OCR Further Discrete 2018 September — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Discrete (Further Discrete)
Year2018
SessionSeptember
TopicCritical Path Analysis

4 A project is represented by the activity network below. The times are in days.
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  1. Explain the reason for each dummy activity.
  2. Calculate the early and late event times.
  3. Identify the critical activities.
  4. Calculate the independent float and interfering float on activity A .
  5. (a) Draw a cascade chart to represent the project, using the grid in the Printed Answer Booklet.
    (b) Describe the effect on
    • the project completion
    • the critical activities
      if the duration of activity D is increased by 5 days.
    The number of workers needed for each activity is shown below.
    ActivityABCDEFGH
    Workers21121111
    The project needs to be completed in at most 3 weeks ( 21 days).
    The duration of activity D is 9 days.
  6. Find the minimum number of workers needed. You should explain your reasoning carefully.