Question: QUESTION 5 Consider a project whose activities are listed in the table below. What is the expected duration of the project? Activity Immediate Predecessors Duration

QUESTION 5

  1. Consider a project whose activities are listed in the table below. What is the expected duration of the project?

    Activity

    Immediate Predecessors

    Duration (days)

    A

    None

    5

    B

    A

    3

    C

    A

    4

    D

    B, C

    2

    E

    D

    3

    F

    E

    6

    G

    D

    7

    a.

    17 days

    b.

    18 days

    c.

    19 days

    d.

    20 days

    e.

    21 days

1 points

QUESTION 6

  1. Consider a project whose activities are listed in the table below. Activity E will have slack time as long as

    Activity

    Immediate Predecessors

    A

    None

    B

    None

    C

    A, B

    D

    C

    E

    C

    F

    D

    G

    E

    a.

    Duration of E + Duration of G < Duration of D + Duration of F

    b.

    Duration of E + Duration of G > Duration of D + Duration of F

    c.

    Duration of E < Duration of D

    d.

    Duration of E >= Duration of D

1 points

QUESTION 7

  1. Consider a project whose activities are listed in the table below. In order to ensure that the project is completed on time, Activity C must start, at the latest, by time:

    Activity

    Immediate Predecessors

    Duration

    A

    None

    10

    B

    None

    2

    C

    B

    2

    D

    C

    2

    E

    D

    3

    F

    A, E

    4

    G

    F

    4

    a.

    1

    b.

    2

    c.

    3

    d.

    4

1 points

QUESTION 8

  1. Path B-C-M-Q is the one and only critical path of a project. Which of the following statements will be TRUE of path B-C-M-Q?

    a.

    Reducing the duration of an activity on this path by one day will reduce the duration of the project by one day.

    b.

    Reducing the duration of an activity on this path by two days will reduce the duration of the project by two days.

    c.

    It is possible for an activity on this path to have slack time, if that activity is also on non-critical paths.

    d.

    All of the these answers will always be true

    e.

    None of these answers will always be true

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