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AACE International PSP Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Exam Exam Practice Test

Demo: 48 questions
Total 163 questions

Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Exam Questions and Answers

Question 1

Who will receive the most benefit from a master schedule of the Spring Highway project?

Options:

A.

ALPHA

B.

GOUGE. Inc

C.

BILCO

D.

SDOT

Question 2

What is the relationship depicted between Activity G and Activity H?

Options:

A.

You cannot tell with the supplied information.

B.

Start-to-start.

C.

Finish-to-start.

D.

Finish-to-finish.

Question 3

When resource leveling craft labor for a critical path schedule, the scheduler

Options:

A.

Must consider breaks in continuity of work for subcontractors, thereby possibly incurring additional subcontractor mobilization and demobilization costs.

B.

Can depend on the results of the resource leveling operation to reflect a useful realignment of all schedule activities without 'further analysis.

C.

Need not consider its effects, as it is a theoretical concept with limited application to construction projects.

D.

Need only consider the non-union crafts persons.

Question 4

What is the workweek period for this project?

Options:

A.

Monday through Friday

B.

Sunday through Friday

C.

Monday through Saturday

D.

Sunday through Saturday

Question 5

Which is NOT an industry-recognized methodology for quantifying critical delay?

Options:

A.

Gantt Chart.

B.

Periodic Windows.

C.

Collapsed As-Built.

D.

Time Impact.

Question 6

Assuming that you had only one crane capable of 30 lifts per day, 3 column pours requiring 28 lifts each, plus associated assorted work requiring an additional 150 lifts, what is the minimum planned working duration for this work?

Options:

A.

8 work days

B.

18 work days

C.

7 work days

D.

15 workdays

Question 7

In an earned value-based system, a schedule performance index of less than one for the project indicates the project is:

Options:

A.

ahead of schedule

B.

on schedule

C.

complete

D.

behind schedule

Question 8

How much Total Float does drafting the product manual have?

Options:

A.

15 workdays.

B.

0 workdays.

C.

10 workdays.

D.

5 workdays.

Question 9

Midway through the project you received an executed change order for this project, adding thirty-three days to the contract for weather delays. In its simplest form, how would your next project update display the changed condition?

Options:

A.

After Activity 1000, add a new Activity 1050 with a start-to-start relationship to Activity 1000, and tie the end of this new activity with a finish-to-finish relationship to the final activity of the project.

B.

After Activity 1000, add a new Activity 1010 with a finish-to-start relationship to Activity 1000, and tie the end of this new activity with a finish-to-start relationship to the final activity of the project.

C.

After Activity 1001, add a new Activity 1011 with a finish-to-start relationship to Activity 1000, and tie the end of this new activity with a finish-to-start relationship to the final activity of the project.

Question 10

Each column must be poured in one day. Each column requires 2,000 cubic feet of concrete. The lift bucket has a capacity of 40 cubic feet. How many lifts will be required per column pour?

Options:

A.

80 lifts

B.

50 lifts

C.

5 lifts

D.

20 lifts

Question 11

Activity durations are normally estimated in an intuitive and subjective way. All of the following will improve duration accuracy EXCEPT

Options:

A.

Use gross building square footages. The pluses and minuses all average out.

B.

Look at each activity independently and don't follow specific logic paths when assigning activity durations.

C.

Divide activities into smaller activities. This will increase activity detail and duration estimate accuracy.

D.

Use the people responsible for performing the work as a resource to assign activity durations.

Question 12

Assumptions made during the planning stage should be_____________.

Options:

A.

a risk that is shifted to the implemented in the field

B.

replaced with facts as soon as they are known

C.

solely based on a solid experiential database

D.

clearly stated as such in an internal memo

Question 13

How could the structural steel drawing delay have been prevented?

Options:

A.

Add a time buffer at the end of structural steel activities.

B.

Allow adequate time for review and resubmittal in the baseline schedule.

C.

Release the structural steel for fabrication concurrent with review of structural steel shop drawings.

D.

Switch to post-tensioned concrete construction.

Question 14

The expected remaining cost needed to complete an activity, group of activities or the project is the____________.

Options:

A.

Budget at completion (BAC)

B.

Budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP)

C.

Estimate to complete (ETC)

D.

Estimate at completion (EAC)

Question 15

Project schedules help control all of the following EXCEPT for_____________________.

Options:

A.

Quality

B.

