Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. One type of probabilistic estimate used in PERT is historical estimates.
2. We may need to consider noncritical activities in estimating a project’s overall duration if the noncritical activities have little slack time or have a low variance.
3. Whether we should crash an activity or not depends on crashing costs per day and whether the activity is on a critical path.
4. If an activity cannot be shortened, then no crashing cost can be calculated.
5. When we consider crashing a project, we need to be aware that there may be little to be gained by crashing all activities.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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