The time by which the activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as
Duration
Total float
Free float
Interfering float
Correct Answer :
C. Free float
Related Questions
Which of the following equations is not in conformity with others?
Organisation performance × motivation = profits
Knowledge × skill = ability
Ability × motivation = performance
Attitude × situation = motivation
A dummy activity
Is artificially introduced
Is represented by a dotted line
Does not require any time
All of the above
The term 'value' in value engineering refers to
Total cost of the product
Selling price of the product
Utility of the product
Manufactured cost of the product
Which of the following are the principles of material handling?
Keep all the handling to the minimum
Select only efficient handling equipment
Move the heaviest weight to the least distance
All of the above
In fixed position layout
Total production cost is less
Material movement is less
Capital investment is minimum
All of these
Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A project is divided into various activities
Required time for each activity is established
Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
All of the above
CPM has following time estimate
One time estimate
Two time estimate
Three time estimate
Four time estimate
In A-B-C analysis, which class of items are generally large in number?
A
B
C
None of these
CPM is the
Time oriented technique
Event oriented technique
Activity oriented technique
Target oriented technique
The first method invented for planning projects was
Bar chart method
Milestone chart
Critical path method (CPM)
Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)
An activity of the project is graphically represented by ________ on the network diagram.
A circle
A straight line
An arrow
None of these
In a PERT chart
All activities should be numbered
Only important activities should be numbered
Only critical activities are numbered
Only selected activities are numbered
Time study is carried out to determine the time required to complete job by
A slow worker
A fast worker
An average worker
An apprentice
An optimum project schedule implies
Optimum utilization of men, machines and materials
Lowest possible cost and shortest possible time for project
Timely execution of project
To produce best results under given constraints
String diagram is used
For checking the relative values of various layouts
When a group of workers are working at a place
Where processes require the operator to be moved from one place to another
All of the above
Breakeven analysis is a
Short term analysis
Long term analysis
Average of short and long term analysis
Any one of these
The main disadvantage of line organisation is
Top level executives have to do excessive work
Structure is rigid
Communication delays occur
All of the above
A company spends considerable amount on publicity to promote sales. This expenditure in break even chart is shown below the
Fixed cost line
Variable cost line
Total cost line
Sales revenue line
Choose the wrong statement Time study is used to
Determine overhead expenses
Provide a basis for setting piece prices or incentive wages
Determine standard costs
Determine the capability of an operator to handle the number of machines
Break-even analysis consists of
Fixed expenses
Variable cost
Sales revenue
All of these
String diagram is used when
Team of workers is working at a place
Material handling is to be done
Idle time is to be reduced
All of the above
The grouping of activities into organisational units is called
Corporate plans
Higher level management
Functional authority
Departmentation
Discrepancies of bar chart techniques are
Consequential effects of lack in one activity on the finish date
Free time available for an activity can't be predicted
Effective monitoring/controlling can't be done
All of the above
Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer
To concentrate his attention on critical activities
To divert the resources from noncritical advanced activities to critical activities
To be cautious for avoiding any delay in the critical activities to avoid delay of the whole project
All of the above
Activity slack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by
Latest start time of succeeding event earliest finish time of preceding event activity time
Latest start time of the event earliest start time of the event
Latest finish time of event earliest finish time of the event
Anyone of the above
Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Average slack
No slack
Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
Product layout is employed for
Batch production
Continuous production
Effective utilization of machine
All of the above
The main objective of work measurement is to
Plan and schedule of production
Formulate a proper incentive scheme
Estimate the selling prices and delivery dates
All of the above
CPM stands for
Combined Process Method
Critical Path Method
Common Planning Method
Critical Process Method