In a PERT Network, Non-Critical Activities That Have Little Slack

question 17

Multiple Choice

In a PERT network, non-critical activities that have little slack need to be monitored closely:

• A) because PERT treats all activities as equally important.
• B) because near-critical paths could become critical paths with small delays in these activities.
• C) because slack is undesirable and needs to be eliminated.
• D) because they are causing the entire project to be delayed.
• E) because they have a high risk of not being completed.

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Definitions:

Ambiguous Figure

An image or drawing designed to offer more than one perceptual interpretation, often used in psychological tests to explore perception and cognitive processes.

Geons

Simple geometric figures, such as cubes, cylinders, and pyramids, that can be combined to create all other shapes. An early (and crucial) step in some models of object recognition is determining which geons are present.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process where understanding of information starts with the broader context or knowledge before incorporating details.

Bottom-up Processing

A type of information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception, starting from the details and moving up to the whole.