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Courseoutline Assignment4
Howtoaccessthe Duedateforthisassignment:20170923,11:59IST.
portal Generalinstructions:
Week1General Forquestions1,2,3and4:
overviewandproject
organization Eachquestion(questions1to4)consistsoftwostatements
(statement1andstatement2).Youhavetoexaminethesestatements
Week2Estimationof
projectcost carefullyandselecttheanswerstothesequestionsusingthecodes
givenbelow:
Week3Construction
Economics A:IfboththestatementsareTRUE
B:IfboththestatementsareFALSE
Week4Planning&
Schedulingpart1
C:Ifstatement1isTRUEandstatement2isFALSE
D:Ifstatement1isFALSEandstatement2isTRUE
Lecture13:
Repaymentofaloan Questions5,6and7arebasedoncomprehensiveinformation1.And,
Lecture14: questions8,9and10arebasedoncomprehensiveinformation2.
Introductionto Informationisgiveninthebeginning,andquestionsareaskedattheendof
planningand
scheduling thepage.
Lecture15: Comprehensiveinformation1(Questions57)
Introductionto
planningand Aprojecthas12activitiesA,B,C,D.L.Therelationshipamongtheseactivitiesandtheir
scheduling
(continued)
durationsaregiveninTable1.
Table1:Activities,theirrespectivepredecessorsandduration
Lecture16:Project
scheduling Activity Predecessors Duration(days)
Lecture17: A 3
Uncertaintiesin B 6
durationofactivities C 6
UsingPERTin D A 4
scheduling E A 3
F C 4
Quiz:Assignment4 G C 8
H B,E,F 6
Week5Planning& I B,E,F 11
Schedulingpart2 J B,E,F 3
K G,J 12
L D,H 10

Comprehensiveinformation2(Questions810)
AnetworkconsistsofthreeactivitiesA,BandC.Theinterdependenciesandtheestimatesof
theiroptimistictime,mostlikelytimeandpessimistictime(indays)areshowninTable2.
Table2:Activities,theirrespectivepredecessorsandtimeestimates
Optimistictime Mostlikelytime Pessimistictime
Activity Predecessors
(days) (days) (days)
A 3 6 15
B A 3 9 27
C B 2 5 8

Statement1:Cricalpathofanetworkshouldnotconsistofdummyacvies
1) 1point

Statement2:Acvitythatdoesnotconsumeanymenorresourceiscalledacricalacvity
A
B
C

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2) Statement1:Evenifanoncriticalactivityinaprojectnetworkisdelayedmorethanitsfloat,theprojectcompletion 1point
datewillnotbeextended(otherfactorsremainingunchanged).
Statement2:Thedurationofthecriticalpathinanetworkindicatestheminimumfeasibletimeforcompletingtheproject.

A
B
C
D

Statement1:InPERT,activitydurationsareassumedtofollowbetadistribution.1point
3)

Statement2:InPERT,theexpecteddurationoftheproject(calculatedbyaddingthe
expectedtimeofcriticalactivities)followsbetadistribution.
A
B
C
D

4)Statement1:Theearliestfinishtime(EFT)ofanactivitydependsontheearliest 1point
finishtimeoftheproject
Statement2:Thelatestfinishtimeof(LFT)anactivitydependsontheearliestfinishtime
oftheproject
A
B
C
D

5) Thenumberofcricalacviesintheprojectare 1point

3
4
6
5

6) Theminimumprojectduration(indays)is 1point

23
26
21
20

7) ThetotalfloatofactivityF(indays)is 1point

0
3
4
9

8) Inhowmanydays,theprojectcanbeexpectedtobecompleted? 1point

21
23
25
27

9) Whatistheprobabilityofcompletingtheprojectwithin30days? 1point

93.5%
96.5%
90.5%
98.5%

10)Theprojectduration(indays)thathas25%chanceofcompletionis_____ 1point

26
24
19
22

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