Pick up the PERT event from the following:
Digging of foundation started
Digging of foundation completed
Laying of concrete started
All the above
Correct Answer :
D. All the above
Related Questions
The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, is known
Event flow scheduling technique
Critical ratio scheduling
Slotting technique for scheduling
Short interval scheduling
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
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
A tractor whose weight is 20 tonnes has a drawbar pull of 2500 kg, when operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 30 kg per tonne. If this tractor is operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 40 kg per tonne, then the drawbar pull of the tractor will
Reduce by 200 kg
Increase by 200 kg
Increase by 250 kg
Reduce by 250 kg
Final technical authority of a project lies with
Assistant Engineer
Executive Engineer
Superintending Engineer
Chief Engineer
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
In CPM analysis,
Emphasis is given to activities
Uncertainties are not allowed
Activities are represented by arrows
All the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following with regards to C.P.M. network analysis of projects
The latest occurrence time of the node of which the activity arrow terminates minus the duration of the activity, is called latest start time
The latest occurrence time for the node at which the activity arrow terminates, is called latest finish time
Earliest occurrence time of the event from which the activity arrow' originates, is called earliest start time of the activity
All the above
Updating may result in
Change of critical path
Decrease of project completion time
Increase of project completion time
All of the above
Construction team means
An engineer
An architect
An owner
All the above
In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done.
On all the activities
On all the activities lying on the critical path
Only on activities lying on the original critical path and having flatter cost slopes
On original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
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
Select the incorrect statement.
A critical path always begins at the very first event.
A critical path always terminates at the last event.
Critical activities control the project duration.
Critical activity is the one for which free float is zero.
Henry Gantt developed Bar charts for planning and scheduling of projects in
1880
1900
1920
1940
The object of technical planning, is
Preparation of specifications
Preparation of estimates
Initiating the procurement action of resources
All the above
A contractor has two options;
(I): Invest his money in project A or
(II): Invest his money in project B.
If he decides to invest in A, for every rupee invested, he is assured of doubling his money in ten years. If he decides to invest in B, he is assured of making his money 1.5 times in 5 years. If the contractor values his money at 10% interest rate, he
Should invest in neither of the two projects
Could invest in either of the two projects
Should invest in project A
Should invest in project B
A CPM family includes
CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
All the above
Batching refers to
Controlling the total quantity at each batch
Weighing accurately, the quantity of each material for a job before mixing
Controlling the quantity of each material into each batch
Adjusting the water to be added in each batch according to the moisture content of the materials being mixed in the batch
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
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
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 performance of a specific task in CPM, is known
Dummy
Event
Activity
Contract
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programme
Is based on time estimate
All the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The difference of latest occurrence time and earliest expected time, is called slack
The activities connecting the events having zero slack, lie on the critical path
The critical path consumes the maximum time
All the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Earliest expected time is denoted by TE
Latest occurrence time is denoted by TL
Contractual obligation time is denoted by Ts
All the above
Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle?
Concrete
Loose sand
Asphalt
Firm earth
A four wheel truck or whose operating weight is 12000 kg is pulled along a road having a rising slope of 2% at a uniform speed. Assume grade resistance factor = 10 kg/tonne. The tension in the tow cable is 720 kg. The rolling resistance of the road will be
20 kg/tonne
30 kg/tonne
40 kg/tonne
50 kg/tonne
The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is
Crash time
Normal time
Optimistic time
Between normal time and crash time
For a given size of bucket, the ideal output of a dragline will be least in
Moist loam
Sand and gravel
Good common earth
Wet sticky clay