A Project Being Analyzed by PERT Has 60 Activities,13 of Which

question 71

Multiple Choice

A project being analyzed by PERT has 60 activities,13 of which are on the critical path.If the estimated time along the critical path is 214 days with a project variance of 100,what is the probability that the project will take 224 days or more to complete?

• A)near zero
• B)0.0126
• C)0.1587
• D)0.8413
• E)2.14

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