A Project Consists of Four Consecutive Tasks That Have Average

question 7

Multiple Choice

A project consists of four consecutive tasks that have average duration and worst-case duration estimates (in days) as shown in the table. Use Newbold's model to determine the aggregated buffer of one standard deviation for this project.

• A) 31 days
• B) 16 days
• C) 8 days
• D) 5 days

Calculate probabilities using the normal approximation to binomial distribution.

Determine when to apply continuity correction in normal approximation.

Understand the concept of continuous probability distribution and that its total area under the curve equals one.

Use normal distribution concepts to approximate binomial distributions in real-world scenarios.

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