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1. (TCO A) In the _____ organization structure, the project manager
is responsible for the project results, whereas the functional manager
is responsible for providing the resources needed to achieve the
results.
2. (TCO H) What is the longest phase of the project life cycle?
3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
4. (TCO D) A _____ is a predefined set of actions that will be
implemented if the risk event occurs.
5. (TCO F) _____ the project involves measuring actual progress and
comparing it to planned progress.
6. (TCO C) If _____ is positive, it represents the maximum amount of
time that the activities on a particular path can be delayed without

jeopardizing the completion of the project by its required completion
time.
7. (TCO G) Which of the following is not an advantage of using
project management software?
8. (TCO A) Which of the following is not an example of a project?
9. (TCO C) Why are activities drawn in a serial relationship on a
network diagram?
10. (TCO F) The project cost estimate is allocated to _____.
11. (TCO F) It is important to use the _____ as the standard against
which actual cost is compared.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task B if its predecessor,
Task A, finishes on day 3 and the duration of Task B is 2 days.
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1. (TCO B) Describe the benefits of including the people who will be
involved in performing the project when planning the project.

2. (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.
3. (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
H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H

Activity Duration Predecessors ES EF LS LF Slack
A 2 months --- 0 2 7 9 7
B 4 months --- 0 4 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) 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.

4. (TCO A)
Part 1: Compare and contrast the responsibilities of a functional
manager and a project manager in a matrix-type organization.
Part 2: A company manufactures furniture. Which organization
structure is the most suitable? Why?
Part 3: An organization builds custom houses for urban-renewal areas.
Which organization structure is the most suitable? Why?
5. (TCO D) A firm hosts data-mining servers and performs data
mining for other companies that do not desire the costs of hardware,
software, or expertise to data mine their data. The firm is planning to
roll out faster data-mining software that will reduce the time to sift
through customers' data by a fraction of the present time.
Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions from a
project-management perspective for the data-mining software
project.
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the consequences, and the risk-response
plan for the data-mining software project.
6. (TCO F) Analyze and compare the costs of the two projects in
terms of performance efficiency, budget, and schedule. 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 $72,000, and the
actual cost of work performed is $75,000. The budgeted cost of work
scheduled is $73,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $48,000, and the
actual cost of work performed is $100,000. The budgeted cost of work
scheduled is $122,000.
7. (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.

8. (TCO B) You are reaching the end of your graduate-school
program, and you are planning a large party to celebrate your success!
You have rented out the local forest preserve as the venue for your
party. Applying your project-management skills, you want to ensure
you have everything planned out, and you’ve asked your family and
friends to be a part of your team to hold this party. At your party, you
have made it clear to your team what you want to have delivered.
After all, it’s your party--you can have whatever you want! Some of
the key items you want at your party include
• graduation announcements;
• party invitations;
• live entertainment;
• games (for adults and for children);
• food;
• beverages; and
• convenience for all (parking, restroom facilities, etc.).
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-level
WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering.
b) In your WBS, how many work packages have been created?
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1. (TCO A) In a _____ organization, the project manager does not
have complete authority over the project team.
2. (TCO H) What is the longest phase of the project life cycle?
3. (TCO B) A(n) _____ is defined as a piece of work that
consumes time.
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 an advantage of using
project management software?

8. (TCO A) Projects are identified and selected in the _____.
9. (TCO C) In addition to showing the technical constraints
among activities, how does the network diagram logic also take
into account resource constraints?
10. (TCO F) The budget for each work package is _____.
11. (TCO F) The _____ for the entire project or for each work
package provides a baseline against which actual cost and work
performance can be compared at any time during the project.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task B if its
predecessor, Task A, finishes on day 3 and the duration of Task B
is 2 days.
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1

1. (TCO B) Describe the benefits of including the people who will
be involved in performing the project when planning the project.
2. (TCO E)
Part 1: Discuss some types of conflict that might arise during a
project. Part 2: Describe two examples that have these types of
conflict.
activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB diagram, perform
a forward pass, and perform a backward pass to answer this
question.)
A 3 months ---
B 2 months ---
C 3 months ---
D 4 months A, B
E 3 months A
F 2 months B, C
G 2 months F
H 1 month G
I 4 months D, E, F
J 5 months H

c) What is the slack or float for Activity B? Show your
calculations.
d) What is the slack or float for Activity C? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity H? Show your
calculations.
4. (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?
5. (TCO D) A firm hosts data-mining servers and performs data
mining for other companies that do not desire the costs of
hardware, software, or expertise to data mine their data. The firm
is planning to roll out faster data-mining software that will reduce
the time to sift through customers' data by a fraction of the
present time.

Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions
from a project-management perspective for the data-mining
software project. (15 points)
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the consequences, and the risk-
response plan for the data-mining software project.
6. (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 $72,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $75,000. The budgeted cost
of work scheduled is $73,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $48,000, and
7. (TCO B) Based upon the results of traffic-load forecasts, a state
department of transportation has decided to proceed with the
design and construction of a new highway. However, prior to
starting design work, a funding proposal must be prepared that
justifies the design and construction expense. If the proposal is
approved, a detailed survey will be performed on the proposed
right of way (ROW). After the survey is completed, ROW
clearance activities will be performed that include utility
relocation, easement acquisition, and environmental
investigations and cleanup.

Design activities generally proceed concurrently with the ROW
clearance activities, and close communication between the two
groups is essential. Design activities
start with an agreed-upon statement of project objectives.
Subsequent activities include traffic management and safety
planning, preliminary design, and final design.
After design activities are completed, a formal request for
construction funding is submitted, a project manager is selected,
and a construction contractor is selected.
8. (TCO B) You are reaching the end of your graduate-school
program, and you are planning a large party to celebrate your
success! You have rented out the local forest preserve as the
venue for your party. Applying your project-management skills,
you want to ensure you have everything planned out, and you’ve
asked your family and friends to be a part of your team to hold
this party. At your party, you have made it clear to your team
what you want to have delivered. After all, it’s your party--you
can have whatever you want! Some of the key items you want at
your party include
• graduation announcements;
• party invitations;

• live entertainment;
• games (for adults and for children);
• food;
• beverages; and
• convenience for all (parking, restroom facilities, etc.).
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-level
WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering
b) In your WBS, how many work packages have been created
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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?
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.
activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB diagram, perform
a forward pass, and perform a backward pass to answer this
question.)
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
H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
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
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.
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.
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
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $68,000, and
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.

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PROJ 586 Week 1 Project Charter
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Week 1 Project Guidelines - Charter
For this Course Project, you may choose a project that is of
interest to you, or you may choose one to assist you in your senior
project. When selecting a project, avoid picking one that is either
too big or too small. For example, do not decide to build a new
stadium for your local sports team (too big) or to plant your
summer garden (too small). Projects may vary from a few
hundred thousand dollars to a few million dollars. Projects should
last somewhere between 6 months and 2 years. Be sure your
selection is an actual project and not routine work. Pick a project
you have some experience and familiarity. Do not pick a topic,
such as a construction project, unless you understand
construction well.
I suggest you negotiate with your instructor this week until the
two of you agree on a reasonable project for this Course Project.
Do not begin work on a project charter until the instructor has
approved your project idea. Good luck and have fun!
Some successful project ideas.
The opening of a coffee shop
An open house for a local social service agency

A meditation pool and platform
A redevelopment of a local playground
Design and installation of a computer network for a small
business
Software development project
A project to build a house is NOT acceptable
Instructions: Project Charter
Using the project that you chose, create a Project Charter using
the Project Charter Template listed in the Templates section.
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PROJ 586 Week 1 Quiz
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1. (TCO A) This layer is responsible for the physical medium
(wired , wireless, copper, fiber, etc...).

Question 2. (TCO A) In which layer of the Internet model would
the HTTP standard be used?
Question 3. (TCO A) Which of the following is not true about
ISO:
Question 4. (TCO A) The term ______________ refers to high
speed communication circuits such as DSL.
Question 5. (TCO A) Which of the following is not true about de
facto standards in the communications industry?
Question 6. (TCO B) In the 1960s, there were ___ independent
groups around the world working on packet switching and they
were unaware of each others related work.
Question 7. (TCO B) ____________ was the prefered architecture
of the 1980s.

