COSC 475 MATCHING GAME QUIZ 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Activity / Task - ANS The individual components used for planning, scheduling, monitoring,
and controlling the project; described in terms of time and consume resources.
Milestone - ANS A significant point in time with zero duration; often used as a goal date.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - ANS A hierarchy of all work to be completed in the
project, grouped into phases.
Duration - ANS The length of time for an activity or project; always measured in workdays.
Predecessor - ANS A task that must start or finish before another task can start or finish.
Successor - ANS A task whose start or finish depends on another task.
Lag Time - ANS A planned delay between predecessor and successor tasks.
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, Relationships - ANS The logic connections between activities (FS, FF, SS, SF) that form the
schedule path.
Summary Task - ANS A single-line task summarizing the tasks within its group and showing
total phase duration.
Critical Path - ANS The longest continuous chain of activities determining the minimum
project duration.
Constraint - ANS A date restriction on when an activity must start or finish (e.g., "Start No
Earlier Than").
Free Float / Slack - ANS Time a task can slip before affecting its successor.
Total Float / Slack - ANS Time an activity can slip without affecting project completion.
Early Start - ANS The earliest an activity can start; calculated during the forward pass.
Early Finish - ANS The earliest an activity can finish; based on Early Start and duration.
Late Start - ANS The latest an activity can start and still meet the project duration; backward
pass.
Late Finish - ANS The latest an activity can finish and still maintain the project duration;
backward pass.
Lead Time - ANS Time required for ordering, manufacturing, and delivering materials.
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Activity / Task - ANS The individual components used for planning, scheduling, monitoring,
and controlling the project; described in terms of time and consume resources.
Milestone - ANS A significant point in time with zero duration; often used as a goal date.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - ANS A hierarchy of all work to be completed in the
project, grouped into phases.
Duration - ANS The length of time for an activity or project; always measured in workdays.
Predecessor - ANS A task that must start or finish before another task can start or finish.
Successor - ANS A task whose start or finish depends on another task.
Lag Time - ANS A planned delay between predecessor and successor tasks.
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, Relationships - ANS The logic connections between activities (FS, FF, SS, SF) that form the
schedule path.
Summary Task - ANS A single-line task summarizing the tasks within its group and showing
total phase duration.
Critical Path - ANS The longest continuous chain of activities determining the minimum
project duration.
Constraint - ANS A date restriction on when an activity must start or finish (e.g., "Start No
Earlier Than").
Free Float / Slack - ANS Time a task can slip before affecting its successor.
Total Float / Slack - ANS Time an activity can slip without affecting project completion.
Early Start - ANS The earliest an activity can start; calculated during the forward pass.
Early Finish - ANS The earliest an activity can finish; based on Early Start and duration.
Late Start - ANS The latest an activity can start and still meet the project duration; backward
pass.
Late Finish - ANS The latest an activity can finish and still maintain the project duration;
backward pass.
Lead Time - ANS Time required for ordering, manufacturing, and delivering materials.
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