Cost

C.

Resources

D.

Time

Question 16

Using the "normal" schedule, theoretically construct a hammock for activities 6001-6003. What is the duration of the hammock?

Options:

A.

407 days

B.

362 days

C.

255 days

D.

267 days

Question 17

What is the cycle time?

Options:

A.

5 minutes

B.

17 minutes

C.

14 minutes

D.

6 minutes

Question 18

Which of the following will always describe the critical path? The path with

Options:

A.

The longest duration through the network.

B.

Zero float.

C.

Negative float.

D.

The shortest duration and negative float.

Question 19

At the end of month one, did the delay to the parking structure foundation delay the project?

Options:

A.

NO.

B.

Yes, by 4 calendar days.

C.

Yes, by 14 calendar days.

D.

Yes, by 9 calendar days.

Question 20

A driving relationship is _____________________.

Options:

A.

A critical relationship.

B.

A finish-to-start relationship.

C.

The link between two related activities.

D.

The link between a predecessor and the activity whose dates it controls.

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT required when performing weekly or monthly schedule updates?

Options:

A.

Percent complete.

B.

Remaining duration of activities.

C.

Actual finish of activities.

D.

Original duration of activities.

Question 22

If after calculating a schedule an activity exhibits negative total float, which of the following is certain? The activity

Options:

A.

Is a milestone.

B.

It is on the critical path.

C.

Was completed in the past.

D.

Has yet to be completed.

Question 23

Select the most appropriate explanation for use of a winter/wet weather seasonal calendar for use in this project?

Options:

A.

to highlight a time when there are more holidays and work therefore will be slower and there will be more absenteeism

B.

to denote a time during which work may not progress as fast as planned and cost and risk may be elevated

C.

to provide a key to co-a weather for safety meetings

D.

to show a difference in the calendar year

Question 24

Determine the correct formula and date for the late finish for Activity 9004.

Options:

A.

LF of 10002 less 24 days

B.

LS of 9004 plus 72 days

C.

LF of 8001 plus 72 days

D.

LS of 10002 less lag of 7 days plus 1 day equaling 20 Nov 2023

Question 25

Theoretically construct a summary activity for activities 6001 through 6003. Identify the governing predecessor and successor activities for the hammock:

Options:

A.

Predecessor is activity 5001, successor is activity 8001

B.

Predecessor is activity 4001, successor is activity 8001

C.

Predecessor is activity 9001, successor is activity 9002

D.

Predecessor is activity 5001, successor is activity 8002

Question 26

Assuming conventional finish-to-start relationships, to calculate a schedule retaining the existing logic means that

Options:

A.

It is calculated using the original logic.

B.

It is calculated using logic reflecting out-of-sequence progress.

C.

An out-of-sequence activity cannot resume until all predecessors are finished.

D.

There is no such thing.

Question 27

Project delays are best analyzed

Options:

A.

After either the contractor or the owner acknowledges ^responsibility for the delay.

B.

Contemporaneously with the delay.

C.

By an expert after the project is finished when complete records are available and the impact is known.

D.

Late in the project.

Question 28

The sum of all budgets for work scheduled to be accomplished within a given time period is the ____________.

Options:

A.

Estimate at completion (EAC)

B.

Budget at completion (BAC)

C.

Budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP)

D.

Budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS)

Question 29

Which of the following options is NOT a feasible method to reduce the overall completion time of the toll road program?

Options:

A.

Subcontract outside forces to accelerate the Phase A Schedule

B.

Allocating forces from other BILCO contracts to the toll road project

C.

Proceeding with the work in advance of the environmental studies

D.

Reduce the phasing from 5 phases to 3 phases

Question 30

Why does activity 11001 not show successor activities?

Options:

A.

The early finish and late finish are circular

B.

It is the penultimate work required for the project

C.

The scheduler forgot to add the successor activities

D.

It is the final activity for the required work for the project

Question 31

The addition of which of the following relationships would cause a logic loop?

Options:

A.

O H - D

B.

O C - J

C.

O F-I

D.

O l-C

Question 32

What is the result of a forward pass calculation?

Options:

A.

Value of total float for individual activities

B.

Early start and early finish date for individual activities

C.

Value of free float for individual activities

D.

Critical path

Question 33

If the administrative constraints for developing the precedence diagram, as provided in the contract documents, indicate that no individual construction activities shall have a longer duration of two months, how many activities in the "normal" schedule would be affected?

