The main advantage of line organisation is:
Effective command and control
Rigid discipline in the organisation
Defined responsibilities at all levels
All the above
Correct Answer :
D. All the above
Related Questions
The independent float affects only
Preceding activities
Succeeding activities
The particular activity involved
None of the above
Critical path
Is always longest
Is always shortest
May be longest
May be shortest
In the time-cost optimisation, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having
Longest duration
Highest cost slope
Least cost slope
Shortest duration
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
The difference between the time avail-to do a job and the time required to do the job, is known as
Event
Float
Duration
Constraint
The final selection of a construction site, is done by
Departmental representative or user
Local civil authority representative
Representative of engineer authority
All the above
Time and progress chart of a construction, is also known as
Bar chart
Gantt chart
Modified Mile stone chart
All the above
Which one of the following is not an excavating and moving type of equipment?
Bulldozer
Clam shell
Scraper
Dump truck
During the construction period, price variation clause in contracts caters to
Increase in rates of only important materials
Variation in cost in materials element, labour element and petrol-oillubricant element
Variation in total cost of the project on an ad hoc basis
Rate of inflation
Assertion (A): Activity 57 is critical. Reason (R): Earliest finish time and latest finish time for events 57 are same Select the correct answer.
A is correct but R is not correct
R is correct but A is not correct
Both A and R is correct
Both A and R is incorrect
The original cost of an equipment is Rs.10,000. Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of five years is Rs. 1,000. Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be
Rs. 8,800
Rs. 7,600
Rs. 6,400
Rs. 5,000
In CPM analysis,
Emphasis is given to activities
Uncertainties are not allowed
Activities are represented by arrows
All the above
Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as
Any project
Major projects
Minor projects
All the above
A CPM family includes
CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
All the above
Critical path lies along the activities having total float
Positive
Negative
Zero
Same
Railway projects are treated as
Light construction
Heavy construction
Industrial construction
None of these
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programme
Is based on time estimate
All the above
At a work site, statistical quality control of concrete means
Measurement of risks to eliminate failures
Applying the theory' of probability to sample testing or inspection
Reduction in wastage of inspection costs
Reduction in costs for the removal of defects
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The duration between the earliest start time of the preceding event and latest finish time of the succeeding event, is called 'float'
The duration of time by which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding activity, is called free float
The difference between total float and free float, is called interfering float
All the above
Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of
1910
1920
1930
1940
The time with which direct cost does not reduce with the increase in time is known as
Crash time
Normal time
Optimistic time
Standard time
Various activities of a project, are shown on bar charts by
Vertical lines
Horizontal lines
Dots
Crosses
The process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or replanning is called
Resource levelling
Resource smoothening
Updating
Critical path scheduling
Modular co-ordination of construction means proper
Planning
Designing
Execution
All the above
Preliminary project report for a road project must contain
The detailed estimated cost based on detailed design
The several alternatives of the project that have been considered
The soil survey, traffic survey, concept design and approximate cost
The contract documents for inviting tenders
Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle?
Concrete
Loose sand
Asphalt
Firm earth
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique, is event oriented
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique is not event oriented
Critical Path Method is event oriented
Critical Path method is event oriented
The main principle of an organisation, is
Unity of command
Effective control at all levels
Delegation of authority
All the above
Which of the following is not a PERT event?
Site investigation started
Sessional work completed
Bus starts from Jaipur
Class is being attended
PERT analysis is based on
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All the above