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Senior Design with Water Resources Focus MCQ

1. What does NPV stand for?

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Correct Answer: Net present value

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2. Negative variance occurs when actual project performance is _____ than planned project performance.

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Correct Answer: Worse

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3. Negative variance in time indicates that the project is ____________ than planned.

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Correct Answer: Taking longer

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4. What is the definition of a near-critical path?

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Correct Answer: A series of activities with only small amounts of total float

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5. What is the meaning of "near-critical path"?

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Correct Answer: A series of activities with only small amounts of total float.

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6. What is a near-critical activity?

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Correct Answer: A near-critical activity has only a small amount of total float, or slack time.

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7. What is the definition of a near-critical activity?

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Correct Answer: An activity with only a small amount of total float

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8. What is the definition of motivation?

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Correct Answer: A reason or stimulus that makes a person behave in a certain manner.

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9. What does motivation refer to in management?

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Correct Answer: The desire to pursue personal or organizational goals.

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10. What is the most likely duration?

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Correct Answer: An estimate of the most probable length of time needed to complete an activity.

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11. What is the most probable length of time needed to complete an activity?

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Correct Answer: Most Likely Duration

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12. What is Monte Carlo simulation?

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Correct Answer: A computer-based technique that performs probabilistic forecasting of possible outcomes to facilitate decision making.

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13. What does Monte Carlo simulation/technique do?

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Correct Answer: It is a computer-based technique that performs probabilistic forecasting of possible outcomes to facilitate decision making.

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14. What is the main difference between traditional management and modern project management?

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Correct Answer: Modern project management stresses collective, interdisciplinary knowledge and team consensus over individual leadership.

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15. What is the purpose of a mission statement?

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Correct Answer: To provide direction and guidance

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16. What is a mission statement?

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Correct Answer: A concise enunciation of the goals of an activity or organization.

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17. What does a milestone schedule detail?

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Correct Answer: The time relationships associated with project milestones.

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18. What is the purpose of milestones in project management?

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Correct Answer: To mark progress needed to complete projects successfully

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19. What is the purpose of milestones?

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Correct Answer: To mark progress needed to complete projects successfully.

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20. What is a merge point?

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Correct Answer: A point in a network diagram at which multiple predecessor activities culminate in a single successor activity.

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21. What is a megaproject?

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Correct Answer: A complex, large-scale, and high-investment project.

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22. What is the minimum investment required for a project to be termed as a megaproject?

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Correct Answer: High-investment

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23. What is Maturity?

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Correct Answer: The extent to which an organization's methods, processes, and decisions are standardized and optimized.

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24. What is the purpose of a maturity model?

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Correct Answer: To assess an organization's maturity level according to management best practices

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25. What is a matrix organization?

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Correct Answer: An organization where employees report to more than one boss

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26. What can a matrix organization structure do for employees?

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Correct Answer: Boost employee engagement and cross-field approaches to problem solving

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27. What is a master project file comprised of?

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Correct Answer: Subprojects

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28. What is a master project file?

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Correct Answer: A master project file comprises a number of smaller projects, called subprojects, arranged hierarchically.

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29. What is the goal of management science?

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Correct Answer: To improve organizational decision making through the use of quantitative and scientific research methods

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30. Management processes are carried out at _____ levels within organizations.

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Correct Answer: Multiple

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31. What does the word "management" mean?

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Correct Answer: The act of overseeing planning, personnel, and resources to achieve a goal.

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32. What is a logic network?

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Correct Answer: A chronologically arranged diagram that shows relationships between project activities.

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33. What is the main focus of Linear Scheduling Method?

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Correct Answer: Maximizing resource use

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34. What is the linear sequential model?

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Correct Answer: A linear sequential model moves through a project life cycle's phases systematically and sequentially

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35. What is a line of balance?

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Correct Answer: A graphical technique used to illustrate relationships between repetitive tasks in projects such as building identical housing units.

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36. A life cycle is divided into _____ phases.

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Correct Answer: A number of

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37. What are life cycles divided into?

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Correct Answer: A number of phases

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38. What is the other name for "level of effort"?

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Correct Answer: Support work

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39. What is an example of a level of effort?

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Correct Answer: Maintenance

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40. What is the sum of knowledge gained from project work called?

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Correct Answer: Lessons Learned

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41. What is the goal of Lean six Sigma?

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Correct Answer: Eliminate waste and defects

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42. What is the goal of Lean Manufacturing?

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Correct Answer: Doing more with less

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43. What is the Lead/ Lead time?

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Correct Answer: The amount of time an activity can be brought forward with respect to the activity it is dependent upon.

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44. What is lateral thinking?

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Correct Answer: Lateral thinking involves using a roundabout method to inspire new ideas or solutions.

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45. What is the purpose of a late start date?

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Correct Answer: To avoid delaying the rest of the project.

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46. What is the late start date?

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Correct Answer: The latest possible date a scheduled activity can be started without delaying the rest of the project.

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47. What does Late Finish Date represent?

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Correct Answer: The latest possible date a scheduled activity can be completed without delaying the rest of the project.

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48. What is the definition of "Lag time"?

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Correct Answer: A necessary break or delay between activities

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49. What is a key performance indicator?

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Correct Answer: A metric for measuring project success.

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50. What is the first meeting between a project team and stakeholders called?

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Correct Answer: Kickoff meeting

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51. What is the main purpose of a kickoff meeting?

