Assume there are five jobs (i.e., A, B, C, D, and E) that need to be sequenced in a production schedule.The remaining operating time necessary for completion of job A is 3 days (i.e., job A will take 3 more days to complete), B will take 9 days, C will take 6 days, D will take 5 days and E will take 8 days.Which job should be scheduled last if using the SOT priority rule for job sequencing?
A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D
E)E

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SOT (shortest operating time) priority rule means that the job with the shortest remaining operating time is scheduled first. Therefore, by applying the opposite logic, the job with the longest remaining operating time should be scheduled last. In this case, job B has the longest remaining operating time of 9 days, so it should be scheduled last.

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