Which of these statements regarding time-cost tradeoffs in CPM networks is true?
A) Crashing is not possible unless there are multiple critical paths.
B) Crashing a project often reduces the length of long-duration, but noncritical, activities.
C) Activities not on the critical path can never be on the critical path, even after crashing.
D) Crashing shortens the project duration by assigning more resources to one or more of the critical tasks.
E) None of the above are true.

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Crashing is a time-cost tradeoff in which additional resources are assigned to critical tasks to shorten the project duration. This statement is true because crashing only affects critical tasks and not noncritical tasks, and it does not require multiple critical paths.

Which of These Statements Regarding Time-Cost Tradeoffs in CPM Networks