The process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or replanning is called
Resource levelling
Resource smoothening
Updating
Critical path scheduling
Correct Answer :
C. Updating
Related Questions
The process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or replanning is called
Resource levelling
Resource smoothening
Updating
Critical path scheduling
Which of the following does not represent an activity?
Site located
Foundation is being dug
The office area is being cleaned
The invitations are being sent
PERT is
An analytic in concept
Limited of event oriented diagrams
Used for research and development projects
All the above
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
The first stage of a construction, is
Preparation of estimate
Survey of the site
Initiation of proposal
Preparation of tender
The time by which a particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as
Total float
Free float
Interfering float
Independent float
The part of a derrick crane include (i) Mast (ii) Boom (iii) Bull wheel (iv) Jack Of these statements
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
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
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
Construction team means
An engineer
An architect
An owner
All the above
The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively
80 and 90
90 and 80
85 and 75
75 and 83
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Forward pass is used for calculating earliest expected time
Backward pass is used for calculating the latest occurrence time
Maximum value of earliest expected time is used if there is more than one value of any event
All the above
Economic saving of time results by crashing
Cheapest critical activity
Cheapest noncritical activity
Costliest critical activity
Costliest noncritical activity
If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively
3.5 and 5/6
5 and 25/36
3.5 and 25/36
4 and 5/6
While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
Site survey
Availability of construction materials
Availability of labour
All the above
The salient feature of functional organisation is
Strict adherence to specifications
Separation of planning and design part
Each individual maintains functional efficiency
All the above
A machine costs Rs. 20000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be
Rs. 1740
Rs. 3480
Rs. 5220
Rs. 6960
The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is
Smooth-wheeled rollers
Vibratory rollers
Sheep foot rollers
Tampers
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
Output of a bulldozer is
(i) Increased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance
(ii) Decreased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance
(iii) Increased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
(iv) Decreased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
Of these statement
(i) and (iii) are correct
(i) and (iv) are correct
(ii) and (iii) are correct
(ii) and (iv) are correct
Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of
1910
1920
1930
1940
The three time estimates for the activities of the network shown in the given figure are shown above their arrows. The earliest expected time for the event 4, is
19
14
24
None of these
A critical ratio scheduling
Determines the status of each activity
Adjusts automatically changes in activity progress
Is a dynamic system
None of these
Consider the following statements: Wheeled tractors are replacing crawler tractors because
1. Wheeled tractors travel faster.
2. Crawler tractors are more expensive.
3. Track parts of a crawler wear out quickly.
4. Crawler tractors have stick control. Of these statements
1, 3 and 4 are correct
2, 3 and 4 are correct
1, 2 and 3 are correct
1, 2 and 4 are correct
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
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
The various functions under each activity, are shown by one bar on Bar Charts
Bar chart establishes the interdependency of one event on another
Only approximate percentage of the completed work is reported
None of these
If the expected time of completion of a project is 60 weeks with a standard deviation of 5 weeks, the probability of completing the project in 50 weeks and 65 weeks respectively will be
2.3% and 84.1%
97.7% and 84.1%
97.7 % and 15.9%
15.9% and 97.7%
A construction schedule is prepared after collecting
Number of operations
Output of labour
Output of machinery
All the above
Residential buildings are treated as
Light construction
Heavy construction
Industrial construction
Private construction