Exam 8: Scheduling

In AON diagrams,a(n)__________ is a point where one or more lines (arrows)begin or terminate,commonly used for depicting an event or activity.

The line connecting two nodes is referred to as a(n)

Which of the following is NOT a software tool commonly used to manage projects,especially in relation to time and cost budgets?

The variance of a population is a measure of the population's __________.

Slack is also known as __________.

__________ is the amount of one factor that must be sacrificed in order to achieve more or less of another factor.

A(n)__________ is a specific task or set of tasks that are required by the project,use up resources,and take time to complete.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a Gantt chart?

The _________ was developed by Henry Gantt in 1917.

Project task E has the following estimates: (1)optimistic time - 10 days,(2)Pessimistic time - 20 days,and (3)Most likely time - 12 Days.The standard deviation for time using the beta statistical distribution is ________ days.

The __________ chart shows planned and actual progress for a number of tasks displayed against a horizontal timescale.

In AOA networks,an activity of zero duration is called a(n)________.

Task H has duration of 5 days,an early start of 25 days,an early finish of 30 days,a late start of 25 days,and a late finish of 30 days.There are __________ days of slack for task H.

A precedent relationship where the completion of a predecessor activity depends on the initiation of a successor activity is called a __________.

__________ is one possible way to check the nature and impacts of interactions between probabilistic paths in a network.

__________ was developed by the U.S.Navy while the __________ was developed by __________.

The use of PERT has declined sharply in recent years because a large majority of project management software __________.

It is important to good project management to be __________ in estimating the time required to complete each of the various tasks included in the project.

Most commercially available project management software applications use the __________.

The authors recommend preparing a schedule for each __________.