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
Correct Answer :
B. Critical ratio scheduling
Related Questions
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
Sinking fund is
The fund for rebuilding a structure when its economic life is over
Raised to meet maintenance costs
The total sum to be paid to the municipal authorities by the tenants
A part of the money kept in reserve for providing additional structures and structural modifications
A Milestone chart
Shows the interdependencies of various jobs
Depicts the delay of jobs, if any
Points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
None of these
For the execution of a project, a contractor is
A person
A firm
An agency
All the above
Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?
Ice
Concrete
Loose sand
Earth
The first stage of a construction, is
Preparation of estimate
Survey of the site
Initiation of proposal
Preparation of tender
Power stations are generally treated as
Light construction
Heavy construction
Industrial construction
Electrical construction
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
Site order book is used for recording
Instructions by the executive engineers
Construction measurements
Issue of store equipments
Names of the casual labour
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
Bar charts are suitable for
Minor works
Major works
Large projects
All the Above
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
Whenever an activity has zero total float, then
Free float of the activity must be zero but independent float need not be zero
Independent float must be zero but free float need not be zero
Free float and independent float both must be zero
Free float and independent float both need not be zero
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
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
For excavating utility trenches with precise control of depth, the excavation equipment used is
Hoe
Shovel
Dragline
None of the above
If t is the duration of an activity, t1 is the latest finish possible moment of its preceding activity and t2 is the earliest start possible moment, the independent float of the activity is
(t1 - t2) - t
t - (t1 - t2)
(t1 + t2) - t
t + (t1 - t2)
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
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
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
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
Assertion A: For a given depth of cut, the output of a power shovel can be increased by decreasing the angle of swing. Reason R: If the angle of swing is decreased, the cycle time will be decreased. Select the correct answer.
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Consider the following statements for a power shovel: (i) Output can be increased by reducing the angle of swing for a given depth of cut. (ii) For a given angle of swing, output will be maximum at optimum depth of cut. (iii) Output can be increased by keeping the depth of cut less than optimum depth, (iv) Output can be increased by increasing the size of shovel. Of these statements
(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(i) and (iv) are correct
If the scheduled completion time of a project is more than the earliest expected time for completion of the project, then the probability of completion of the project within the scheduled completion time will be
50 %
Less than 50 %
More than 50 %
100 %
If the output of a dragline for 90° angle of swing at optimum depth of cut is X, then the output for 120° angle of swing at 120 % of optimum depth of cut will be
Equal to X
More than X
Less than X
Any of the above
The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is
Smooth-wheeled rollers
Vibratory rollers
Sheep foot rollers
Tampers
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
While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
Site survey
Availability of construction materials
Availability of labour
All the above
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programme
Is based on time estimate
All the above
Frequency distribution curves
Having a single lump, are called uninodal curves
If symmetrical, are called normal curves
If not symmetrical, are called skew curves
All the above