What Is the Expected Time to Complete a Task with an Optimistic

question 65

Multiple Choice

What is the expected time to complete a task with an optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times of 3, 4, and 7 days respectively?

• A) 3
• B) 4
• C) 4.3
• D) 4.7
• E) 7

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Definitions:

Adverse Selection

A situation in which one party in a transaction has more or better information than the other, often leading to inefficiencies.

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Transitivity

The concept in mathematics and logic that if relation "A" is related to "B", and "B" is related to "C", then "A" is related to "C".