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Topic Project Scheduling
Asked 2 times in ESE over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in ESE — 2 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2025)
Across exams
ESE · 2How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
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ESE2025
Which one of the following float of an activity is the spare time available for that activity, if that activity is started as late as possible and is finished as early as possible?
- A Total float
- B Independent float
- C Free float
- D Slack
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Engineering › Engineering Mathematics & General
ESE2022
In Network Computation Process, which one of the following is correct for forward pass ?
- A It starts with the first project activity(ies) and traces each path (c hain of sequential activities) through the network to the last project activity(ies) ✓
- B This is the longest path in the network, which will delay the project
- C It starts with the last project activity(ies) on the network
- D It starts with the last project activity(ies) and traces each path (c hain of sequential activities) through the network to the first project activity(ies)
✓ Correct answer: (A)
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