Table 11-8 a Mad Scientist Has Identified the Ten Steps Required to Required

question 69

Multiple Choice

Table 11-8
A mad scientist has identified the ten steps required to create a race of atomic supermen to complete his plans for world conquest.The estimated time in weeks and cost in US dollars appear in the table along with the shortest possible duration for each activity and cost of those expedited activities.Activities are designated generically as A, B, and so on in order to avoid any copycat projects of this nature.

-Consider the project summarized in Table 11-8.Suppose in addition to the costs shown in the table, the mad scientist faces a $2,000 per week opportunity cost of not being in control of the world.These costs are easy to quantify, but it's difficult to stomach not controlling the world when it's just a matter of a few extra dollars.What's the earliest this project can be completed and what would the overall project cost be?

• A)38 weeks
• B)40 weeks
• C)44 weeks
• D)46 weeks

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