A device used for lifting or lowering objects suspended from a hook at the end of retractable chains or cable is called
Hoist
Jib crane
Portable elevator
Chain conveyor
Correct Answer :
A. Hoist
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The factors which are to be considered while developing a good wage incentive plan will include
Adequate incentive
Ease of administration
Guaranteed basic pay
All of these
A dummy activity
Is artificially introduced
Is represented by a dotted line
Does not require any time
All of the above
The process capability of a machine is defined as the capability of the machine to
Produces a definite volume of work per minute
Perform definite number of operations
Produce job at a definite spectrum of speed
Holds a definite spectrum of tolerance and surface finish
Monte Carlo solutions in queuing theory are extremely useful in queuing problems
That can't be analysed mathematically
Involving multistage queuing
To verify mathematical results
All of the above
Works cost implies
Primary cost
Factory cost
Factory expenses
Primary cost + factory expenses
Process layout is also known as
Analytical-layout
Synthetic layout
Static product layout
None of these
Queueing theory is used for
Inventory problems
Traffic congestion studies
Job-shop scheduling
All of the above
The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
Normal time
Slow time
Crash time
Standard time
Actual performance of a task is called
An event
An activity
A duration
None of these
The grouping of activities into organisational units is called
Corporate plans
Higher level management
Functional authority
Departmentation
Job enrichment technique is applied to
Reduce labour monotony
Overcome boring and de-motivating work
Make people happy
All of the above
Micro-motion study involves following number of fundamental hand motions
8
12
16
20
The most popular type of organisation used for Civil Engineering Constructions is
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
CPM requires
Single time estimate
Double time estimate
Triple time estimate
None of these
Basic motion time study gives times for basic motions in ten thousandths of
Second
Minute
Hour
Day
The employees provident fund act is applicable to
All industries
All industries other than small and medium industries
Volunteers
The industries notified by Government
In steel plant the most important system for materials handling is
Conveyors
Cranes and hoists
Trucks
Locos
Linear programming can be applied successfully to
Chemical industry
Oil industry
Banks
All of these
A milestone chart
Shows the inter dependences of various jobs
Depicts the delay of jobs, if any
Points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
None of the above
The assumption in PERT is
A project will always be behind schedule, if left uncorrected
Cost of project will always be more than the estimated cost, if no timely corrections are taken
A project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities
Activities are fixed and can't be changed
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
An activity of the project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
The arrows are drawn (to scale from) left to right
The type of organisation preferred for an automobile industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
In product layout
Specialised and strict supervision is required
Machines can not be used to their maximum capacity
Manufacturing cost rises with a fall in the volume of production
All of the above
In ABC control policy, maximum attention is given to
Those items which consume money
Those items which are not readily available
Those × items which are in more demand
Those items which consume more money
Gantt chart gives information about
Scheduling and routing
Sales
Production schedule
Machine utilisation
In order that linear programming techniques provide valid results
Relations between factors must be linear (positive)
Relations between factors must be linear (negative)
Either (A) or (B)
Only one factor should change at a time, others remaining constant
Production cost refers to prime cost plus
Factory overheads
Factory and administration overheads
Factory, administration and sales overheads
Factory, administration, sales overheads and profit
The important file in making a PERT is
An event can't be accomplished until activities leading to it are completed
No activity from any event can be started from preceding event till it is completed
Length of arrow has nothing to do with time
All of the above
In Emerson's efficiency plan of wage incentive system, bonus is paid to a worker
Whose output exceeds 67% efficiency
On the percentage of time saved
On the percentage of time worked
On the percentage of standard time
Time study is
The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort
Machine setting time
Time taken by workers to do a job
Method of fixing time for workers