Question

Tom is responsible for ordering hardware for a custom home his company is building. The contractor installing the hardware is scheduled to start in 5 working days, but the hardware is on backorder and will not arrive for another 9 working days. Fortunately, Tom has 10 days of slack; however, he shares this slack with the hardware installer. He will have to let the contactor know that the hardware will be ready 4 days later than expected and that the slack for the installer has been reduced by 4 days. Tom and the installer share 10 days of
A. Free Slack.
B. Shared Slack.
C. Total Slack.
D. Critical Slack.
E. Functional Slack.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Free slack can be described as the total amount of time a project can be delayed without affecting the project's completion time . Tom and the contractor share a slack time of 10 days

Total slack measures the total amount of time a project can be delayed before the project's completion.

Functional slack measures the amount of time that each activity in a project can be delayed without affecting the project's completion time.