You Ask Your Subordinates How Long It Will Take to Complete

question 90

Multiple Choice

You ask your subordinates how long it will take to complete the job they are working on.The subordinates say,"If everything goes right it will take 6 hours,most likely it will take 8 hours and if everything goes wrong it will take until the end of tomorrow or another 16 hours".Since this job is a part of a larger project you must estimate the expected time it will take to complete the job.Using the three activity time estimation procedure for CPM,what is the expected time for this job?

• A)8 hours
• B)9 hours
• C)10 hours
• D)11 hours
• E)12 hours

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