The critical path is the ____ path through a network diagram, and it represents the ____ time it takes to complete a project.
a. longest; longest
b. longest; shortest
c. shortest; longest
d. shortest; shortest
Answer: longest; shortest
____ is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.
a. Crushing
b. Crashing
c. Fast tracking
d. Expediting
Answer: Crashing
____ involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence.
a. Crushing
b. Crashing
c. Fast tracking
d. Expediting
Answer: Fast tracking
____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.
a. Murphy's Law
b. Newton's Law
c. Parkinson's Law
d. Moore's Law
Answer: Parkinson's Law
The goal of ____ is to know the status of the schedule, influence the factors that cause schedule changes, determine that the schedule has changed, and manage changes when they occur.
a. activity duration estimating
b. schedule development
c. schedule control
d. activity resource estimating
Answer: schedule control