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Week 8 – PERT and CPM

1. What is the difference between CPM and PERT


a. CPM is deterministic while PERT is probabilistic
b. Both are deterministic
c. Both are probabilistic
d. CPM is probabilistic, PERT is deterministic
Ans: A
2. Which of the following is not correct in PERT?
a. The time duration is probabilistic
b. There is an expected duration of the project
c. Simulation can be used to PERT network
d. All are deterministic in nature.
Ans: D
3. When are dummies added?
a. Creating multiple sources
b. Creating multiple sinks
c. Creating multiple sources and sink
d. Creating a single source or single sink
Ans: D
4. What is the difference between PERT and CPM?
a. PERT is event-oriented, and CPM is activity-oriented.
b. PERT is activity-oriented, and CPM is event-oriented.
c. Both are event-oriented.
d. Both are activity-oriented.
Ans: A
5. What is the critical path?
a. It is the longest path of the whole network.
b. It is the shortest path of the whole network.
c. It is the average path in the whole network.
d. It is the longest time taking a path in the whole network.
Ans: A
6. What are independent floats?
a. It is the time that an activity can be delayed without delaying the project.
b. It is the amount by which its duration can be increased without affecting project time
or subsequent activity.
c. Duration by which an activity could be extended.
d. Independent float is the shortest time.
Ans: C
7. What is 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑝 with respect to PERT?
a. Optimistic time and most likely time.
b. Most likely time and pessimistic time.
c. Optimistic time and pessimistic time.
d. Pessimistic time and optimistic time.
Ans: C
8. What is the variance in the network?
𝑡𝑜 −𝑡𝑝
a. [ ]
12
𝑡𝑝 −𝑡𝑜 2
b. [ ]
12
𝑡𝑝 −𝑡𝑜 2
c. [ ]
6
𝑡𝑚 −𝑡𝑜 2.5
d. [ ]
6

Ans: C
9. Which one of the following is assumed for timing the activities in PERT network?
a. Alpha-distribution
b. Beta-distribution
c. Binomial distribution
d. Erlangen distribution
Ans: B
10. Critical path is good for
a. The small project only
b. The large project only
c. Both small and large projects only
d. Neither small nor large projects
Ans: B

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