Consider the following statements: In the bar chart planning
1. Interdependence of the operations cannot be portrayed.
2. Progress of work can be measured.
3. Spare time of the activities can be determined.
4. Schedule cannot be updated. Of these statements
1, 2 and 3 are correct
1 and 4 are correct
2, 3 and 4 are correct
1, 2 and 4 are correct
Correct Answer :
B. 1 and 4 are correct
Related Questions
If TL is the latest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack(s), is equal to
LST-EST
LFT-EFT
TL-EFT
All the above
Military organisation is known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
None of these
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
If the total float and duration of an activity are 5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be
Started 5 days later
Completed 5 days later
Performed at slower rate in 15 days
All the above
The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is
Kneading
Pressing
Tamping
Vibration
The salient feature of functional organisation is
Strict adherence to specifications
Separation of planning and design part
Each individual maintains functional efficiency
All the above
Frequency distribution curves
Having a single lump, are called uninodal curves
If symmetrical, are called normal curves
If not symmetrical, are called skew curves
All the above
The Overall in-charge of an organisation at the site responsible for the execution of the works, is
Executive Engineer
Engineer
Junior Engineer
Assistant Engineer
The estimated time required to perform an activity, is known as
Event
Dummy
Duration
Float
In India, are prefabricated components costlier than those of traditional cast-in-situ items that the prefabricated components replace?
Yes, because of heavier overheads and handling cost
Yes, because of the very high order of quality control for the factory made components
No, because of repetitive manufacture of a number of elements
No, because of savings in site labour
PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for
Small projects
Large and complex projects
Research and development projects
Deterministic activities
Which one of the following represents an event?
Concrete cured
Fixing of door
Plastering of walls
Selecting sites
If a is the optimistic time, b is the pessimistic time and m is most likely time of an activity, the expected time of the activity, is
(a + m + b)/6
(a + 2m + b)/6
(a + 4m + b)/6
(a + 5m + b)/6
A Milestone chart
Shows the interdependencies of various jobs
Depicts the delay of jobs, if any
Points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
None of these
Economic saving of time results by crashing
Cheapest critical activity
Cheapest noncritical activity
Costliest critical activity
Costliest noncritical activity
Interfering float is the difference between
Total float and free float
Total float and independent float
Free float and independent float
None of the above
Critical path method
Is an improvement upon bar chart method
Provides a realistic approach to daily problems
Avoids delays which are very common in bar charts
All the above
PERT analysis is based on
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All the above
In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow
Normal distribution curve
Poisson's distribution curve
Beta distribution curve
None of the above
In the given figure, the network of a project represents
Activity of an excavation of a footing
Activity of an excavation which starts at event No. 1 and ends at even No. 2
Activity of excavation which takes 8 units of time
None of these
Slack time refers to
An activity
An event
Both event and activity
None of the above
The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is
Crash time
Normal time
Optimistic time
Between normal time and crash time
The maximum rimpull in the first gear of a tractor while towing a load is 6300 kg. The tractor weighs 12.5 tonnes and is operating along a 2 percent upgrade and the rolling resistance is 45 kg/tonne. Pull available for towing the load is
3425 kg
5515 kg
4350 kg
2975 kg
Which of the following is a weakness of bar chart?
Interdependencies of activities
Project progress
Uncertainties
All of the above
For which of the following materials, the output of power shovels for a fixed shovel size will be maximum
Moist loam
Good common earth
Well blasted rock
Wet sticky clay
Consider the following activities in a building construction:
1. Concreting of roof slabs
2. Brick-jelly lime concrete terracing
3. Erection of form work for slab
4. Construction of parapet wall in terrace
The correct sequence of these activities is
1, 3, 2, 4
3, 1, 4, 2
3, 1, 2, 4
1, 3, 4, 2
The three time estimates for the activities of the network shown in the given figure are shown above their arrows. The earliest expected time for the event 4, is
19
14
24
None of these
Pre-tender stage requires
Acquisition of land
Selection of site
Fmalisation of alignment of work
All the above
Select the incorrect statement.
Earliest start of an activity is the early event time of the node it leaves.
Latest finish of an activity is the late event time of the node it enters.
Latest start of an activity is its latest finish minus its duration.
None of the above
For the execution of a project, a contractor is
A person
A firm
An agency
All the above