Self Evaluation Quiz
1) The best technique for handling consumable resources in a project is
a) Time/cost tradeoffs
b) Resource levelling
c) Resource allocation
d) Resource aggregation
2) The process of utililizing activity floats to obtain an acceptable resource usage profile without increasing project duration is called
a) resource aggregation
b) resource planning
c) resource levelling
d) resource allocation
3) The process of obtaining a minimum duration project schedule for a given set of resources is referred to as
a) resource aggregation
b) critical path scheduling
c) resource levelling
d) resource allocation
4) If the activity time-cost tradeoffs are linear, the project cost duration efficient frontier is
a) linear
b) piecewise linear convex
c) Piecewise linear concave
d) non-linear
Questions 5, 6 and 7 pertain to the following network in A-O-A representation:
5) The normal duration of the project is
a) 5 days
b) 10 days
c) 15 days
d) 20 days
6) The crash duration of the above project is
a) 6 days
b) 7 days
c) 8 days
d) 9 days
7) In the above project if the second figure adjacent to an activity is its manpower requirement, what is the lower bound on duration considering resource availability of 3 men per day?
a) 15 days
b) 16 days
c) 17 days
d) 18 days
8) There are two critical paths in a project ABDF and ACEF. The cost per unit day reduction in the duration for the activities A,B,C,D,E,F is 9,5,12,10,3 and 20 respectively. Assuming that except D (which cannot be crashed) all activities can be crashed by 2 days each, the minimum cost increase for a reduction of project duration by 1 day is
a) 5 units
b) 8 units
c) 9 units
d) 20 units
The data given below pertains to questions 9 and 10.
A set of of 7 independent jobs has the following durations and manpower requirements:
Job
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Time(days)
10
4
6
2
12
20
15
Manpower
4
6
2
8
3
9
12
9) The minimum possible duration and the minimum resource peak are respectively
a) 20 days, 44 men
b) 20 days, 24 men
c) 20 days, 28 men
d) 69 days, 12 men
10) The above set of jobs can be carried out with 12 available men in a minimum duration of
a) 69 days
b) 51 days
c) 50 days
d) 20 days