24.04 Project Management Tools and Gantt - Quiz

Section 24.4 Quiz: Project Management Tools and Gantt

1. What is the primary purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

   • To calculate project costs
   • To break large projects into manageable tasks { data-correct }
   • To assign team members to specific roles
   • To track project expenses

2. In a Gantt chart, what do the horizontal bars represent?

   • Project costs over time
   • Team member availability
   • Task duration and timing { data-correct }
   • Resource utilization rates

3. What is the critical path in project management?

   • The most expensive sequence of tasks
   • The longest sequence of dependent tasks that determines project duration { data-correct }
   • The path with the most resources assigned
   • The sequence of tasks with the highest priority

4. Which type of task dependency means “Task B cannot start until Task A finishes”?

   • Start-to-start
   • Finish-to-finish
   • Start-to-finish
   • Finish-to-start { data-correct }

5. What is schedule variance (SV) in project tracking?

   • The difference between planned and actual costs
   • The difference between planned and actual progress { data-correct }
   • The number of tasks completed per day
   • The percentage of team members available

6. Which project management tool would be MOST appropriate for a small agile development team?

   • Microsoft Project with detailed Gantt charts
   • Primavera P6 for enterprise planning
   • Trello with Kanban boards { data-correct }
   • Complex spreadsheet with formulas

7. What does project velocity measure?

   • How fast team members work
   • The rate of project completion over time { data-correct }
   • The number of bugs found per day
   • The cost per task completed

8. Which alert type should have the HIGHEST priority in project tracking?

   • A non-critical task running slightly behind schedule
   • A critical path task experiencing significant delays { data-correct }
   • A team member being 10% over their planned hours
   • A minor quality issue in completed work

9. When evaluating project management tools, which factor is MOST important for a distributed team?

   • Advanced reporting capabilities
   • Low cost
   • Collaboration support { data-correct }
   • Complex scheduling features

10. What is the main benefit of using milestones in project management?

    • They reduce project costs
    • They automatically assign resources
    • They provide clear checkpoints for progress assessment { data-correct }
    • They eliminate the need for task dependencies