Discuss GIAC GCPM Exam Topic 3 Question 11

Alan works as a project manager for company Inc. He is working on the office renovation project. The office has 200 doors. All doors have to be glassed and painted. Before each door can be painted, the glasses must be fitted in them at least 12 hours before. Alan has arranged these tasks with a finish to start relationship between glassing and painting. What else should Alan do to account for the twelve hours of maintenance time?

AAlan must schedule all 200 office doors to be glassed first and then schedule all 200 doors to be painted to ensure time for the maintenance.

BAlan must add twelve hours of lag time to each of the 200 doors painting activity to account for the glassed maintenance time.

CAlan must add twelve hours of lead time to each of the 200 doors painting activity to account for the glassed maintenance time.

DAlan must add an intermediary task with duration of twelve hours.

Suggested Answer: B

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13 comments · newest first

Donte 11 months ago

Adding an intermediary task could work too, but B is clearer.

Leatha 11 months ago

I agree with B, that makes the most sense!

Eric 12 months ago

Wait, does he really need to add lag for each door? Seems excessive.

Tamie 12 months ago

Definitely B, lag time is key here.

Francesco 12 months ago

Sounds like he needs to schedule the glassing first!

Antonette 1 year ago

I feel like scheduling all doors to be glassed first makes sense, but I’m not confident that option A is the best choice here.

Doyle 1 year ago

I think I practiced a similar question where we had to add time for maintenance, but I’m not sure if it was lead or lag time.

Lai 1 year ago

I remember something about lag time being used to account for delays, so maybe option B is correct?

Sang 1 year ago

Adding an intermediary task sounds like a good approach, but I’m not entirely sure if that’s necessary. Could it be option D?

Erinn 1 year ago

This looks like a pretty straightforward RSVP-TE question. I'll need to carefully analyze the topology and bandwidth reservations to determine the optimal path.

Kara 1 year ago

This seems like a straightforward question about when an organization should consider establishing its own MoV delivery capability. Based on the options provided, I think the answer is clear - when the scale and frequency of MoV applications becomes large enough to justify an internal team rather than relying on external providers.

Bok 1 year ago

Okay, I've got a few ideas here. I think "Purchase protection" and "Loss prevention" are the two features that would be most relevant for preventing fraud in a retail setting. I'll make sure to explain my reasoning in the answer.

Rodolfo 1 year ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused about the different options here. I'll need to carefully read through each one to understand the differences and decide which is the best approach.

GIAC GCPM Exam - Topic 3 Question 11 Discussion