What Is Project Slack

question 32

Multiple Choice

What is project slack?

• A) The amount of time a non-critical task can be delayed without making the project late.
• B) The amount of time the critical path of a project can be delayed without making the project late.
• C) The amount of time an activity on the critical path can be delayed without making the project late.
• D) The difference between how long the project would take if all tasks were completed based on their pessimistic versus optimistic time estimates.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Slave States

States in the U.S. before 1865 where the institution of slavery was legally permitted.

Union Army

The land force that fought for the Northern states during the American Civil War, opposing the Confederacy and fighting to preserve the Union and end slavery.

Steamer Planter

A Confederate steamship hijacked in 1862 by Robert Smalls, an enslaved African American who then sailed it to freedom and surrendered it to the Union.

Robert Smalls

An African American who escaped slavery to become a Union naval hero and later a US Congressman.