An activity of the project is graphically represented by ________ on the network diagram.
A circle
A straight line
An arrow
None of these
Correct Answer :
C. An arrow
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Merit rating is the method of determining the
Relative values of a job
Workers performance on a job
Worth of a machine
Value of overall production
PERT/CPM, techniques can be used for following applications
Once through project
Maintenance jobs
Research and development
All of the above
The production cost per unit can be reduced by
Producing more with increased inputs
Producing more with the same inputs
Eliminating idle time
Minimising resource waste
The allowed time for a job equals standard time plus
Policy allowance
Interference allowance
Process allowance
Learning allowance
In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches
50 %
66.67 %
75 %
80 %
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
If a worker gets a daily wage of Rs HA, then according to Rowan plan, his maximum daily earnings can be
2 HA
1.33 HA
1.5 HA
1.15 HA
Which of the following type of layout is suitable for automobile manufacturing concern?
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Combination layout
Work study is most useful
Where production activities are involved
In judging the rating of machines
In improving industrial relations
In judging the output of a man and improving it
PERT has following time estimate
One time estimate
Two time estimate
Three time estimate
Four time estimate
The deductions for, employees provident fund start
Immediately on joining the service
After 60 days of joining the service
After 100 days of joining the service
After 240 days of joining the service
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
When slack of an activity is positive
It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed
It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time
The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project
Any one of the above
A critical activity has
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Zero slack
Average slack
The most important function of inventory control is
Stock control system
To run the stores effectively
Technical responsibility for the state of materials
All of the above
Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of these
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
An activity of the project is graphically represented by ________ on the network diagram.
A circle
A straight line
An arrow
None of these
If A is the total items consumed per year, P is the procurement cost per order, and C is the annual inventory carrying cost per item, then the most economic ordering quantity is given by
AP/C
2AP/C
√(AP/C)
(AP/C)2
O on a PERT/CPM chart represents
An ordinary event
A significant event representing some milestone
An event to be transferred to other network chart
Dangling event
Replacement studies are made on the following basis:
Annual cost method
Rate of return method
Total life average method
Any one of the above
Father of time study was
F.W. Taylor
H.L. Gantt
F.B. Gilbert
R.M. Barnes
In the cost structure of a product, the selling price is determined by the factors such as
Sales turn over
Lowest competitive price
Various elements of the cost
All of the above
Dispatching
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with the starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
The artificial activity, which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless, the preceding activity is complete, is known as
Event
Free float
Artificial
Dummy
Product layout is also known as
Analytical layout
Synthetic layout
Static product layout
None of these
Dummy activities are used to
Determine the critical path
Determine the project completion time
Maintain the required net work
None of these
Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming?
These must be a well defined objective function.
The decision variables should be interrelated and nonnegative.
The resources must be in limited supply.
All of the above
The correct sequence of phases in value engineering is
Creative phase, information phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase
Information phase, creative phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase
Investigation phase, information phase, creative phase, evaluation phase
Creative phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase, information phase