plumiCritical path analysis: AQA A‑Level Further Maths questions
Every AQA A-Level Further Maths exam question on DE Critical path analysis, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 3 Discrete, Q5 (6 marks): A project is being planned by Lepton Electricity Installations. The project is broken down into 10 separate activities A, B, …, J and the activity network for t
- June 2025, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q5 (5 marks): A project consists of 10 activities A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J The activity network for the project along with the duration, in days, of each activity is s
- June 2024, Paper 3 Discrete, Q10 (7 marks): A project is undertaken by Higton Engineering Ltd. The project is broken down into 11 separate activities A, B, ..., K Figure 3 below shows a completed activity
- June 2024, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q9 (6 marks): Robert, a project manager, and his team of builders are working on a small building project. Robert has divided the project into ten activities labelled A, B, C
- June 2023, Paper 3 Discrete, Q7 (8 marks): Nova Merit Construction are planning a building project. The planning involves producing an activity network for the project, which is shown in Figure 1 below.
- June 2023, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q4 (7 marks): A community project consists of 10 activities A, B, . . . , J, as shown in the activity network below. C 8 D 4 E 8 Latest finish time Duration Earliest start ti
- June 2022, Paper 3 Discrete, Q3 (1 mark): A company undertakes a project which consists of 12 activities, A, B, C, …, L Each activity requires one worker. The resource histogram below shows the duration
- June 2022, Paper 3 Discrete, Q6 (6 marks): Bill Durrh Ltd undertake a construction project. The activity network for the project is shown below. The duration of each activity is given in weeks. C 0 5 F 5
- June 2022, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q3 (4 marks): A project consists of 11 activities A, B, …, K A completed activity network for the project is shown in the diagram below. A 0 7 B 0 6 C 0 5 H 2 I 3 J 5 18 12 1
- November 2021, Paper 3 Discrete, Q1 (1 mark): Which of the following statements about critical path analysis is always true? Tick (3) one box. [1 mark] All activity networks have exactly one critical path.
- November 2021, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q1 (2 marks): (a) A project consists of three activities A, B and C An activity network for the project is shown in the diagram below. A 0 5 y B 0 7 z C x 8 15 Duration Lates
- November 2020, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q5 (6 marks): A restoration project is divided into a number of activities. The duration and predecessor(s) of each activity are shown in the table below. Activity Immediate
- June 2019, Paper 3 Discrete, Q8 (10 marks): A motor racing team is undertaking a project to build next season’s racing car. The project is broken down into 12 separate activities A, B, ..., L, as shown in
- June 2019, AS Paper 2 Discrete, Q2 (1 mark): Part of an activity network is shown in the diagram below. ABC is part of the critical path of the activity network. 10 A 10 0 50 C 30 20 20 B d 10 Duration Ear
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