Question 8. (TCO B) The method of identifying the destination
and source process on a unique host is by IP address and
associated ____ _____.
Question 9. (TCO B) Transport services available to applications
include:
Question 10. (TCO B) Which of the following is a type of
broadband access that fiber optic cable to the residence?
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PROJ 586 Week 2 Project Guidelines Scope Statement
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Week 2 Project Guidelines - Scope Statement and WBS

Congratulations, your project charter was approved by
management or the project’s customer. It is now time to write the
project scope statement. This week's lecture will be of great help
in creating this document. Please read the lecture before starting
this assignment.
Project Scope Statement
Using the information established in the project charter and
additional research, create the Project Scope Statement using the
template provided in the Week 2 Lesson.
WBS
Following the sample from the Project Templates above, create a
WBS for your Project.
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1. (TCO B) Which of the following media can best
withstand harsh environmental conditions?
Question 2. (TCO B) Which of the following would be
considered a type of wireless media?
Question 3. (TCO B) Which of the following media has
the lowest error rates and the highest transmission speeds?
Question 4. (TCO B) When all bits of a character are
transferred one after another, the bits are transferred in _____
mode.
Question 5. (TCO B) As part of the five-layer network
model used in this textbook, the data link layer sits directly
between
Question 6. (TCO B) Which of the following is true with
respect to the data link layer?

Question 7. (TCO B) With contention,
Question 8. (TCO B) With odd parity (assume that the
parity bit (in bold) has been placed at the end of each of the
following) and a 7-bit ASCII code, which of the following is
incorrect?
Question 9. (TCO B) Errors on a network can occur
Question 10. (TCO B) Which of the following is true
about the data link protocol, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)?
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PROJ 586 Week 3 Essay Question
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Step 3: Answer the Following Essay Questions

Now that your project schedule has been created and your
resources have been allocated, please analyze your results and
answer the following essay questions. In your analysis, be sure to
identify the critical path and relate any time reduction
opportunities to specific activities in the WBS.
Essay Question #1: Now that you have created a WBS and
resource loaded schedule in MS Projects, what is your critical
path? Does this critical path make sense? Do your predecessors
make sense? How accurate are your durations? What could be
done to improve the accuracy of your durations?
Essay Question #2: Are there any resources over-allocated? If yes,
during which month(s) and what are some ways this might be
addressed? Do not simply lower the percentage allocated to an
overallocated activity.
Using your own words, I am looking for a one- to three-page essay
report that addresses the essay questions above.
Remember, the report must be to a level of clarity and depth that
would be readily understood by the executive management; in
other words do not repeat the questions, avoid a simple yes or no
answer. Do support your analysis with both in-text citation and
references from the textbook, The PMBOK® Guide or other
juried sources.
In addition to the one- to three-page essay, include a cover sheet
and a reference page. Use APA style format, double-space, one-
inch margins, Times New Roman, and 12-point font size.
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PROJ 586 Week 3 Project Guidelines Microsoft Project
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Week 3 Project Guidelines Microsoft Project
Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter
and scope statement. Now that you know what needs to be done,
as the Project Manager, you are now ready to begin planning
your project schedule.
This week, you will have two deliverables to complete for the
project.
Using MS Project, create a project schedule and align resources—
35 points

Analyze project schedule and resource allocation: two essay
questions—20 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Project file and MS
Word document) to the Week 3 Dropbox. Please refer to the
course Syllabus for your due date.
To help guide you through these deliverables, please follow the
three step process below.
Step 1: Update MS Project with Resource Information
The following steps should be followed when setting up your
Course Project with Microsoft Project 2013.
Set the basic project information
Open MS Project.
Click on the File button (top left), select Save as and enter the file
name as (your name) cp1. For example, SmithJanecp1.mpp.
Click on the Project tab and select Project Information. In the
Project Information dialogue box, set the start date of your
project.
Leave other dates as is. Click on OK.
Set basic Gantt chart format (use also for tracking Gantt chart
view).
Right click on the mouse in the gray area of the Gantt chart on
the right side of the screen where the dates in month and days are
for the menu and select Timescale.
In the Timescale dialogue box:
Select the Middle Tier tab set Units to Quarters.
Select the Bottom Tier tab set Units to Months.

