PMP Questions ID 1712 the senior analyst on a project came up with activity duration estimates as follows activity a

The senior analyst on a project came up with Activity Duration Estimates as follows: Activity A: 10 days + a lag of two days; Activity B: 1 week + a lead of three days. The project manager who reviewed these estimates raised some objections to them. What would they most likely be?

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It is advisable not to mix up units such as days and weeks while coming up with Activity Duration Estimates.

Activity Duration Estimates should not include any lag or lead information.

The analyst should have included percent variance information while mentioning the Activity Duration Estimate. This would indicate a range of possible results.

The Activity Duration Estimate should have also mentioned the predecessor or successor activity to which the lag or lead is attached.

PMP Question No 1696 - Schedule

Linda is a first-time project manager and is analyzing a project schedule. She intends to apply resource leveling, and she has the following guidelines on Resource Leveling. Which of these four statements is incorrect?

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Resource Leveling can often cause the critical path to change.

Resource Leveling is applied to a schedule before it has been analyzed by the critical path method.

Resource Leveling is applied to keep resource usage at a constant level.

Resource Leveling is necessary when resources have been over-allocated.

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PMP Question No 1674 - Schedule

You have been asked to determine the early start and finish dates for the activities that make up a project. What would be the BEST technique to use?

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What-If scenario analysis

Resource Leveling

Resource Smoothing

Critical Path Method

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PMP Question No 1673 - Schedule

Which technique is NOT commonly used to align the timing of activities with available resources?

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Critical Path Method

Resource Leveling

Resource optimization

Resource Smoothing

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PMP Question No 1641 - Schedule

You have been asked to create a graphic display of schedule-related information, listing schedule activities on the left side of the chart, dates on the top, and activity durations as date-placed horizontal bars on the right side. What is such a chart called?

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PERT chart

Gantt chart

Hunt chart

GERT chart

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