OPS/571 Week 4 Quiz

OPS/571 Week 4 Quiz

1 Consulting firms typically use which of the following techniques to plan and monitor the engagements of the firm or specific projects?

    Materials requirements planning (MRP)
    Quantitative layout
    CPM/PERT
    Qualitative forecasting

2 Which of the following would be the result of subdividing a project?

    Tasks
    Job orders
    Work events
    Job categories

3 A work breakdown structure is

    a Cost and Performance tracking schedule
    a hierarchy of tasks, subtasks, and work packages
    a structure that is incompatible with the Critical Path Method
    a simple list of the activities making up a project

4 A Responsibility Chart specifically identifies which of the following?

    Commitment to quality
    Planning the tasks for a project
    Customer satisfaction
    Level of inventory

5 At the onset, a project originates as which of the following?

    A series of milestones
    Critical path method (CPM)
    A statement of work (SOW
    A Gantt chart

6 The vertical axis on a Gantt chart is usually which of the following?

    Time
    Profit
    Activities
    Cost

7 Which of the following identifies a key principle of Reengineering?

· Downsize (lay-off) workers and do the same amount of work as before.

· Merge information-processing work into the real work that produces the information.

· Capture information both at the source and where it is interpreted.

· Organize around tasks.

8 An example of a graphic project report utilized within project management is:

    Humphrey chart
    Equipment and supplies chart
    Project proposal
    Cost and performance tracking schedule

9 Which project progress technique includes the essential features of a project plan, budgeted cost of work scheduled and budgeted cost of work performed?