1. Revoir pic are urgently planning the production of their new light weight car battery, the Epsilon. They wanted to exhibit the car battery in a trade fair which is to take place in 48-week time. The details of the various activities that are to be completed before the battery production can start is provided in the Table given below and the Net work diagram.

Task		Preceding Task	Duration (weeks)
A	Clear area	-	20
B	Commission consulting engineers to design equipment	-	2
C	Receive Consultants report	B	10
D	Place equipment out to Tender	C	1
E	Obtain equipment	D	6
F	Install equipment	A, E	30
G	Recruit additional staff	C	6
H	Train new staff	G	4
I	Order and obtain materials	-	16
J	Pilot production run	F,H,I	3
K	Advertise new product	-	2

Answer the questions given below:

1. What is the total time taken to complete till the pilot production run ? (1 point)
2. As per the plan in the question, using the table of activities given, is it possible to complete in 48 weeks? (1 point)
3. Mention the critical activities in this case. (1 point)
4. Mention the non-critical activities in this total network (2 point)
5. Find the float of the non-critical activities. (4 points)
6. Which are the activities that take the longest duration? (1 point)

20 23 50 12 G 53 19 19 H A 20 J 6 40 46 46 20 4 50 3 16 Start 12 13 13 2 150 16 34 K 10 13 6 14 14 12 20 30 26 50 2 53 55