PK0-004 · Question #300
In a Gantt chart, how are milestones displayed?
The correct answer is A. An activity with zero day duration. Milestones in a Gantt chart are represented as activities with zero duration because they mark a point in time, not a span of work.
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In a Gantt chart, how are milestones displayed?
Options
- AAn activity with zero day duration
- BAn activity with one day duration
- CActivity-on-node with a finish-to-finish precedence
- DEnd-to-end bar graph showing the time to complete a task
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(53 responses)- A87% (46)
- B8% (4)
- C4% (2)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Milestones in a Gantt chart are represented as activities with zero duration because they mark a point in time, not a span of work.
A milestone represents a significant point or event in a project schedule and has no work effort or elapsed time associated with it. In a Gantt chart, this is depicted as an activity with zero-day duration, typically shown as a diamond symbol at the specific date, distinguishing it from task bars that span a time range.
An activity with one-day duration represents an actual work task, not a milestone; milestones have no duration by definition.
Activity-on-node with finish-to-finish precedence describes a dependency relationship in a network diagram (PDM), not how milestones are displayed in a Gantt chart.
An end-to-end bar graph showing time to complete a task describes how regular schedule activities are displayed in a Gantt chart, not milestones.
Concept tested: Gantt chart milestone representation
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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