A project consists of the following four activities with activity times in days:
Table YY
-Using Table YY,the earliest start (ES)time for activity B is
A)5 days.
B)6 days.
C)11 days.
D)14 days.

Question

A project consists of the following four activities with activity times in days:
  Table YY
-Using Table YY,the earliest start (ES)time for activity B is
A)5 days. 
B)6 days. 
C)11 days. 
D)14 days.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The earliest start (ES) time for activity B can be calculated by taking the maximum of the (ES + activity time) for all the activities that precede B. In this case, the ES times for activities A and E are 0 and 6 days, respectively. Therefore, the ES time for activity B is 6 days (ES of activity E + activity time of activity E).

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