Table J.8 Auto Data Produces Custom Engineering Testing Equipment. the Following Six

question 48

Multiple Choice

Table J.8
Auto Data produces custom engineering testing equipment. The following six jobs are currently in the design department. The time since each one arrived, the processing time, and the due date are shown below. All times are expressed in terms of days. Let now be the beginning of Day 1.

-Using the information in Table J.8, and either the FCFS, SPT or EDD rule, what is the fewest number of late jobs possible?

• A) no late jobs
• B) one late job
• C) two late jobs
• D) three late jobs

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