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Emily has recently learned that she needs to reduce the duration of her project to meet an imposed deadline.She has calculated the crash cost per unit and knows the maximum units each activity can be reduced.What is the next step?


A) Find the activity with the lowest crash cost
B) Calculate the optimum cost-time point
C) Calculate the crash point
D) Identify the critical path
E) Find the activity with the highest crash cost

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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As a project's duration is reduced, indirect costs are ___________.

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reduced
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When you schedule ________, you avoid the additional costs of coordination and communication when new people are added.

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overtime
Explanation: The easi...

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An activity's crash cost includes ________ costs.


A) Direct
B) Indirect
C) Overhead
D) Total
E) Normal

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The relationship between the normal point and the crash point is assumed to be


A) Linear.
B) Curvilinear.
C) Variable.
D) Conversely related.
E) Exponentially related.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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The less steep the cost slope of an activity, the ________ it costs to shorten one time period.

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less
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The ________ time for an activity represents low-costs, realistic, efficient methods for completing the activity under typical conditions.

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normal
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According to ________ law, adding more manpower to a late software project makes it later.

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Brooks'
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The accuracy of crash times and costs is frequently rough at best, when compared with normal time and cost.

A) True
B) False

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When do you know you have crashed project activities enough? In other words, when you are crashing a project, how do you know you are finished?

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When crashing, you will crash ...

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What does it mean to say that a project network is sensitive and why is that important to a project manager who needs to reduce the duration of his or her project?

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A network is sensitive if it has several...

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Making the decision to crash is the result of careful fiscal analysis and deep understanding of the project.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following correctly calculates an activity's cost slope?


A) (normal cost - crash cost) /(normal time - crash time)
B) (crash cost - normal cost) /(normal time - crash time)
C) (normal time - crash time) /(crash cost - normal cost)
D) (normal time - crash time) /(normal cost - crash cost)
E) (crash cost - normal cost) /(crash time - normal time)

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The less steep the cost slope of an activity, the


A) Less it costs to shorten one time period.
B) More it costs to shorten one time period.
C) Smaller the crash time is.
D) Larger the crash time is.
E) Cannot be determined by the information given.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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An insensitive project network has the benefit of


A) Not increasing risk as activities are initially crashed.
B) Having potential for real cost savings.
C) Having potential for significant time savings.
D) All of these choices are correct.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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What if cost, not time, is the issue? What are some options available to project managers? Identify and briefly describe three.

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Reduce project scope, have own...

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Crashing frequently results in over allocation of resources.

A) True
B) False

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Sometimes very high ________ costs are recognized before a project begins and reducing these costs through shorter project duration becomes a high priority.

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overhead
Explanation: Sometimes very hig...

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The direct cost for completing an activity in the shortest time it can realistically be completed in is called its __________ cost.


A) Normal
B) Reserve
C) Crash
D) Accelerated
E) Expedited

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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The cost slope of an activity is calculated by dividing the run by the rise.

A) True
B) False

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