1. DEVRY PROJ 586 Final Exam Set 3 NEW
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1. (TCO A) The most common types of organization structures
are _____.
2. (TCO H) This first phase of the project life cycle involves the
_____.
3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
4. (TCO D) All of the following are risk response types except
_____.
5. (TCO F) The two most common types of project reports are
_____.
6. (TCO C) The _____ time is the latest time by which a particular
activity must be finished in order for the entire project to be
completed by its required completion time.
7. (TCO G) Which of the following is not a criterion for selecting
project
8. (TCO A) Which of the following is not an example of a
project?
2. 9. (TCO C) Why are activities drawn in a serial relationship on a
network diagram?
10. (TCO F) The budget for each work package is _____.
11. (TCO F) The _____ is the amount that was budgeted to
accomplish the work scheduled to be performed up to that
point in time.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task D if one of its
predecessors, Task A, finishes on day 3, its other predecessor,
Task C, finishes on day 4, and the duration of Task D is 2 days.
13. (TCO B) Describe what each of the following means in
project planning: what, how, who, how long, and how much.
14. (TCO E) Part 1: What are some common barriers to team
effectiveness?
Part 2: Describe an example of a team project that would
include barriers to success.
15. (TCO C) A project to remodel an office area has the
following activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB
diagram, perform a forward pass, and perform a backward pass
to answer this question.)
Activity Duration Predecessors
A 2 months ---
B 4 months ---
C 4 months ---
D 1 month A
E 5 months B
F 2 months B, C
G 1 month C
3. H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
a) What are the critical path activities?
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity A? Show your
calculations.
d) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity F? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity G? Show your
calculations.
Activity Duration Predecessors ES EF LS LF
Slack
A 3 months --- 0 3 7 9 7
B 2 months --- 0 2 0 4 0
C 4 months --- 0 4 3 7 3
D 1 month A 2 3 9 12 9
E 5 months B 4 9 4 9 0
F 2 months B, C 4 6 7 9 3
G 1 month C 4 5 8 9 4
H 3 months E, F, G 9 12 9 12 0
I 2 months D, E 9 11 12 14 3
J 2 months G, H 12 14 12 14 0
a) What are the critical path activities? – B-E-H-J
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity A? Show your
4. calculations
d) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity F? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity G? Show your
calculations.
16. (TCO A) Part 1: Compare and contrast the responsibilities of
a functional manager and a project manager in a pure project-
type organization.
Part 2: A company builds state-of-the-art barges for riverboat
companies. Which organization structure is the most suitable?
Why?
Part 3: An organization builds custom greenhouses for desert-
climate cities. Which organization structure is the most
suitable? Why?
17. (TCO D) A firm stores data for other organizations. The
company stores data across many states, providing backup data
storage for state, municipal governments, and large
corporations. The firm is deploying a new set of storage devices
that are faster, denser, and more energy efficient.
Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions
from a project-management perspective for the new data
storage project.
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the related consequences, and the
risk response plan for the new data storage project.
5. 18. (TCO F) Analyze and compare the performance of the
following two projects in terms of cost, schedule, and efficiency.
Make sure to show your calculations and analyze and explain
the results. (Note: Providing just numbers will receive only
partial credit.)
Project A: The budgeted cost of work performed is $92,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $175,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $173,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $68,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $69,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $71,000.
19. (TCO B) An environmental consulting firm has been hired to
clean up contaminated ground water beneath the site of a
former chemical factory. The cleanup design process consists of
evaluating several alternatives; preparing a conceptual design
for the most appropriate alternative; evaluating the conceptual
design by performing a small-scale pilot test on site; and, based
on the results of the pilot test, preparing a final design.
Installation of the cleanup system will be performed by
subcontractors under the supervision of the consultant. Prior
to installation, the consultant will work on setting up the
subcontracts by preparing specifications, prequalifying
installation contractors, reviewing all bids, and executing the
contracts. The installation will consist of the following phases:
recovery wells, piping, treatment equipment, and start up.
The consultant will also be responsible for system-performance
monitoring, which consists of sampling the groundwater,
monitoring wells on a quarterly basis, and sampling the
groundwater treatment-system discharge.
Prepare a work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project
with activities corresponding to a two-level task and subtask
hierarchy. Number the WBS codes so that the level of each
activity is clearly identified. Do not worry about indentation.