2. A company manages an awards evening.
The table below lists the activities required to set up the room for the evening, and their immediately preceding activities. Each activity requires exactly one person.
| Activity | Immediately preceding activities |
| A | - |
| B | A |
| C | A |
| D | C |
| E | C |
| F | B, D, E |
| G | E |
| H | B |
| J | H, F, G |
Figure 1 shows a partially completed activity network used to model the project. Each activity is represented by an arc.
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- Add the remaining five activities to Diagram 1 in the answer book to complete the activity network, using exactly two dummies.
In addition to setting up the room, the company must prepare the meals for the guests. Figure 2 shows the activity network for preparing the main courses. The numbers in brackets represent the time, in minutes, to complete each task.
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\end{figure} - Complete Diagram 2 in the answer book to show the early event times and the late event times for the activity network shown in Figure 2.
- State the critical activities.
- Given that the main courses need to be ready to be served (with all activities completed) at 8 pm , state the latest time that activity \(R\) can start.