ASSIGNMENT – 4
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING (Part-1)
Problem 4 [20 marks; TWO marks for a correct and - (-ve) ONE for every wrong response]
Read the pairs of statements and select option as A, B, C or D based on the following
A: If both the statements are true B: If both the statements are false
C If statement (1) is true and (2) is false D: If statement (1) is false and (2) is true
Statement-1: Critical path of a network should not consist of dummy activities
1 Statement-2: Activities that do not consume any time nor resources are called critical activities
Statement-1: Even if a non-critical activity in a network is delayed more than its float, (all other
factors remaining unchanged), the project completion date will not be extended.
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Statement-2: The duration of the critical path in a network indicates the minimum feasible
time for completing the project
Statement-1: In PERT, activity durations are assumed to follow beta
distribution.
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Statement-2: In PERT, the expected duration of the project (calculated by
adding the expected time of critical activities) follows beta distribution.
Statement-1: The earliest finish time (EFT) of an activity depends on the
earliest finish time of the project
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Statement-2: The latest finish time of (LFT) an activity depends on the
earliest finish time of the project
Comprehensive information (Questions 5- 7)
A project has 12 activities - A, B, C, D…. L. The relationship among these
activities and their durations are given in Table-2.
Table 2: Activities, their respective predecessors and duration
Activity Predecessors Duration (days)
A --- 3
B --- 6
C --- 6
D A 4
E A 3
F C 4
G C 8
H B, E, F 6
I B, E, F 11
J B, E, F 3
K G, J 12
L D, H 10
1. The number of critical activities in the project are
a) 3
b) 4
c) 6
d) 5
2. The minimum project duration (in days) is
a) 23 days
b) 26 days
c) 21 days
d) 20 days
3. The total float of activity F is
a) 0 days
b) 3 days
c) 4 days
d) 9 days
Comprehensive information (Questions 8-10)
A network consists of three activities A, B and C. The interdependencies and the
estimates of their optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic time (in days)
are shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Activities, their respective predecessors and time
estimates
Activity Predecessors Optimistic time Most likely time Pessimistic time
(days) (days) (days)
A --- 3 6 15
B A 3 9 27
C B 2 5 8
4. In how many days the project can be expected to be completed?
a) 21 days
b) 23 days
c) 25 days
d) 27 days
5. What is the probability of completing the project within 30 days?
a) 93.5%
b) 96.5%
c) 90.5%
d) 98.5%
6. The project duration that has 25% chance of completion is ---
a) 26 days
b) 24 days
c) 19 days
d) 22 days