

c. uniform

d. normal

This (often secondary) precedence network type uses arrows or arcs to visually represent tasks and nodes to visually represent events or milestones.

a. precedence diagram

b. activity on arc (AOA)

c. activity on node (AON)

d. nodes and arrows graphic

______ provides an alternate methodology for finding the critical path(s) in a precedence network.

a. Critical path method

b. Linear programming

c. Crashing

d. Resource leveling

To define a work breakdown structure is essentially to break down a project into smaller subprojects such that the sum of the smaller subprojects defines the larger project. This process may also be

referred to as subdividing or decomposition. We continue this subdividing process until we feel

comfortable that we have defined work packages that are both ______ and _______.

a. manageable; simple

b. measurable; complex

c. manageable; measurable

d. simple; complex

______ slack measure assumes that all noncritical tasks will be started at their latest starting times and can be interpreted as the maximum time by which a task's duration can be exceeded without causing a delay in the project.

a. Total

b. Free

c. Safety

d. Independent

Of the following, ______ is NOT a type of cost incurred during the life of a project.

a. resource or direct cost

b. time-dependent cost

c. incentive payments

d. retrospective cost

A ______ relationship dictates that a task must start before its successor task can start.

a. start-to-finish (SF)

b. start-to-start (SS)

c. finish-to-start (FS)

d. finish-to-finish (FF)

A ______ relationship dictates that a task must start before the successor can finish.

a. start-to-finish (SF)

b. start-to-start (SS)

c. finish-to-start (FS)

d. finish-to-finish (FF)

______ is an estimation approach in which a panel of experts anonymously submit contributions and then assess the contributions as a whole; the process is repeated until a consensus is formed.

a. Parametric

b. Panel of experts

c. Delphi method

d. Composite estimates

Some of the costs in the ______ category include overhead, indirect costs, and costs related to the time value of money.

a. resource or direct costs

b. time-dependent costs

c. incentive payments

d. retrospective costs