Which one of the following represents an activity?
Excavation for foundation
Curing of concrete
Setting of question paper
All the above
Correct Answer :
D. All the above
Related Questions
Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of
1910
1920
1930
1940
The reduction in project time normally results in
Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost
Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost
Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both
Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both
PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for
Small projects
Large and complex projects
Research and development projects
Deterministic activities
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
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
The most popular type of organisation used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time is
50 %
84.1 %
99.9 %
100 %
Grader is used mainly for
Trimming and finishing
Shaping and trimming
Finishing and shaping
Finishing, shaping and trimming
Construction team means
An engineer
An architect
An owner
All the above
The estimated time required to perform an activity, is known as
Event
Dummy
Duration
Float
A CPM family includes
CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
All the above
Select the incorrect statement.
Start float and finish float are always equal.
Total float can be either start float or finish float.
Start float and finish float need not be equal.
Start float and finish float are the differences between activity times and not event times.
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programme
Is based on time estimate
All the above
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 direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is
Minimum
Maximum
Zero
Infinite
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
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.
Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
An earth moving equipment costs Rs. 5,00,000 and has an estimated life of 10 years and a salvage value of Rs. 50,000. What uniform annual amount must be set aside at the end of each of the 10 years for replacement if the interest rate is 8% per annum and if the sinking fund factor at 8% per annum interest rate for 10 years is 0.069?
Rs. 31050
Rs. 34500
Rs. 37950
Rs. 50000
The artificial activity which indicates that an activity following it, cannot be started unless the preceding activity is complete, is known as
Event
Free float
Dummy
Constraint
Select the correct statement.
Activity arrows in a CPM network are drawn to scale
The tail of an arrow represents the finish of an activity
Arrow bead represents the start of an activity
None of the above
The critical activity has
Maximum float
Minimum float
Zero float
None of these
If the excavation of earth is done manually then it costs Rs. 10 per cum. A machine can excavate at a fixed cost of Rs. 4000 plus a variable cost of Rs. 2 per cum. The quantity of earth for which the cost of excavation by machine will be equal to the cost of manual excavation is
500 cum
1000 cum
1500 cum
2000 cum
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
If to, tp and tm are the optimistic, pessimistic and most likely time estimates of an activity respectively, the expected time t of the activity will be
to + 3tm+ tp/3
to + 4tm+ tp/4
to + 4tm+ tp/5
to + 4tm+ tp/6
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
Crash project duration is obtained by summing the
Normal durations for all the activities
Crash durations for all activities
Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the normal duration for all the activities
Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the crash duration for all the activities
If D is the duration, ES and EF are the earliest start and finish, LS and LF are latest start and latest finish time, then the following relation holds good
EF = ES + D
LS = LF - D
LF = LS + D
All the above
Sensitivity analysis is a study of
Comparison of profit and loss
Comparison of assets and liabilities
Change in output due to change in input
Economics of cost and benefits of the project
The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is
Kneading
Pressing
Tamping
Vibration