Click on OK.
Setup the default task units to weeks
Click the File tab, and then click Options.
In the Project Options dialog box, click Schedule.
Under Scheduling options in this project, set the following.
New tasks created select Auto Scheduled
Duration is entered in select Weeks
Default task type select Fixed Duration
Click OK to close the dialog box.
Set up the Resource Sheet. Once you have set the defaults, we are
ready to move on. If you have not done so already, you need to
create the project’s work packages and activities from the
Project’s WBS. Once this is done, insert your project name,
deliverables, work packages, and activities in the column Task
Name in MS Project.
Enter the task durations in the Duration Column.
Enter the predecessor(s) for each task in the predecessors column.
If there is no duration or predecessor listed, leave the column
blank. Note: If you do not see the Predecessors Column, move the
vertical line between the Entry Form and the Gantt chart to the
right to reveal the column. Click on the line and drag to move it.
Columns can be expanded or contracted individually to
accommodate information the same way column width is adjusted
in MS Excel.
Analyze your Schedule and Network Diagram
To see the network diagram, click on View, then select Network
Diagram. Activities on the Critical Path are outlined in red, while

noncritical path activities are outlined in blue. You will need this
information to answer the essay question in Step 3.
Step 2: Allocate Resources
Once you have the WBS created in MS Projects, you need to
assign resources to each activity. Remember only assign resources
to activities, not other items on the WBS. Before you can do this,
you need to create a resources sheet in MS Projects. To create a
Resource sheet, click on View, Resource Sheet. Enter the
Resource name, whether it is a human resource, a cost, or a
material. Once this is finished, one can tie these resources to
individual activities. Don’t worry about costs, as that is next
week’s work.
To assign your resources to the aligned tasks in MS Project,
follow the steps below.
Assign hourly resources and costs to the tasks that you have
already entered.
Choose View—Gantt Chart. Place active window on the first task.
Click on the Double Headed icon on the upper tool bar (Assign
Resources), or click Alt-F10.
In the resource assignment window, select the appropriate
resource for each activity.
Repeat for all resources and activities according to the Resource
List above.
Analyze Your Resource Allocation and Assignments
There are several methods to check for over-allocated resources.
Click onView, Resource Sheet—Resource(s) in red color are over-
allocated.

Click onView, Resource Usage—Resource(s) in red color are
over-allocated resource(s) by date.
Click onProject, Reports. A dialog box appears, click on
Assignments then Select. Then click the report for Overallocated
Resources, and then Select to print or view.
Remember with resources you need to assign how much time (by
a percentage) each resource will be allocated to each activity.
Simply lowering a given percentage may clear an over-allocation,
but in real life this is not possible. One must come up with a better
method do clear resource over-allocations.
You will need this information to answer the essay question in
Step 3.
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Question 1. (TCO B) A TCP/IPv4 address looks like

Question 2. (TCO B) The newer form of IP, version 6 (Ipv6),
Question 3. (TCO B) Dynamic addressing
Question 4. (TCO B) _____ plays a crucial role in quality of
service guarantees.
Question 5. (TCO B) _____ is the protocol suite used on the
Internet today.
Question 6. (TCO C) The actual transfer of packets from a
routers incoming links to it's outgoing links is its _____ function.
Question 7. (TCO C) The ability to use a single prefix to advertise
multiple networks is known as ________
Question 8. (TCO C) IPsec is a network layer protocol that is
compatible with .

Question 9. (TCO C) __________ (layer 2 switches) base their
forwarding decision on the address in the link-layer header (the
mac address)?
Question 10. (TCO C) _____ Are virtual circuit networks.
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PROJ 586 Week 4 Essay Question
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Step 3 Answer the Following Essay Questions
Answer the Following Essay Questions
Now that your project schedule has been created, your resources
have been loaded, and your resource costs have been allocated,
please analyze your results and answer the following questions.
After you enter all of your resources, answer the following
questions.
What is your total budget for this project? Does this budget make
sense? (15 points)

What can be done to lower the budget and reduce the project's
duration? (15 points)
Formulate the above responses into a two- to three-page essay
report. Remember, the report must be to a level of clarity and
depth that would be readily understood by the executive
management. Do support your analysis with both in-text citation
and references from the textbook, The PMBOK® Guide, or other
juried sources. Include a cover sheet and a reference page. Use
APA style format, double-space, one-inch margins, Times New
Roman, and 12-point font size.
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PROJ 586 Week 4 Homework EV Problems
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In this homework assignment, you will be working through two
crashing problems and four earned value problems. All the
information you need is included within this Homework packet.
Make sure you answer all parts of the questions in their entirety.
Once you have worked through the problems, please post your
responses to the Dropbox. Please refer to the course Syllabus for
the due date.
PROBLEM 1
Use the network diagram below and the additional information
provided to answer the corresponding questions. [15 points]

