Which of the following is a correct statement about uses of PERT and Gantt:

a. PERT and Gantt are used primarily for project planning and scheduling.
  b. PERT and Gantt are useful for planning only when you have historical data on
  sales.
  c. PERT and Gantt are useful for environmental scanning and competitor
  intelligence.
  d. PERT and Gantt are qualitative techniques for planning.
  e. None of the above is true for PERT and Gantt.

a. prolonged path.
  b. critical path.
  c. unending path.
  d. elongated path.
  e. extended path.

Which of the following could help you determine the best price for a given quantity of
  product?

a. Linear programming
  b. PERT
  c. Breakeven analysis
  d. Time-series analysis
  e. Delphi technique

The process of developing assumptions and premises about the future for use in planning is
  called

a. screening
  b. scanning
  c. scheduling
  d. forecasting
  e. time management

If managers base their sales forecasts on sales data from the past five years, they are using
  the forecasting technique known as

a. critical path
  b. Delphi technique
  c. PERT
  d. sensitivity analysis
  e. time-series

a. The techniques are so powerful that they have become an end in themselves.
  b. They are able to accurately reflect complex processes such as human behavior.
  c. They help overcome resistance to change.
  d. They often force managers to lo ok beyond their biases.
  e. They are valuable to managers because they eliminate the need for qualitative
  planning techniques.

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the quantitative planning tools discussed in
  the text?

a. They can bring sophisticated mathematical techniques to bear on planning
  problems.
  b. They are able to accurately reflect situations that currently exist.
  c. They force managers to lo ok beyond their own preconceived ideas and biases.
  d. New and better computers are making sophisticated planning techniques more
  widely available.
  e. They help decision makers see reason.