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A manager of an apartment building in Ankara, Turkey, is planning the building's maintenance budget for the next three years—Y1, Y2, and Y3. All maintenance must be paid for from the building's maintenance reserve account (MRA). The manager knows that at the end of the current year (Y0), there will be exactly 50,000 lira (₺) in the MRA.
The apartment owners have set the following priorities and constraints for the manager.
The apartment owners have set the following priorities and constraints for the manager.
- Wall and roof repairs are the highest priorities and must be completed in Y1.
- Landscaping and interior painting are the lowest priorities.
- There must be at least ₺10,000 in the MRA at the end of each year.
- The apartment association will contribute exactly ₺70,000 to the MRA at the beginning of each of Y1, Y2, and Y3.
Y1: No
Y2: Yes
Y3: Yes
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1. For each of the following years, select Yes if, according to the information provided, the manager's draft maintenance plan includes spending money on at least one of the two lowest priority projects. Otherwise, select No.
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| Y1 | ||
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Y1: No
Y2: Yes
Y3: Yes
Y1: No
Y2: No
Y3: Yes
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2. For each of the following years, select Yes if, according to the MRA projections for the manager's draft plan, the end-of-year balance in the MRA meets the owners' constraints as described in the Constraints tab. Otherwise, select No
| Yes | No | |
| Y1 | ||
| Y2 | ||
| Y3 |
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Y1: No
Y2: No
Y3: Yes
Exterior painting
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3. Assume that no two projects have the same priority. Given this assumption and based on the information provided, which one of the following maintenance projects must be either the apartment owners' third or fourth priority?
| Exterior painting | |
| Interior painting | |
| Landscaping | |
| Roof repairs | |
| Wall repairs |
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Exterior painting
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Question 1: 1. For each of the following years, select Yes if, according to the information provided, the manager's draft maintenance plan includes spending money on at least one of the two lowest priority projects. Otherwise, select No.
Answer : The Two least projects : Landscaping and Interior Designing is to be completed in year 2 and 3 only. Given the plan followed up by Manager is considering the yearly cost as it's given
A part of landscaping is been done in year 2 and the other part of landscaping along with interior is done in year 3.
Henceforth, only year 1 don't include unwanted expenditure related to least priority projects.
Year 1: No, Year 2: Yes, Year 3: Yes.
Question 2: 2. For each of the following years, select Yes if, according to the MRA projections for the manager's draft plan, the end-of-year balance in the MRA meets the owners' constraints as described in the Constraints tab. Otherwise, select No
Answer: the balance at the end of year to be maintained is atleast 10,000
whereas the balance remaining in MRA acccount at the end of year 1, year 2, and year 3 = 5000, -18000, 13000 respectively.
Among all 3 years only year 3 balance is satisfying the constraint.
Year 1: No, Year 2: No, Year 3: Yes.
Question 3: 3. Assume that no two projects have the same priority. Given this assumption and based on the information provided, which one of the following maintenance projects must be either the apartment owners' third or fourth priority?
Answer: Since 1st year projects has to be done in 1st year only
Top 3 priorities are Plumbing upgrades, Roof repairs, Wall repairs
Among which Roof repairs and Wall repairs are top 2 priorities
and plumbing is 3rd
since plumbing is not among options.
Year 2 priority tasks are: Exterior, Landscaping and Plumbing
Among these tasks, Landscaping is least priority task
Plumbing is 3rd priority task and 4th is Exterior which is among options as well
Therefore, Answer is Exterior Task. A
Answer : The Two least projects : Landscaping and Interior Designing is to be completed in year 2 and 3 only. Given the plan followed up by Manager is considering the yearly cost as it's given
A part of landscaping is been done in year 2 and the other part of landscaping along with interior is done in year 3.
Henceforth, only year 1 don't include unwanted expenditure related to least priority projects.
Year 1: No, Year 2: Yes, Year 3: Yes.
Question 2: 2. For each of the following years, select Yes if, according to the MRA projections for the manager's draft plan, the end-of-year balance in the MRA meets the owners' constraints as described in the Constraints tab. Otherwise, select No
Answer: the balance at the end of year to be maintained is atleast 10,000
whereas the balance remaining in MRA acccount at the end of year 1, year 2, and year 3 = 5000, -18000, 13000 respectively.
Among all 3 years only year 3 balance is satisfying the constraint.
Year 1: No, Year 2: No, Year 3: Yes.
Question 3: 3. Assume that no two projects have the same priority. Given this assumption and based on the information provided, which one of the following maintenance projects must be either the apartment owners' third or fourth priority?
Answer: Since 1st year projects has to be done in 1st year only
Top 3 priorities are Plumbing upgrades, Roof repairs, Wall repairs
Among which Roof repairs and Wall repairs are top 2 priorities
and plumbing is 3rd
since plumbing is not among options.
Year 2 priority tasks are: Exterior, Landscaping and Plumbing
Among these tasks, Landscaping is least priority task
Plumbing is 3rd priority task and 4th is Exterior which is among options as well
Therefore, Answer is Exterior Task. A
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yashikaaggarwal - how do we rank between landscaping and interior painting when both are 'least priority'?
