A project manager is planning the rollout of a new firewall rule set across 50 branch offices. The team has identified that the configuration must be tested in a lab environment before deployment. The lab testing is estimated to take 5 days. After testing, the deployment to each branch office takes 1 day per office, and only one team can perform the deployments at a time. The project manager needs to determine the minimum total duration for the deployment phase. What technique should the project manager use?

Create a work breakdown structure (WBS) to break the deployment into smaller tasks and estimate each task's duration.

Use a Gantt chart to visually represent the tasks and their durations over time.

Use a Monte Carlo simulation to model the uncertainty in task durations and determine a probabilistic completion date.

Perform a critical path analysis to identify the longest sequence of dependent tasks and determine the shortest possible project duration.

What is the primary deliverable of the project closing phase?

The work breakdown structure and activity list

The risk register and issue log

Final project deliverables and formal acceptance from the sponsor

The project charter and initial stakeholder register

What is the first step in the project risk management process?

Performing qualitative risk analysis

What is the primary goal of project resource management?

To outsource all project work to external vendors

To identify, acquire, and manage the resources needed for project success

To minimize the number of resources used regardless of project needs

To assign all resources to the highest-paying tasks

What is the difference between quality assurance and quality control?

Quality assurance is done by the team, while quality control is done by external auditors

Quality assurance is done at the end, while quality control is done throughout

Quality assurance is about cost, while quality control is about schedule

Quality assurance is process-oriented, while quality control is product-oriented

GIAC Security Leadership

Domain 5Objective 2

Managing Projects GSLC Practice Questions (Page 12)

Part of the Business and Vendor Management domain, which makes up ~18% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~13–22 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 76 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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24 Concepts in This Objective

Project Management Fundamentals
Project Life Cycle
Project Initiation
Project Planning
Project Execution
Project Monitoring and Controlling
Project Closing
Project Scope Management
Project Schedule Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Resource Management
Project Communication Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder Management
Project Governance
Project Management Methodologies
Project Management Tools and Techniques
Project Leadership and Team Management
Project Success Criteria and Metrics
Project Documentation and Reporting
Project Change Management
Project Integration Management

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A project manager is planning the rollout of a new firewall rule set across 50 branch offices. The team has identified that the configuration must be tested in a lab environment before deployment. The lab testing is estimated to take 5 days. After testing, the deployment to each branch office takes 1 day per office, and only one team can perform the deployments at a time. The project manager needs to determine the minimum total duration for the deployment phase. What technique should the project manager use?
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