Question 998 A construction project is broken down into the following 10 activities:IMMEDIATEPREDECESSORACTIVITY123456789101112, 33456, 7b-1. Find the critical path.O 1-3-5-8-101-3-6-9-101-4-7-9-101-2-5-8-10Number of weeksTIME(WEEKS)4243562b-2. How many weeks will the project take to complete?c. If activities 1 and 10 cannot be shortened, but activities 2 through 9 can be shortened to a minimum of one week each at a cost of$10,000 per week, which of the following options would reduce the project duration by four weeks? (You may select more than oneanswer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with 8910>6, 78, 9b-1. Find the critical path.O 1-3-5-8-101-3-6-9-101-4-7-9-10O 1-2-5-8-10b-2. How many weeks will the project take to complete?Number of weeksc. If activities 1 and 10 cannot be shortened, but activities 2 through 9 can be shortened to a minimum of one week each at a cost of$10,000 per week, which of the following options would reduce the project duration by four weeks? (You may select more than oneanswer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box withthe question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)?Cut activity 3 by 3 weeks, and then reduce activity 6 or 9 by one week.?Cut activity 5 by 4 weeks.?Reduce activities 6 and 9 by a total of 3 weeks, and then reduce activity 3 by one week.?Cut activity 4 by 3 weeks, and then reduce activity 6 or 5 by one week.? Cut activity 5 by 3 weeks, and then reduce activity 4 or 9 by one week.

A construction project is broken down into the following 10 activities: IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR TIME (WEEKS) 4 2 4 3 5 ACTIVITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 2, 3 3 4 5 6, 7 8, 9 b-1. Find the critical path. O1-3-5-8-10 1-3-6-9-10 1-4-7-9-10 1-2-5-8-10 Number of weeks 6 2 3 7 b-2. How many weeks will the project take to complete? c. If activities 1 and 10 cannot be shortened, but activities 2 through 9 can be shortened to a minimum of one week each at a cost of $10,000 per week, which of the following options would reduce the project duration by four weeks? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with

A construction project is broken down into the following 10 activities: IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR TIME (WEEKS) 4 2 4 3 5 ACTIVITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 2, 3 3 4 5 6, 7 8, 9 b-1. Find the critical path. O1-3-5-8-10 1-3-6-9-10 1-4-7-9-10 1-2-5-8-10 Number of weeks 6 2 3 7 b-2. How many weeks will the project take to complete? c. If activities 1 and 10 cannot be shortened, but activities 2 through 9 can be shortened to a minimum of one week each at a cost of $10,000 per week, which of the following options would reduce the project duration by four weeks? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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