Question 1
Your company uses an accounting calendar with periods that are identical to calendar months. A contract resource has been identified to work for six months on an accounting close cycle project. The resource is planned to start with 10 days left in the first period and to end 20 days into the last period. For the remaining periods, the resource must be loaded on all working days of the month. You are required to distribute the budget, forecast, and planning amounts across periods based on the task duration. Which predefined spread curve must be used to meet this requirement? (Choose the best answer.)
- AOption A:
Daily Spread Basis
- BOption B:
Back Loaded
- COption C:
Bell Curve
- DOption D:
S-Curve
- EOption E:
Even
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Correct answer: A
Ref: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/19a/oapfm/project-controlconfiguration-manage-spread-curves.html#OAPFM79760 Predefined Spread Curves Name Description Dist. Factors Even Linear distribution of financial or project plan values across periods. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 Prorated Even Linear distribution of financial or project plan values across periods, with an exception of the first period and last period in the financial plan. Financial or project plan values for the first period and last period are prorated based on the number of days in the period. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 Back Loaded Back-loaded distribution of financial or project plan values across periods. Assigned amounts increase over succeeding periods. 0-5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40-45 Front Loaded Front-loaded distribution of financial or project plan values across periods. Assigned amounts decrease over succeeding periods. 45-40-35-30-25-20-15-10-5-0 S Curve S-shaped distribution of financial or project plan values across periods. 18-10-8-10-15-17-18-17-15-8 Bell Curve Bell-shaped distribution of financial or project plan values across periods. Assignment of plan values is highest in the middle periods. 0-4-10-12-14-12-10-4-0-0 Daily Spread Analysis Spread is based upon the number of days in each financial period throughout the duration of the task assignment. Amounts are proportionally distributed throughout all periods for the duration of the task assignment None