UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

What does the critical path in PERT represent ?
1. The shortest path for the earliest completion of the project.
2. The longest path of the network from the initial to final event,

A 1 only

B 2 only

C Both 1 and 2

D Neither 1 nor 2

ANS:B - 2 only

Pert is Event oriented.

The probabilistic model used during the rocket launch by USA, to predict the probabilistic time of an event.