OP MGMT EXAM 1 MC-PROBLEMS
Gourmet Pretzels bakes soft pretzels on an assembly line. It currently bakes 800
pretzels each eight-hour shift. If the production is increased to 1,200 pretzels each shift,
then productivity will have increased by: - answer- 50 percent
Consider the following work breakdown structure:
Duration Estimates (Days)
ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartU,V - - - UW 35 50 65 VW,X 28
40 52 WZ 26 35 44 XY 28 40 52 YZ 26 29 38 ZEnd 36 60 84
What is the estimated standard deviation in the time for activity Z? - answer- 8 days
Consider the following work breakdown structure:
Duration Estimates (Days)
ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartU,V - - - UW 35 50 65 VW,X 28
40 52 WZ 26 35 44 XY 28 40 52 YZ 26 29 38 ZEnd 36 60 84
What is the estimated expected (mean) time for project completion? - answer- 170 days
Consider the following work breakdown structure:
Duration Estimates (Days)
ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartU,V - - - UW 35 50 65 VW,X 28
40 52 WZ 26 35 44 XY 28 40 52 YZ 26 29 38 ZEnd 36 60 84
What is the estimated slack time for activity W? - answer- 25 days
Consider the following work breakdown structure:Duration Estimates
(Days)ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartU,V - - - UW 35 50 65
VW,X 28 40 52 WZ 26 35 44 XY 28 40 52 YZ 26 29 38 ZEnd 36 60 84 What is the
probability that the critical path for this project will be completed within 200 days? -
answer- 0.9987
Consider the following work breakdown structure:
Time Estimates (days)
ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartA,B,C - - - AD 38 50 62 BE 90 99
108 CEnd 85 100 115 DF 19 25 31 EEnd 91 100 115 FEnd 62 65 68
What is the estimated slack time for activity A? - answer- 60 days
Consider the following work breakdown structure:
Time Estimates (days)
ActivityPrecedesOptimisticMost LikelyPessimisticStartA,B,C - - - AD 38 50 62 BE 90 99
108 CEnd 85 100 115 DF 19 25 31 EEnd 91 100 115 FEnd 62 65 68
What is the probability that this project will be completed within 205 days - answer-
0.8413
Consider the portion of a project depicted by this graph: What is the earliest finish time
for activity 10-11 (far right-hand side) if the earliest start time of 8-10 (upper left-hand
side) is 12 and the earliest start time of 9-10 (lower left-hand side) is 13? - answer- 23
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