1. What may a resource calendar not provide?
a. Duration of resource availability
b. Which resources are available during a planned activity
c. Estimation of resource expenses
d. Capabilities and skills of human resources
2. Which analysis can result in preparing contingency and response plans to overcome or mitigate the impact of an unexpected situation?
a. Critical Chain Method
b. What if Analysis
c. Critical Path Method
d. Fast Tracking
3.
The Control Schedule process involves the following, except?
a. Recognizing deviations from the schedule
b. Influencing the factors that create schedule changes
c. Determining current status of project costs
d. Managing the actual changes as they occur
4. Which item below is not an input to the Estimate Activity Resources process?
a. Resource calendar
b. Project team assignments
c. Activity list
d. Activity attributes
1. The answer is d.
A resource calendar is a calendar which gives clear picture about specific working hours, vacations, leaves of absence, and planned personal time for individual resources. So, it reflects the working and non-working time of individual resources.
1. What may a resource calendar not provide? a. Duration of resource availability b. Which resources...
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