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a. What task must be on the critical path, regardless of activity durations? (3 pts)
b. What is the duration of path A-B-E-H-J? (3 pts)
c. What is the critical path of this network? (3 pts)
d. What is the length of the critical path? (3 pts)
e. If activity C were delayed by two time units, what would happen to the project
duration? (3 pts)
4. A network consists of the following list. Times are given in weeks.
a. Calculate the expected duration and variance of each activity. (4/4 pts)
b. Calculate the expected duration and variance of the critical path. (4/4 pts)
c. Calculate the probability that the project will be completed in less than 28 weeks.
(4 pts)
5. Bolling Electronics manufactures DVD players for commercial use. W Blaker Bolling,
president of Bolling Electronics, is contemplating producing DVD players for home
use. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are
given in the following table:
Activity
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Normal
Time
(wks)
3
2
1
7
6
2
4
Crash
Time
(wks)
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
Normal
Cost ($)
Crash Cost
($)
Immediate
Predecessor(s)
1,000
2,000
300
1,300
850
4,000
1,500
1,600
2,700
300
1,600
1,000
5,000
2,000
A
B
C
D,E
c. Crash this project to 7 weeks (which is the maximum it can be crashed) at the least
cost. What is the total crash cost? (5 pts)
Answers
2. MFP before: 500 boxes / ($10x5x16 + $3000 + $400) = 500 / 4200 = 0.119 boxes/dollar
MFP after: 600 boxes / ($10x5x16 + $3200 + $400) = 600 / 4400 = 0.136
boxes/dollar