Project Management Terminology Quiz

Match the term with the correct numbered response. Correct answers are at the end.

1. Amount of time a task can slip without affecting the project end-date
2. Series of activities that determines the duration of the project
3. Document issued by senior management that formally authorizes the existence of a project
4. Ratio of Earned Valued and Actual Cost
5. All the work that needs to be done to attain a project's objectives
6. An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project's objectives
7. Transmitting and receiving information in “real time”
8. A defining point of a network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
9. Information transmitted to the receiver is delayed
10. Elements that involve a relationship between project activities and non-project activities

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• Improving Your Project Management Skills : The Basics for Success #6503
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