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    & testbook.com Critical Path Questions Question 1: A PERT network has 9 activities on its critical path. The standard deviation of each activity on the critical path is 3. The standard deviation of the cri Options: 1.3 29 3.84 4.97 Correct Answer: Option 2 (Solution Below) Solution: Concept: In CPM: The standard deviation of critical path: /. _ a ep = V SUM Of variance TOT ‘eicat path aa Oz Vr tat FR tR Where, 04, >, ...., Os, 0g are the standard deviation of each activity on the critical path Calculation: Given: 64, 02, 8g, 09=3 -\ardt tate /: a cp lex Op=V =9 c= = the standard deviation of the critical path is 9. Ditestbook MMe ee cue ela) BCE 5 Question 2: Critical activities have Options: maximum float nos minimum float o zero float x negative float Correct Answer: Option 3 (Solution Below) Solution: Explanation: Critical activity: Critical activities are those activities whose float is zero and they lie on the critical path. Float: Relax or delay provided to any activity is known as float. Floats are of three types. They are as follows AG) E i 5 (IF) u (TF) 4 Total Float (TF): The maximum delay or relax provided to any activity without affecting the project duration TF= hee dy Free Float (FF): Relax or delay provided to any activity without affecting the Earliest Start Time (EST) of the successor activity. FF =E)-E,-dy Independent Float: Relax or delay provided to any activity without affecting the Earliest Start Time (EST) of successor activity as well as Latest Finish Time (LFT) of the predecessor activity. IF =Ej-Lj- dj Relation among float TF 2 FF 2 IF e |B) mportant Point Critical Path: + The longest path in the network diagram \s called Critical Path. + The length of the Critical Path determines the minimum duration required for the completion of the project. Cd BM Ce cube) eee Cee Question 3: A project starts with activity A and ends with activity F. The precedence relation and durations of the activities are as per the following table: cin] immediate, Purser A | . | 4 B | A | 3 c | A | 7 D B 14 E c 4 F | DE | 9 The minimum project completion time (in days) is Answer: 30 Solution: 21] 21 + Critical path = 30 The minimum project completion time is 30 days. Ditestbook Bee Ce Cum Lely) Platform ECU s Question 4: Critical path method is good for Options: 1. small project only 2. large project only 3. both small and large projects equally 4. neither small nor large projects Correct Answer: Option 2 (Solution Below) Solution: Explanation Critical Path A critical path is a sequence of interdependent activities or tasks that must be finished before the project can be finished. It is the longest path (i.e. path with the longest duration) from project start to finish. Critical Path Method. + The critical path method (CPM) is a project modeling technique that's used by project managers to find important deadlines and deliver a project on time + Ina project, the critical path is the longest distance between the start and the finish, including all the tasks and their duration * Once a critical path is determined, you'll have a clear picture of the project's actual schedule + To find this, project managers use the CPM algorithm to find the least amount of time necessary to complete each task with the least amount of slack. + For small projects, managers are often able to memorize and to coordinate all of the various tasks necessary for their completion + For larger projects, however, with numerous activities occurring simultaneously, remembering and coordinating these activities can prove much more difficult. CPM and related tools allow managers to determine which particular tasks most affect the total time of the project and enable managers to better schedule each task so that deadlines are met at the least possible cost Diestbook BUM ec ell) BCU Question 5: Activities falling on the critical path have Options: 1. zero slack 2. maximum slack 3. minimum slack 4, negative slack Correct Answer: Option 1 (Solution Below) Solu’ Explanation: Critical Path + Critical path activities are the project tasks that must start and finish on time according ee ee + Adelay in any critical path activity will delay the completion of the scheduled project. Float or Slack in critical activity + Slack or float refers to the amount of time that various related tasks can be delayed without pushing the schedule + Float is a measure of schedule flexibility + The critical path, by definition, has no slack. But other tasks not on the critical path may havea builtin float + Ifthe Start date and Finish date for an activity are the same as the schedule, the activity is said to have zero floats. Activities that have zero floats must start on time to prevent the schedule from slipping Critical activities can also have a negative float + Negative float occurs when an activity finishes before the scheduled date. Additional Information Critical Path Method (CPM): It is commonly used for those projects which are repetitive in nature and where one has prior experience of handling similar projects. Its is a deterministic model and places emphasis on time and cost for activities of a project. * Aproject can be defined as a set of large numbers of activities or jobs that are performed in a certain sequence determined + Anetwork is a graphical representation of a project, depicting the fioat as well as the sequence of well-defined activities and events. * An activity is any portion of a project which consumes time or resources and has a definable beginning and end. + Event is the beginning and ending point of activity or group of activities B-D-E-H is the critical path in the diagram below. fay Bee ee ell) ey oon the App Frm BCC Question 6: The arc lengths of a directed graph of a project are as shown in the figure. The shortest path length from node 1 to node 6is Solution: Explanation: Here the shortest path length from node 1 to node 6 Is asked. $0, the resultant is (I) 4(2)4 (5) 4(4) (6) Length=2+2+1+2=7 Mistake Point: Here don't confuse with the critical path 4g pet (1)> (3) > (5) >(6) 44344211 Paes The Complete Exam Preparati: Platform ACen Question 7: Statement |): The change in the critical path requires rescheduling in a PERT network. Statement Il): Some of the activities cannot be completed in time due to an unexpected breakdown of equipment or non-availability of raw materials OES ee eee eee explanation of Statement |) EER EE ES ENEMY MMS GEM OLAS EP IS MINS eee N Both Statements |) and Statement II) are individually true but Statement Il) is not the correct explanation of Statement |) @ Statement |) is true but Statement Il) is false » Statement |) is false but Statement Il) is true Correct Answer: Option 2 (Solution Below) Solution: The critical path determines the longest duration to complete the project. * Any change in the critical path will determine the change in the project duration. * So, change in the critical path requires the rescheduling of the PERT network. * These changes may happen due to an unexpected breakdown of equipment or non-availability of raw materials. So, both the statements are individually correct. Ditestbook The Complete Exam Preparation alt) BCU y Question A project consists of 14 activities, A to N. The duration of these activities (in days) are shown in brackets on the network diagram. The latest finish time (in days) for node 10 is. Answer: 14 Solution: Concept: Critical path is the maximum duration of project if all the activities are completed within the time. Hence first we will find the critical path. Then we will see that how many days are still left before the node 10 contributes to the path of critical path. And the number of days by which we can delay that activity without affecting the overall duration of the project will be our answer Critical path = 1- 2-4—7-9-11- 12, Total time = 19 days Earliest finish time for node 10 = 9 days After that we still need 3 days to complete that activity and then that path too will be joined to critical path at node 11. Hence the maximum time we have to complete the activity after node 10 will be 17 days and we need 3 days to complete the activity hence we can delay the activity before node 10 upto (17 - 3)days io. 14 days =. Latest finish time for node 10 = 14 days Diestbook Me Ce) Platform ECCS Bacher, Question s of a project, their duration and the precedence relationships are given in the table. in a precedence relationship “X < Y, Z” means that X is predecessor of activities Y and Z. The time to complete the activities along the critical path is. weeks. Precedence ee Relationship A 5 A” symbols are used to just describe the precedence relationship. ile. A

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