Consider the following table of activities that describes a project network. Without causing the critical path to become noncritical or otherwise wasting money, what would be the second activity you would crash and how many days can you crash it?
A) A for 2 days
B) B for 2 days
C) C for 1 day
D) B for 1 day
E) A for 1 day

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Crashing an activity means reducing its duration at an additional cost to shorten the overall project duration without affecting the critical path negatively. To determine which activity to crash, one must first identify the critical path and then select the activity that can be crashed with the least impact on the project's cost and without altering the critical path. Since the question asks for the second activity to crash, it implies that the first choice has already been made, focusing on activities that are on the critical path but not the first choice for crashing. Crashing B for 1 day is the most feasible option as it suggests a minimal impact and aligns with the goal of efficiently reducing the project duration without affecting the critical path negatively.

Consider the Following Table of Activities That Describes a Project