Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of
1910
1920
1930
1940
Correct Answer :
D. 1940
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The time by which activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as
Duration
Total float
Free float
Interfering float
Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as
Any project
Major projects
Minor projects
All the above
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
The activity is the time consuming part of a project
The beginning and end of a job, are called events
The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node
Logically and sequentially connected activities and events form a network
Total float for any activity is defined as the difference between
Its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
Its latest start time and earliest start time
Its latest start time and earliest finish time
Its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
Residential buildings are treated as
Light construction
Heavy construction
Industrial construction
Private construction
For a given activity, the optimistic time, pessimistic time and the most probable estimates are 5, 17 and 8 days respectively, The expected time is
8 days
9 days
10 days
15 days
Which of the following is not a PERT event?
Site investigation started
Sessional work completed
Bus starts from Jaipur
Class is being attended
Construction team means
An engineer
An architect
An owner
All the above
For the network shown in the given figure, the expected time for the activity
1-2 is 4
2-3 is 7
3-4 is 8
All the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Optimistic time estimate refers to activities
Pessimistic time estimate refers to activities
Most likely time estimate refers to activities
All the above
Military organisation is known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
None of these
A tractor shovel has a purchase price of Rs. 4.7 lacs and could save the organization an amount of rupees one lac per year on operating costs. The salvage value after the amortization period is 10% of the purchase price. The capital recovery period will be
3.7 years
4.23 years
5 years
7.87 years
The main principle of an organisation, is
Unity of command
Effective control at all levels
Delegation of authority
All the above
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
Earliest finish of an activity is always
Greater than earliest event time of the following node
Less than earliest event time of the following node
Less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
Greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer
To concentrate his attention on critical activities
To divert the resources from non-critical advanced activities to critical activities
To be cautious for avoiding any delay in the critical activities to avoid delay of the whole project
All 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
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
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
Mobilization advance up to 10% of the cost of work is given to a contractor
On commencement of work at site for payment of loan taken by him
For the purchase of construction materials
For the payment of advances to labour and other staff
For all activities required to start the work at site on finalization of the contract document
Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between
Its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
Its latest start time and earliest start time
Its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
Its earliest finish time and latest start time for its successor activity
Consider the following features/factors:
1. Projects are of the non-repetitive type
2. Time required need not be known
3. Time required is known precisely
4. Events have been established for planning
5. Emphasis is given to activities of project PERT is preferred for planning because of
1, 2 and 4
3, 4 and 5
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 5
The first method invented for planning projects, was
Bar chart method
Milestone chart
Critical path method (CPM)
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is
Smooth-wheeled rollers
Vibratory rollers
Sheep foot rollers
Tampers
Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?
Ice
Concrete
Loose sand
Earth
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
In CPM analysis,
Emphasis is given to activities
Uncertainties are not allowed
Activities are represented by arrows
All the above
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
Site order book is used for recording
Instructions by the executive engineers
Construction measurements
Issue of store equipments
Names of the casual labour