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PMI-SP · Question #264

You are the project manager for your organization. You are coaching Allen, a junior project manager, on how the details of the project's critical path are calculated. Examine the figure given below…

The correct answer is B. ACFGJ. The critical path is discovered by summing the duration of each activity node in each chain of activities in the project network diagram. In this figure, the critical path is ACFGJ, which is 26 days, the longest chain of activities in the project. Answer option A is incorrect…

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Question

You are the project manager for your organization. You are coaching Allen, a junior project manager, on how the details of the project's critical path are calculated. Examine the figure given below:

What is the critical path of this project?

Exhibit

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Options

  • AABEHJ
  • BACFGJ
  • CADGJ
  • DACFIJ

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    15% (6)
  • B
    54% (22)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    24% (10)

Explanation

The critical path is discovered by summing the duration of each activity node in each chain of activities in the project network diagram. In this figure, the critical path is ACFGJ, which is 26 days, the longest chain of activities in the project. Answer option A is incorrect. This path's duration is 22 days. Answer option D is incorrect. This path's duration is 23 days. Answer option C is incorrect. This path's duration is 15 days.

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#critical path method#network diagram#CPM#schedule analysis

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