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Project Management: Shortening Schedules

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What is the primary objective of fast tracking activities in a project?

To add more resources to critical activities
To delay non-critical activities
To do activities in parallel or overlap them (correct)
To reduce the project scope

What is the effect of adding more resources to critical activities in a project?

Decreases the project duration (correct)
Changes the project scope
Increases the project duration
Has no impact on the project duration

What is the purpose of a precedence diagram in project management?

To allocate resources to activities
To estimate the project duration
To determine the activity dependencies (correct)
To identify the critical path

What is the type of dependency between activities A and D in the given project?

Finish-to-Start (FS) (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the duration of activity F in the given project?

10 (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a technique used to shorten the project schedule?

Fast tracking (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the critical path method used for in project management?

Identifying the critical path (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of changing the scope of critical activities on the project schedule?

Decreases the project duration (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a network diagram in project management?

To determine the activity dependencies (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of dependency between activities B and E in the given project?