AACE International AACE International Certifications AACE-PSP Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  Which of the following will NOT affect the total float calculation of a non-resource leveled schedule?

  A. Multiple calendars.

  B. Start and finish constraints.

  C. Preferential logic.

  D. Front end loading.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 32:

  Identify the minimum project duration.

  

  A. 20 months.

  B. 16 months.

  C. 19 months.

  D. 21 months.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 33:

  For which of these delays should an owner grant a time extension?

  A. Structural steel shop drawings.

  B. Shop drawings and centrifuge delay.

  C. Differing site conditions at parking structure.

  D. Differing site conditions and centrifuge delay.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 34:

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

  A. Percent complete.

  B. Remaining duration of activities.

  C. Actual finish of activities.

  D. Original duration of activities.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 35:

  Assuming a total of 30 lifts per crane per day, what is the maximum number of lifts that could be accomplished using 3 small tower cranes over a 5-day period?

  

  A. 450 lifts

  B. 300 lifts

  C. 45 lifts

  D. 150 lifts

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 36:

  Which statement is true?

  A. Where compensability cannot be established, excusability is assumed.

  B. Where compensability can be established, excusabltity cannot be assumed.

  C. Where compensability cannot be established, excusability is a given.

  D. Where compensability can be established, excusability is assumed.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 37:

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

  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.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 38:

  What was the original planned duration for Activity A through Activity G?

  

  A. 26.

  B. 28.

  C. 24.

  D. 25.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 39:

  All the following describe the critical path of a schedule EXCEPT:

  A. Determined by network logic and is the chain of activities that controls the overall project completion time.

  B. Frequently defined as the shortest path through the schedule.

  C. Changed by redefining the network logic or changing activity durations or both.

  D. The series of activities having the least amount of total float.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 40:

  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?

  

  A. 2 cranes

  B. 1 crane

  C. 4 cranes

  D. 3 cranes

  Correct Answer: A