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MCQ: Select the incorrect statement________?

1. A critical path always begins at the very first event
2. A critical path always terminates at the last event
3. Critical activities control the project duration
4. Critical activity is the one for which free float is zero

MCQ: Select the incorrect statement______?

1. Start float and finish float are always equal
2. Total float can be either start float or finish float
3. Start float and finish float need not be equal
4. Start float and finish float are the differences between activity times and not event times

MCQ: Select the incorrect statement_______?

1. Earliest start of an activity is the early event time of the node it leaves
2. Latest finish of an activity is the late event time of the node it enters
3. Latest start of an activity is its latest finish minus its duration
4. none of the above

MCQ: Select the correct statement_______?

1. Activity arrows in a CPM network are drawn to scale
2. The tail of an arrow represents the finish of an activity
3. Arrow bead represents the start of an activity
4. none of the above

MCQ: PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for__________________?

1. small projects
2. large and complex projects
3. research and development projects
4. deterministic activities

MCQ: In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow_______________?

1. normal distribution curve
2. Poisson’s distribution curve
3. Beta – distribution curve
4. none of the above

MCQ: Earliest finish of an activity is always_______________?

1. greater than earliest event time of the following node
2. less than earliest event time of the following node
3. less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
4. greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

MCQ: In the network shown in Fig. (15 fig) the latest start time of an activity 4-5 is_________________?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 8
4. 7

MCQ: If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively___________________?

1. 3.5 and 5/6
2. 5 and 25/36
3. 3.5 and 25/36
4. 4 and 5/6

MCQ: Free float is mainly used to_________________?

1. identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of preceding activity
2. identify the activities, which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity
3. establish priorities
4. identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of either the preceding or succeeding activities