AACE International AACE-PSP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AACE International AACE-PSP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

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

  

  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
  C. 12-17-03 and 4 days of float

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• Question 82:

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

  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.
  A. The delay must affect the critical path.

• Question 83:

  Using the "crashed" schedule, if you start Activity 2002 on August 12, 2001, what is the finish date for Activity 2002?

  

  A. 09-28-01.
  B. 09-08-01.
  C. 09-15-01.
  D. 09-18-01.
  B. 09-08-01.

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• Question 84:

  What activities are concurrent to Activity 2001 in the "normal" schedule?

  

  A. 7001.
  B. 1001.
  C. 1000.
  D. 2003.
  A. 7001.

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• Question 85:

  What owner action could have mitigated the late completion of the project?

  A. Hire a more senior project manager.
  B. Self-perform more of the work.
  C. Use a procurement agent to monitor and expedite equipment deliveries.
  D. Prepare better structural steel drawings.
  C. Use a procurement agent to monitor and expedite equipment deliveries.

• Question 86:

  What is the result of a forward pass calculation?

  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
  B. Early start and early finish date for individual activities

• Question 87:

  Free float is the

  A. Difference between the early dates and late dates of an activity.
  B. Amount of time the early start of an activity can be delayed without impacting the early start of the successor activity.
  C. Difference between the early finish dates and late finish dates of an activity.
  D. Difference In float value of the critical path activities and the float value of the specific activity being analyzed.
  B. Amount of time the early start of an activity can be delayed without impacting the early start of the successor activity.

• Question 88:

  An earned value-based project control system can use either of which two budgets as the basis of its calculations?

  A. Labor hours or dollars.
  B. Direct or indirect cost.
  C. Earned or budgeted cost yearly.
  D. Linear feet or dollars.
  C. Earned or budgeted cost yearly.

• Question 89:

  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.
  D. Front end loading.

• Question 90:

  If all other work proceeds according to the Baseline plan, how many times will the critical path change?

  

  A. 2.
  B. 1.
  C. Does not change.
  D. 3.
  C. Does not change.