Options:

A.

12.

B.

14.

C.

13.

D.

Cannot be determined.

Question 34

When using a detailed estimate as the basis for work package/activity durations, which element does NOT need to be identified before the activity durations can be calculated?

Options:

A.

Projected crew size

B.

Estimated labor hours

C.

Hours in a standard work day

D.

Estimated cost

Question 35

The BEST reason to use multiple calendars is to:

Options:

A.

more accurately show how the project will be built

B.

allow each specialty contractor to have a unique schedule of work/non-work periods

C.

track owner activities according to their specific calendar in order to develop a good

working relationship

D.

evaluate float for the benefit of the contractor

Question 36

Assuming activities 2001 through 2004 comprise the same WBS element, construct a WBS summary activity for activities 2001 through 2004. Use the normal schedule, what is the cost of the activity?

Options:

A.

$289.000

B.

$321.000

C.

$193,000

D.

$327,000

Question 37

There is only enough room for a maximum of 4 cranes to be placed on-site. Assuming that a single crane can perform 35 lifts per day and that a column pour requires 60 lifts, what is the minimum number of tower cranes that should be used for the above described column pours?

Options:

A.

2 cranes

B.

1 crane

C.

4 cranes

D.

3 cranes

Question 38

In order for a claimant to be entitled to an extension of contract time for a delay event (and further to be considered compensable):

Options:

A.

The delay must affect the critical path.

B.

The delay must be concurrent with the delay attributable to both parties.

C.

The delay must not cause monetary harm to the defendant.

D.

The delay must affect the contractor's planned construction schedule.

Question 39

In a "crashed" schedule, which is a chain of activities that precede activity 2004?

Options:

A.

1001, 2001, 2002, 2003

B.

2001, 2002, 2003, 2007

C.

1001, 2002, 2003

D.

1001, 2002, 2002, 2003, 3001

Question 40

Which of these letters, symbols or words best approximates the graphical shape of a project's cumulative BCWS?

Options:

A.

/

B.

Bell curve

C.

S

D.

_

Question 41

SUBCO is a potential concrete bridge contractor based in a metropolitan area 300 miles away from your project. They have offered to supply manpower and equipment t BILCO at a per diem rate of $3,000 above their direct labor and equipment rates. In doing a cost benefit analysis, which of the following is NOT a consideration?

Options:

A.

SUBCO direct labor and equipment rates

B.

BILCO liquidated damages in the SDOT contract

C.

Pending negotiations with GOUGE.

D.

The distance of SUBCO to your project

Question 42

In a graphical earned value analysis, what time-scaled value determines the reporting intervals for both schedule and cost performance?

Options:

A.

Budgeted cost of work scheduled

B.

Budgeted cost of work performed

C.

Schedule performance index

D.

Actual cost of work scheduled

Question 43

Budgeted cost of work scheduled is _______________________.

Options:

A.

The value of the completed work expressed in terms of the budget assigned to that work

B.

The total authorized budget for accomplishing the project scope

C.

The expected total cost of an activity, group of activities or the project

D.

The sum of all budgets for work scheduled to be accomplished within a given time period

Question 44

Which of the following is NOT required when initially planning a project?

Options:

A.

Resource Identification and leveling.

B.

The duration of each task.

C.

A schedule that identifies tasks required on a project.

D.

Logical relationships between the tasks.

Question 45

Which of the following parties is NOT a stakeholder of the Spring Highway project?

Options:

A.

ALPHA

B.

GOUGE

C.

BILCO

D.

DEVCO

Question 46

Using the "normal" schedule, what is the early finish date of activity 10002 and its total float?

Options:

A.

12-27-03 and 24 days of float

B.

12-18-03 and 4 days of float

C.

12-17-03 and 4 days of float

D.

12-18-03 and 25 days of float

Question 47

Using the crashed schedule, if you start Activity 2002 on 12 August 2021. what is the finish date for Activity 2002?

Options:

A.

19 Sep 2021

B.

08 Sep 2021

C.

09 Sep 2021

D.

27 Aug 2021

Question 48

The data date or status date of a schedule represents the:

Options:

A.

date the monthly update is performed

B.

date the project manager turns in the schedule update

C.

system date when the software calculates the update

D.

date on which progress is based

Demo: 48 questions
Total 163 questions