A project manager is faced with the following activities and times associated with a building construction for a cancer research facility. Each activity can be crashed at most by 2 weeks. The cost associated with each week time reduction is given below. (note: The 1st crash and 2nd crash costs are associated with the first and second time that a specific activity is crashed. So, if you crash Activity A once, the cost is $9,000, if you have to crash Activity A a second time, the cost is $9,500)

Crash Costs
Activity Immediate Predecessor Normal Time (weeks) 1st crash 2nd crash

A 3 $9,000 $9,500
B A 6 $3,500 $6,000
C А 7 $4,000 $5,000
D B 7 $4,500 $6,000
E C 5 $7,000 $7,500
F D,E 8 $10,000 $12,000
G F 2 $14,000 $16,000

What is the minimum cost to crash this project by 2 weeks?

a. $12,000
b. $9,000
c. $16,000
d. $3,500

Answer:

$12000 ( A )

Explanation:

Calculate The minimum cost to crash this project by 2 weeks

To get the minimum cost to crash this project in 2 weeks we have to first  look to crash the activity on the critical path that has the lowest cost of crashing from the first week

critical path: A-B-D-F-G = 25 weeks

After crashing Activity B by 1 week both paths become critical paths hence we need to crash activity C and D by 1 week each so that the paths can crash simultaneously within 2 weeks

therefore the overall crash cost for 2 weeks will be

crash costs of Activities : B + C + D ( 1st crashes)

                                       = 3500 + 4000 + 4500

                                       = $12000

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N FV $1 PV $1 FVA $1 PVA $1 FVAD $1 PVAD $1
1 1.03000 0.97087 1.0000 0.97087 1.0300 1.00000
2 1.06090 0.94260 2.0300 1.91347 2.0909 1.97087
3 1.09273 0.91514 3.0909 2.82861 3.1836 2.91347
4 1.12551 0.88849 4.1836 3.71710 4.3091 3.82861
5 1.15927 0.86261 5.3091 4.57971 5.4684 4.71710
6 1.19405 0.83748 6.4684 5.41719 6.6625 5.57971
7 1.22987 0.81309 7.6625 6.23028 7.8923 6.41719
8 1.26677 0.78941 8.8923 7.01969 9.1591 7.23028
9 1.30477 0.76642 10.1591 7.78611 10.4639 8.01969
10 1.34392 0.74409 11.4639 8.53020 11.8078 8.78611
11 1.38423 0.72242 12.8078 9.25262 13.1920 9.53020
12 1.42576 0.70138 14.1920 9.95400 14.6178 10.25262
13 1.46853 0.68095 15.6178 10.63496 16.0863 10.95400
14 1.51259 0.66112 17.0863 11.29607 17.5989 11.63496
15 1.55797 0.64186 18.5989 11.93794 19.1569 12.29607
16 1.60471 0.62317 20.1569 12.56110 20.7616 12.93794

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Income Statement
For the year ended December 31, 2021
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Operating expenses 560,000
Depreciation expense 50,000
Income tax expense 40,000
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Selected Balance Sheet Data
December 31
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