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Ayben Is Responsible for Managing an Advertising and Promotion Project

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Ayben is responsible for managing an advertising and promotion project using Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) with the following activities (times are given in weeks) .
 Project  Immediate  Optimistic  Most Likely  Pessimistic  Expected  Activity  Activity  Predecessor(s)   Time  Time  Time  Time  Variance  A  none 2514 B  none 81114 C  A 579 D  A 6912 E  B, C, D 135\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline\text { Project } & \text { Immediate } & \text { Optimistic } & \text { Most Likely } & \text { Pessimistic } & \text { Expected } & \text { Activity } \\\hline \text { Activity } & \text { Predecessor(s) } & \text { Time } & \text { Time } & \text { Time } & \text { Time } & \text { Variance } \\\hline\\\hline \text { A } & \text { none } & 2 & 5 & 14 \\\hline \text { B } & \text { none } & 8 & 11 & 14 \\\hline \text { C } & \text { A } & 5 & 7 & 9 \\\hline \text { D } & \text { A } & 6 & 9 & 12 \\\hline \text { E } & \text { B, C, D } & 1 & 3 & 5 \\\hline\end{array} Draw the project network here. BLANK SPACES
 PERT Exam Question #52 to #55 \text { PERT Exam Question \#52 to \#55 }
 Activity  OT  MLT  PT  ET  AV  A 25146.004.00 B 8111411.001.00 C 5797.000.44 D 69129.001.00 F 1353.000.44\begin{array}{cccccc}\text { Activity } & \text { OT } & \text { MLT } & \text { PT } & \text { ET } & \text { AV } \\\text { A } & 2 & 5 & 14 & 6.00 & 4.00 \\\text { B } & 8 & 11 & 14 & 11.00 & 1.00 \\\text { C } & 5 & 7 & 9 & 7.00 & 0.44 \\\text { D } & 6 & 9 & 12 & 9.00 & 1.00 \\\text { F } & 1 & 3 & 5 & 3.00 & 0.44\end{array}
-Using the table for the advertising and promotion project, which activity has the largest slack, and how large is that slack?


A) Activity C; 5 weeks
B) Activity A; 6 weeks
C) Activity B; 4 weeks
D) Activity E; 3 weeks

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