160. Which technique is used for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost?

A. 　Chain of command

B. 　Line of control

C. 　Organizational culture

D. 　Organizational structure

A. 　It is a simple discipline with a limited scope.

B. 　It has specific tools which work universally across all kinds of projects.

C. 　It does not guarantee successes for all projects.

D. 　Its framework consists solely of project management knowledge areas.

A. 　An organization selling its products in a market outside its domestic market

B. 　An organization’s acquisition of goods and services from an outside source

C. 　An organization setting up manufacturing and retailing facilities in a new country

D. 　An organization’s use of virtual teams with employees located in different countries

A. 　Collecting requirements

B. 　Performing qualitative risk analysis

C. 　Planning schedule management

D. 　Estimating costs

A. 　As opposed to an activity attribute, an activity list provides resource requirements and
constraints related to activities.

B. 　An activity list provides a more concrete list of milestones for a project than an activity
attribute.

C. 　An activity attribute is a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule
whereas an activity list is not.

D. 　An activity attribute provides more schedule-related information about each activity than
an activity list.

A. 　top-down

B. 　bottom-up

C. 　mind-mapping

D. 　analogy

A. 　defining how the work will be accomplished

B. 　breaking down the work into manageable elements

C. 　finalizing the project requirements

D. 　assigning work responsibilities

A. 　The degree to which the organization monitors and responds to changes in the external
environment

B. 　The degree to which rules, policies, and direct supervision are used to oversee and control
employee behavior

C. 　The degree to which management focuses on outcomes rather than on techniques and
processes used to achieve results

D. 　The degree to which employees are encouraged to be aggressive, innovative, and risk
seeking

A. 　estimating activity durations

B. 　developing the schedule

C. 　controlling the schedule

D. 　estimating activity resources

A. 　mandatory

B. 　discretionary

C. 　external

D. 　random