NPTEL Project Management for Managers Week 8 Assignment Answers 2024

NPTEL Project Management for Managers Week 8 Assignment Answers 2024

1. What is the difference between CPM and PERT

• CPM is deterministic while PERT is probabilistic
• Both are deterministic
• Both are probabilistic
• CPM is probabilistic, PERT is deterministic

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2. Which of the following is not correct in PERT?

• The time duration is probabilistic
• There is an expected duration of the project
• Simulation can be used to PERT network
• All are deterministic in nature.

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3. When are dummies added?

• Creating multiple sources
• Creating multiple sinks
• Creating multiple sources and sink
• Creating a single source or single sink

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4. What is the difference between PERT and CPM?

• PERT is event-oriented, and CPM is activity-oriented.
• PERT is activity-oriented, and CPM is event-oriented.
• Both are event-oriented.
• Both are activity-oriented.

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5. What is the critical path?

• It is the longest path of the whole network.
• It is the shortest path of the whole network.
• It is the average path in the whole network.
• It is the longest time taking a path in the whole network.

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6. What are independent floats?

• It is the time that an activity can be delayed without delaying the project.
• It is the amount by which its duration can be increased without affecting project time or subsequent activity.
• Duration by which an activity could be extended.
• Independent float is the shortest time.

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7. What is t_o and t_p with respect to PERT?

• Optimistic time and most likely time.
• Most likely time and pessimistic time.
• Optimistic time and pessimistic time.
• Pessimistic time and optimistic time.

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8. What is the variance in the network?

• [(t_o−t_p)/12]
• [(t_p−t_o)/12]²
• [(t_p−t_o)/6]²
• [(t_m−t_o)/6]².5

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9. Which one of the following is assumed for timing the activities in PERT network?

• Alpha-distribution
• Beta-distribution
• Binomial distribution
• Erlangen distribution

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10. Critical path is good for

• The small project only
• The large project only
• Both small and large projects only
• Neither small nor large projects

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