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Correct Answer: To review project expectations and to build enthusiasm for a project.

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52. What does the word 'Kanban' mean in Japanese?

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Correct Answer: Visual Signal

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53. What is iterative and incremental development?

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Correct Answer: Iterative and incremental development is any combination of the iterative and incremental development approaches.

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54. What does iterative development focus on?

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Correct Answer: Developing products in a series of repeated fixed-time iterations

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55. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Iterative development?

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Correct Answer: Working towards a single deliverable

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56. What does iteration refer to in software development?

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Correct Answer: A fixed time cycle for development work, typically a few weeks long.

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57. What is an issue log?

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Correct Answer: A project management tool used to track issues and resolutions

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58. What does the term 'Issue' refer to in a project?

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Correct Answer: Major problems that cannot be tackled by the project team on their own.

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59. What is ISO 10006?

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Correct Answer: A set of quality management guidelines for projects.

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60. What is an Ishikawa diagram used for?

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Correct Answer: To identify the possible causes of an effect

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61. What is an invitation for bid?

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Correct Answer: A procuring organization's invitation for expressions of interest.

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62. What is an integrated master schedule?

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Correct Answer: A list of all project tasks represented as a networked schedule.

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63. What is an Integrated Master Plan?

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Correct Answer: A project management tool used to break down project work in large, complex projects.

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64. What does integrated change control refer to?

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Correct Answer: The coordination of changes throughout all aspects of a project, including scope, budget, and schedule.

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65. What is integrated assurance?

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Correct Answer: The process of coordinating assurance activities across a number of assurance providers.

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66. What is the process of coordinating assurance activities across a number of assurance providers called?

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Correct Answer: Integrated assurance

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67. What is the process of reviewing and examining the final product to assess compliance to initial requirements and expectations called?

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Correct Answer: Inspection

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68. What are inputs?

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Correct Answer: The information required to start the project management process.

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69. What does the initiation phase involve?

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Correct Answer: Receiving proper authorization and creating a clear definition for the project.

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70. What is the purpose of information distribution?

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Correct Answer: To provide stakeholders with timely information and updates regarding a project.

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71. What is the meaning of "Hypercritical activities"?

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Correct Answer: Critical path activities with negative slack time

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72. What is the purpose of high-level requirements?

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Correct Answer: To explain the major requirements and characteristics of the final product

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73. What is HERMES?

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Correct Answer: A project management method created by the Swiss government

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74. What is hanger?

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Correct Answer: An unplanned break in a network path, usually caused by oversights regarding activities or dependent relationships between activities.

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75. What is the handover?

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Correct Answer: The point at which deliverables are given to users.

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76. What is a hammock activity in a schedule network diagram?

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Correct Answer: A summary activity that represents a number of grouped - but unrelated -smaller activities that occur between two dates

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77. What is GERT?

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Correct Answer: Graphical evaluation and review technique

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78. What does Governance refer to in regards to project management?

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Correct Answer: The structure by which roles and relationships between project team members and an organization’s high-level decision makers are defined.

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79. What is Gold Plating?

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Correct Answer: The practice of incorporating features and improvements that go beyond a product’s agreed-upon characteristics.

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80. What is the practice of incorporating features and improvements that go beyond a product’s agreed-upon characteristics called?

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Correct Answer: Gold plating

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81. What is the process of creating specific, measurable, and attainable goals called?

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Correct Answer: Goal setting

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82. What does SMART stand for in relation to goal setting?

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Correct Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based

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83. What is a gate?

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Correct Answer: A checkpoint at which decisions are made about whether and how to continue with the project.

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84. What is a gate in project management?

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Correct Answer: A checkpoint at which decisions are made regarding whether and how to continue with the project.

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85. What is a Gantt chart?

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Correct Answer: A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that shows all the tasks constituting a project.

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86. What is the Gantt chart used for?

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Correct Answer: Shows all the tasks constituting a project

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87. What is a future state?

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Correct Answer: A detailed representation of the ideal condition of a company’s business processes after improvement.

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88. What are functional requirements?

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Correct Answer: The working characteristics of a product.

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89. What is the main focus of a functional organization?

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Correct Answer: Groups based on specialty areas

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90. What is functional organization?

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Correct Answer: An organization which organizes and manages staff members in groups based on specialty areas.

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91. What is a functional manager?

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Correct Answer: The individual in charge of all activities carried out by a particular functional department within an organization.

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92. What is the term for when authorized stakeholders sign off on a product?

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Correct Answer: Formal acceptance

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93. What does formal acceptance mean?

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Correct Answer: The step at which authorized stakeholders sign off on a product, indicating that it meets their expectations.

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94. What does forecast mean?

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Correct Answer: A prediction or estimation of future project status based on available information.

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95. What is the goal of focused improvement?

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Correct Answer: To optimize a system by addressing one limiting factor at a time.

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96. What is the focus of a focused improvement strategy?

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Correct Answer: One limiting factor at a time

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97. What type of contract pays an agreed-upon fee?

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Correct Answer: Fixed price contract

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98. What is a fixed price contract?

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Correct Answer: A fixed price contract pays an agreed-upon fee and does not incorporate other variables, such as time and cost.

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99. How is earned value calculated in the fixed formula method?

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Correct Answer: By splitting a work package budget between the start and completion milestones of a work package

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100. What is a task in which the time required for completion is fixed called?

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Correct Answer: Fixed duration

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