While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
Site survey
Availability of construction materials
Availability of labour
All the above
Correct Answer :
D. All the above
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For the supply of materials for concrete, form work reinforcing and placing of concrete, removal of form work and curing of concrete, number of bar(s) required on bar chart, is
1
2
3
4
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
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
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
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
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.
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
The main principle of an organisation, is
Unity of command
Effective control at all levels
Delegation of authority
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
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
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
Critical path
Is always longest
Is always shortest
May be longest
May be shortest
Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time?
Drag line
Hoe
Clam shell
Dipper shovel
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
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
An activity of a project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
The arrows are drawn to scale from left to right
An excavator costs Rs. 20,00,000 and has an estimated life of 8 years. It has no salvage value at the end of 8 years. The book value of the excavator at the end of 3 years using general double declining balance method is
Rs. 8,43,750
Rs. 8,75,000
Rs. 10,50,000
Rs. 11,56,250
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
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Earliest expected time is denoted by TE
Latest occurrence time is denoted by TL
Contractual obligation time is denoted by Ts
All the above
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
Final technical authority of a project lies with
Assistant Engineer
Executive Engineer
Superintending Engineer
Chief Engineer
Earliest finish of an activity is always
Greater than earliest event time of the following node
Less than earliest event time of the following node
Less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
Greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
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
The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is
Crash time
Normal time
Optimistic time
Between normal time and crash time
An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in
A circle
A square
A triangle
All the above
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
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
In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow
Normal distribution curve
Poisson's distribution curve
Beta distribution curve
None of the above
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as
Any project
Major projects
Minor projects
All the above