In PERT analysis, critical path is obtained by joining events having
+ve slack
-ve slack
Zero slack
Dummy activities
Correct Answer :
C. Zero slack
Related Questions
Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A project is divided into various activities
Required time for each activity is established
Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
All of the above
Gantt charts provide information about
Breakeven point analysis
Production schedule
Material handling layout
Determining selling price
In order to avoid excessive multiplication of facilities, the layout preferred is
Product layout
Process layout
Group layout
Static layout
The wastage of material in the store is taken into account by the following method in the evaluation of the material issued from the store
Inflated system
Primary cost method
Current value method
Fixed price method
Which of the following layouts is suited for mass production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
PERT has following time estimate
One time estimate
Two time estimate
Three time estimate
Four time estimate
Gantt chart provides information about the
Material handling
Proper utilisation of manpower
Production schedule
Efficient working of machine
Job enrichment technique is applied to
Reduce labour monotony
Overcome boring and de-motivating work
Make people happy
All of the above
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
Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
PERT stands for
Programme Estimation and Reporting Technique
Process Estimation and Review Technique
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
Planning Estimation and Resulting Technique
One time measurement unit (TMU) in method time measurement system equals
0.0001 minute
0.0006 minute
0.006 minute
0.001 minute
Work study is concerned with
Improving present method and finding standard time
Motivation of workers
Improving production capability
Improving production planning and control
A diagram showing the path followed by men and materials while performing a task is known as
String diagram
Flow process chart
Travel chart
Flow diagram
The amount deducted from the salary of workers towards employees provident fund is
Credited into reserves of company
Deposited in nationalised bank
Deposited in post office
Deposited in the account of worker with Provident Fund Commissioner
Work sampling is applied for
Estimation of the percentage utilisation of machine tools
Estimating the percentage of the time consumed by various job activities
Finding out time standards, specially where the job is not repetitive and where time study by stop watch method is not possible
All of the above
Percent idle time for men or machines is found by
Work sampling
Time study
Method study
Work study
In time study, the rating factor is applied to determine
Standard time of a job
Merit rating of the worker
Fixation of incentive rate
Normal time of a worker
Pick up the correct statement from the following
If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project in no delayed
If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project
All of the above
A low unit cost can be obtained by following
Product layout
Functional layout
Automatic material handling equipment
Specialisation of operation
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 interchangeability can be achieved by
Standardisation
Better process planning
Bonus plan
Better product planning
Break-even analysis shows profit when
Sales revenue > total cost
Sales revenue = total cost
Sales revenue < total cost
Variable cost < fixed cost
The salient feature of functional organisation is
Strict adherence to specification
Separation of planning and design part
Each individual maintains functional efficiency
All of the above
According to MAPI formula, the old machine should be replaced by new one when (CAM = Challenger's Adverse minimum DAM = Defender's Adverse minimum)
CAM < DAM
CAM > DAM
CAM = DAM
There is no such criterion
Routing
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
The most popular type of organisation used for Civil Engineering Constructions is
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Time study is carried out
By finding all the significant informations regarding the job, work place and machine tool etc.
By breaking up each operation into small elements which are measurable with the help of the measuring device accurately
By observing and recording the time taken by the operator for an operation
All 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
The essential condition for the decompression of an activity is that
The project time should change due to decompression
After decompression the time of an activity invariably exceeds its normal time
An activity could be decompressed to the maximum extent of its normal time
None of the above