PK0-004 · Question #105
The project's network map has a loop with multiple project outcomes. This is the result of which of the following scheduling tools?
The correct answer is D. Graphical evaluation and review technique. GERT is the only scheduling network technique that supports conditional branching and looping, allowing a network diagram to represent multiple possible outcomes and repeated activities.
Question
The project's network map has a loop with multiple project outcomes. This is the result of which of the following scheduling tools?
Options
- AEstablishing project schedule baselines
- BCritical Path Analysis
- CCritical Chain Method
- DGraphical evaluation and review technique
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A6% (2)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D88% (29)
Why each option
GERT is the only scheduling network technique that supports conditional branching and looping, allowing a network diagram to represent multiple possible outcomes and repeated activities.
Establishing project schedule baselines is a control activity that freezes the approved schedule for comparison purposes - it is not a diagramming or scheduling analysis technique.
Critical Path Analysis identifies the longest sequence of dependent activities but produces a deterministic, loop-free network; it cannot model repeated activities or multiple outcomes.
Critical Chain Method focuses on resource leveling and buffer management rather than network structure, and it also produces loop-free deterministic schedules.
Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) extends traditional network diagramming by allowing probabilistic branching and loops back to earlier nodes, meaning some activities may be repeated and the project can have multiple possible end outcomes. This is the only standard scheduling technique that produces a network map with loops and conditional paths.
Concept tested: GERT scheduling technique with loops and branching
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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