A-

You have used six different forecasting techniques on the item you are trying to forecast future demands on. You have calculated the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) for each forecasting method and the results are listed below. Based on the MAD, which forecasting technique would be most appropriate?

Forecasting technique	MAD
1 month moving average	5
2 month moving average	6
3 month moving average	4
Exponential Smoothing =.2	5
Exponential Smoothing =.4	4
Linear Regression	3

options:

	Linear Regression
	Exponential Smoothing =.2
	3 Month Moving Average
	1 Month Moving Average
	2 Month Moving Average

B-

You have 5 jobs to process. What is the makespan if you do them in the current order?

Job	Processing Time	Days Due from Today
A	20	24
B	23	15
C	22	40
D	14	28
E	10	16

options:

	89
	83
	80
	79
	70