Critical path moves along the activities having total float of
Positive value
Negative value
Zero value
Same value
Correct Answer :
C. Zero value
Related Questions
In a PERT chart
All activities should be numbered
Only important activities should be numbered
Only critical activities are numbered
Only selected activities are numbered
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
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
In Lincoln plan (one type of group incentive plan), the amount of the profit which an employee receives in addition to the guaranteed basic pay/wages, is based on:
A standard rating system
A merit rating system
A job evaluation system
His individual performance
An optimum project schedule implies
Optimum utilization of men, machines and materials
Lowest possible cost and shortest possible time for project
Timely execution of project
To produce best results under given constraints
Pick up the correct statement. Dummy activity on a PERT/CPM chart means, it
Consumes time, but no resources
Consumes resources but no time
Consumes neither time nor resources
Is a dangling event
Bin card is used in
Administrative wing
Workshop
Foundry shop
Stores
PERT analysis is based upon
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of these
In order to avoid excessive multiplication of facilities, the layout preferred is
Product layout
Process layout
Group layout
Static layout
Material handling and plant location is analysed by
Gantt chart
Bin chart
Emerson chart
Travel chart
An event is indicated on the network by
A straight line
A number enclosed in a circle or a square
A straight line with circles at the ends
A dotted line
Acceptance sampling is widely used in
Batch production
Job production
Mass production
All of the above
A graphical device used to determine the breakeven point and profit potential under varying conditions of output and costs, is known as
Gantt chart
Flow chart
Breakeven chart
PERT chart
Break-even analysis shows profit when
Sales revenue > total cost
Sales revenue = total cost
Sales revenue < total cost
Variable cost < fixed cost
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
PERT/CPM, techniques can be used for following applications
Once through project
Maintenance jobs
Research and development
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
Simplex method is the method used for
Value analysis
Network analysis
Linear programming
Queuing theory
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
The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is
Management
Labour court
High court/supreme court
Board of directors
The type of organisation preferred for an automobile industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
For material transportation, conveyors are used when the prevailing conditions include
Loads are uniform
Routes do not vary
Materials move relatively continuously
All of these
The objective of time study is to determine the time required to complete a job by
Fast worker
Average worker
Slow worker
New entrant
Father of time study was
F.W. Taylor
H.L. Gantt
F.B. Gilbert
R.M. Barnes
The bonus increases in proportion to the increase in efficiency. This statement applies to
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should
Satisfy the problem constraints
Optimise the objective function
Satisfy the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions
Satisfy the non-negativity restrictions
CPM has following time estimate
One time estimate
Two time estimate
Three time estimate
Four time estimate
The time required to complete a task is established and a bonus is paid to the worker for every hour he saves from the established time required. This type of incentive plan is known as
Rowan Plan
Taylor Differential Piece rate system
Halsey Premium plan
Day work plan
Actual performance of a task is called
An event
An activity
A duration
None 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