Civil Engineering MCQAE Level Civil Engineering
In the PERT technique, the critical path has slack equal to
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Choose the correct answer
A
always zero
B
positive value
C
negative value
D
zero
Correct Answer
D. zero
Why is this the answer?
In PERT/CPM, the critical path is defined as the path with zero slack (or minimum slack in a network). While negative slack can exist in constrained projects, the standard definition of the critical path is zero slack.
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