Consider the following project activities:

Activity	Duration (days)	Predecessors
A	3
B	2
C	6	A
D	1	A, B
E	2	C, D
F	3	D
G	4	E, F

a) How long will the entire project take?

b) What is the critical path?

c) What is the slack in task D?

d) As the project manager, you know that the project has an overhead cost of $2000 per day. Any reduction in project duration would save this cost. The person doing task F says she can crash it by one day (from 3 days to 2 days) for an extra cost of $500. Should you tell her to do that? Why or why not?

Which is a method of giving an employee more responsibility that includes some of the planning and control necessary for job accomplishment?

• A. job enrichment.
• B. job rotation.
• C. job involvement.
• D. job enlargement.

Which is a key concept behind most mass customization strategies?

• A. Build to order
• B. Build to concept
• C. Build to forecast

• D. Build to stockIn a fast food restaurant, customers are given a beverage cup and they pour their own beverages from a dispenser. This is an example of which?
• A. Mass customization
• B. Service co-production
• C. An offline process
• D. Automation