Which of These Statements Regarding Time-Cost Tradeoffs in CPM Networks

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements regarding time-cost tradeoffs in CPM networks is true?

• A)Crashing is not possible unless there are multiple critical paths.
• B)Crashing a project often reduces the length of long-duration,but noncritical,activities.
• C)Activities not on the critical path can never be on the critical path,even after crashing.
• D)Crashing shortens the project duration by assigning more resources to one or more of the critical tasks.
• E)The crash time always exceeds the normal time.

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