A Project Being Analyzed by PERT Has 50 Activities, 12

question 13

Multiple Choice

A project being analyzed by PERT has 50 activities, 12 of which are on the critical path. If the estimated time along the critical path is 176 days with a project variance of 144, the probability that the project will take 194 days or more to complete is

• A) near zero.
• B) 0.0126.
• C) 0.0668.
• D) 0.9332.
• E) 2.00.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating the sensitivity of demand to price changes.

Elastic

A description of a good's demand or supply that indicates a high sensitivity to changes in price, where a small change in price leads to a larger change in quantity demanded or supplied.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, with elasticity greater or less than one indicating the degree of responsiveness.

Quantity Demanded

The specific amount of a good or service consumers are willing to buy at a given price, holding other factors constant.