PMP Quiz Contest - Activity Duration Estimates

Project Estimation and PERT (Part 7): The expected duration of your project is 48 days and standard deviation is 4 days. Your management wants to know the project duration estimate with a 95% confidence level. What estimate would you give them? I’m not going to answer this question just yet. In fact, I’m going to challenge you to solve it. We have gone through the theory and now is the time for some exam practice. Today we are going to try something new - sample questions - which we haven’t done before on this site. Yes, sample questions in the form of a quiz. You can even win cool PM Prep Flashcards and other prizes for doing well on the quiz.

Activity Duration Estimation Quiz

Are you ready for the challenge?

Instructions

1. Take the quiz as many times as you want.
2. Participation in the contest is optional.
3. The correct answers, detailed explanations and results (along with participant's name and location) will be posted online after the contest is over.
4. Your email address will be kept STRICTLY confidential.

Contest details

1. The first 3 participants to answer all 10 questions correctly will win PM Prep Flashcards Premium account (worth $19.99), and additional discount vouchers.
2. Next 10 top scoring participants will get discount vouchers for PM Prepcast, PM Prep Flashcards, and more.
3. The winners will be notified via email. Enter a valid email address only if you wish to participate in the contest. Leave it blank otherwise (I hate SPAM myself, and respect your privacy).
4. Contest ends on August 14, 2010 (midnight, US PDT).

Contest Result (Aug 14, 2010)

1. The contest is now closed, but you are free to take the quiz.
2. The answers have been posted in the article Standard Deviation and Project Duration Estimates.
3. Congratulations to Sunitha (Bangalore, Karnataka, India) for winning the PM Prep Flashcards and to the next ten top scorers for winning discount vouchers.
4. The instructions to claim the prizes will be sent to the winners via email.
5. I'll try to post more such quizzes in future. Thanks for your participation.

Good luck.

I researched a lot of online quiz services and finally settled on Google Forms, primarily because of 2 reasons - it has the least restrictions and is (of course) free. Google Forms is more suited for surveys, and not quizzes. But I’ve modified the survey to emulate a quiz program with a self-grading feature. If you like my first attempt at quizzes, and want me to do more of it, let me know.

8-part series on Project Estimation and PERT

1. Get Intimate with PERT
2. Three Point Estimate - The Power of Three in Project Estimation
3. What is PERT?
4. The Magical PERT Formula
5. Probability and Statistics in Project Management
6. PERT and CPM get Cozy
7. PMP Quiz Contest - Activity Duration Estimates (you are here)
8. Standard Deviation and Project Duration Estimates

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