PROBLEM 2
Use the network diagram below and the additional information
provided to answer the corresponding questions. [13 points]
PROBLEMS 3-6
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PROJ 586 Week 4 Update Microsoft Project
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This Tutorial contains mpp file only
Week 4 Update Microsoft Project
Most projects have fixed costs to account for. These are such
things as mortgages and other costs that do not change with
production. Fixed costs need to be accounted for in projects. If
your project has fixed costs, follow the following steps.
Step1 Update Microsoft Project with Fixed Cost Information
Resource Fixed Cost List Instructions Microsoft Project 2013
The following steps should be followed when setting up your
project fixed costs with Microsoft Project:

Go to the gray area at the top of the project on the Duration
column and Right Click and choose Insert Column. Type in Fixed
Cost and hit enter.
Enter the fixed costs above in the fixed cost column as listed
adjacent to the appropriate tasks.
Step 2 Update Microsoft Project with Variable Cost Information
Variable Resource List
Most projects have variable costs. These are costs that change
with the amount of work being done. These are commonly seen as
dollar per hour costs. Most of your resources will be dollar per
hour costs. Follow the steps below to enter this data.
Resource Variable Cost List Instructions for Microsoft 2013
Using this information, go back into the Resource Sheet to update
the hourly rate for each resource.
Click on the View tab. Click on the Resource Sheet icon under the
Resource Views section. The resource sheet icon is the middle icon
on the right of this view with two heads. Check to make sure the
Type field is Work and enter the dollar amount above for the
hourly rate for each resource in the Std. Rate column.
To access various reports with cost and other information select
Reports under the Project
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PROJ 586 Week 5 Course Project risk matrix

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Week 5 Course Project Deliverables
Great job planning out your project, so far!
You and your project team are well underway with planning your
project, and you know that it is very important to perform risk
management.
This week, there is one deliverable:
· Create risk matrix, and address how risk response plans
would be addressed - 20 points
To help guide you through this deliverable, please follow the six
step process of risk management found in the Lesson.
Using the Risk Matrix linked under Project Templates near the top
of this page, identify five positive and five negative risks that
could occur on this project, and complete the risk matrix. Write a
five page essay to describe, in your own words, your risk
management plan to include the risk matrix, risk responses, and
how you will monitor and control these risks.
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PROJ 586 Week 6 Course Projectcommunication plan
and meeting agenda

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Wow! Your project is moving along nicely. Now let's look at
communications and meetings for your project. This week, there
are two deliverables.
· Create communication plan—discuss the types of meetings
that would be needed - 15 points
· Create a meeting agenda for a status or progress meeting
with your team - 15 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Word documents) to
the Week 6 Dropbox.
Step 1: Using the Communication Plan template above, identify
the types of meetings that will need to take place for this project.
Complete the communication plan. Write a one page essay to
describe, in your own words, the communication plan, and why it
is important for this project.
Step 2: Write a one to two page essay on what you will do as the
project manager to hold an effective progress meeting with your
team members. Include your approach to prepare for the
meeting, describe what you will do during the meeting, and the
actions you will take after the meeting. In addition, provide a one
page sample meeting agenda that you will use during this
progress report meeting.
Remember, the essay report must be to a level of clarity and
depth that would be readily understood by the executive
management. Do support your analysis with both in-text citation
and references from the textbook, The PMBOK® Guide or other

juried sources. Include a cover sheet and a reference page. Use
APA style format, double space, one inch margins, Times New
Roman, and 12 point font size.
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PROJ 586 Week 7 Course Projectorganizational structure
and self reflection
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Wow! Your project has been successfully planned, and you are
ready to move into the performing stage! Before you do, take a
closer look at how this project is fitting into the broader
organizational structure, and how you see this project being
structured within the organization.
This week, there are two deliverables:
· Discuss the organizational structure and how this may have
helped the project - 20 points
· Discuss how you did on this project and any lessons learned
for you. Self reflection - What did you learn? - 20 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Word documents) to
the Week 7 Dropbox.

To help guide you through these deliverables, please follow the
two step process on the following pages.
Step 1: Write a one to two page essay addressing the type of
organizational structure you see this project operating under, and
why. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this
operating structure, compared to the other structures?
Step 2: Now that you have worked through this Course Project,
what did you learn? Write a two page essay and describe what
you learned as you went through this project. What will you take
away from this course, and what will you apply to your projects
or personal life?
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