1. _____ refers to the statement that adding resources to on-going activities only delays them further.

Select one:

a. Resource overload

b. 80-20 rule

c. Brooks Law

d. Resource optimization

2. ______ refers to the overall goal or purpose, important to all functional groups involved, and attainment of these goals requires more than one group to work together and make it successful.

Select one:

a. Superordinate goals

b. Organizational strategy

c. Over-arching goals

d. Strategic goals and objectives

3. According to class readings, this is another term for speeding up tasks on the project. It must be carefully considered by the Project Manager, and make sure to confirm the time and cost trade-offs.

Select one:

a. Compression

b. Activity based duration estimation

c. Crashing

d. Float crash

4. According to our readings, when constructing the critical path, the first step is to develop the network using activity precedence logic. Then, following task duration estimates, what is the next step? Choose the BEST answer.

Select one:

a. Validate activity precedence logic

b. Apply values in a structural process to each activity, determining overall project length

c. Verify critical path estimates

d. Validate task duration estimates

5. Activity on Node (AON) and Activity on Arrow (AOA) methods are used to create the project activity network. The arrow can be described as _______, and the node described as _______.

Select one:

a. Direction of effort / point of parallel activities

b. An event label corresponding to the early start and late finish times of the activity / A short task description and expected activity duration

c. A short task description and expected activity duration / an event label corresponding to the early start and late finish times of the activity

d. Indication of task start date / indication of task end date