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112. What is the estimated expected (mean) time for project completion?
113. What is the estimated slack time for Activity E?
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114. What is the probability that the critical path for this project will be completed within 52
weeks?
115. What is the estimated expected (mean) time for activity Y?
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116. What is the estimated standard deviation in the time for activity Z?
117. What is the estimated expected (mean) time for project completion?
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118. What is the estimated slack time for activity W?
119. What is the probability that the critical path for this project will be completed within 200
days?
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120. What are the estimated expected (mean) times (in weeks) for activities A–H?
121. What are the estimated standard deviations (in weeks) in the times for activities A-H?
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122. What is the estimated expected (mean) time (in weeks) for project completion?
123. What are the estimated slack times (in weeks) for activities A-H?
124. What is the critical path for this project network?
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125. What is the estimated standard deviation (in weeks) for the critical path completion
time?
126. What is the probability that the critical path for this project will be completed within 75
weeks? 80 weeks? 85 weeks? 90 weeks?
127. Within what amount of time (in weeks) is there a 90% probability that the critical path
for this project will be completed? 95%? 99%?
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128. What activities make up the critical path?
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129. In crashing this project, which activity should be the first to be reduced?
130. In crashing this project to 18 weeks, which activities (in order of selection) will be
reduced?
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131. What is the total cost of reducing this project by two weeks?
132. What is the total cost of reducing the project to 18 weeks?
133. Which of the following is not characteristic of good risk management?
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134. Which of the following lead to simulation being a useful tool with uncertain activity
times.
135. Which of the following is not an element of the project management triangle?
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136. If an activity is determined to be on the critical, that means that it, and perhaps other, will
affect project ____________.
137. Activity J has a duration of 7 and an earliest finish time of 21. If J’s latest start time is 16,
this must mean that J’s slack is ________.