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1. The maximum amount of project cost after the price adjustment should not exceed:

a) 15%

b) 20%

c) 25%

d) 30%

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2. The term CPM in construction management is an abbreviation of:

a) Construction Project Management

b) Critical Path Method

c) Controlling Planning and Maintenance

d) Crucial project management

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3. If the completion time for a particular project is 6 weeks and its expected time is 8 weeks, then the slack time for the project is:

a) 2 weeks

b) -2 weeks

c) 0

d) None of the above

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4. The minimum number of critical paths in a network should be:

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3

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5. Performance security is necessary:

a) After contract agreement to a successful bidder

b) Before bid opening to all bidders

c) During bid opening to all bidders

d) Before contract agreement to successful bidders

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6. Of the following, the PERT event is:

a) Fixing of doors

b) Plastering of walls

c) Concrete cured

d) Selection of sites

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7. Mobilization advance up to 10% of the cost of work is given to a contractor:

a) On commencement of work at the site for payment of a loan taken by him

b) For the purchase of construction materials

c) For the payment of advances to labor and staff

d) For all activities required to start the work at the site

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8. According to Fulkerson's, the correct event numbers corresponding to events A, B, C, D, E of the network shown in figure 1 are:

a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively

b) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively

c) 1, 3, 2, 5, 6, 4 and 6, respectively

d) None of the above

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9. Critical path connecting the start and end events timewise is:

a) Longest path always

b) Shortest path always

c) May be the longest path

d) May be independent float

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10. In time cost optimization using CPM, the crashing of activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having:

a) Highest cost slope

b) Least cost slope

c) Crashing has no relation with cost slope

d) None of the above

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11. The expected project duration in CPM follows:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Beta distribution curve

c) Poisson's distribution curve

d) Binomial distribution curve

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12. For the construction of a project, a contractor is a:

a) A person

b) A firm

c) An agency

d) All of the above

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13. In CPM, the actual performance of a task is called:

a) An event

b) An activity

c) A duration

d) Critical task

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14. The duration of time which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding activity is called free float which affects only:

a) Preceding activities

b) Succeeding activities

c) The particular activity

d) None of the above

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15. Military organization is known as:

a) Line organization

b) Line and staff organization

c) Functional organization

d) None of the above

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16. Negative slack occurs:

a) When a deficiency of resources exists

b) When the latest allowable time is greater than the earliest expected time

c) When events stick to their schedule

d) None of the above

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17. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as:

a) Line organization

b) Line and staff organization

c) Functional organization

d) None of the above

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18. In CPM analysis:

a) Emphasis is given to activities

b) Uncertainties are not allowed

c) Activities are represented by arrows

d) All of the above

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19. Aggregate planning is planning for:

a) Single activity

b) Double activities

c) Whole project

d) Events

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20. If an activity has its optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times as 2, 4, and 6, respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively:

a) 4 and 2/3

b) 4 and 4/9

c) 5 and 4/9

d) 5 and 2/3

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21. Choose the incorrect statement:

a) Arrow representing activity in CPM network is drawn without any scale

b) Head of an activity represents the finish of an activity

c) Tail of an activity represents the start of an activity

d) None of the above

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22. The benefit of the PERT network is taken by the management in:

a) Formulating a new schedule

b) Coordinating various tasks

c) Readjusting the time to meet the target

d) All of the above

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23. The weakness in bar charts is:

a) The various activities are interdependent

b) Uncertainty in duration for various activities

c) The sequence of activities is not very clear

d) All of the above

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24. Which of the following is an activity in a CPM network:

a) Concrete cured

b) Walls plastered

c) Excavation for foundation

d) All of the above

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25. The main advantage of line organization is:

a) Effective command and control defined responsibilities at all levels

b) Ability to make quick decisions at all levels

c) Strict discipline in the Organization

d) All of the above

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26. CPM network is:

a) Event-oriented

b) Activity-oriented

c) Slack-oriented

d) Float-oriented

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27. CPM adopts:

a) Deterministic approach

b) Probabilistic approach

c) Fantastic approach

d) All of the above

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28. Time and progress chart of construction is known as:

a) Bar chart

b) Gantt chart

c) CPM

d) All of the above

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29. Probability factor in PERT is given by:

a) (Scheduled time - Earliest expected time) / Standard deviation

b) (Scheduled time - Latest allowable time) / Standard deviation

c) (Latest allowable time - Scheduled time) / Standard deviation

d) (Latest allowable time - Earliest expected time) / Variance

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30. Float is:

a) The earliest time by which an activity may commence

b) Latest time by which an activity can be delayed without hampering the completion of the project

c) Latest allowable time-earliest expected time

d) Time available-time required for an activity

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31. CPM family includes:

a) Critical Path Analysis (CPA)

b) Critical Path Plotted (CPP)

c) Critical Path Scheduling (CPS)

d) All of the above

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32. The mean of squared deviation from the mean of the distribution is known as:

a) Mode

b) Standard deviation

c) Deviation

d) Variance

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33. Crashing of the project means:

a) Reducing the completion time by expending more resources

b) Reducing the project cost by delaying the completion time

c) Reducing the project size to save resources

d) Reducing the project cost by reducing the completion time

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34. If D is the duration, ES and EF are the earliest start and earliest finish time, LS and LF are the latest start and latest finish time, then the following relation holds good:

a) EF = ES + D

b) LS = LF - D

c) LF = LS + D

d) All of the above

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35. Policy is:

a) A rule or a set of rules never to be violated

b) A definite rule along which one has to proceed

c) A procedure for preparing the project report

d) A set of broad guidelines stipulated by management

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36. Which of the following is an event in a CPM network:

a) Concrete cured

b) Walls plastering

c) Excavation for foundation

d) Fixing of the door

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37. The main disadvantage of line organization is:

a) Monopoly at the top level

b) Rigid structure

c) Delay in communications

d) All of the above

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38. For a safe working environment in the working site, "Tool Box Talk" is conducted:

a) During the work

b) At the end of the day's work

c) Before the start of the day's work

d) During lunch hour

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39. The dispute in construction is resolved through discussion of all parties on their respective stands leading to consensus. The process is called:

a) Amicable settlement

b) Arbitration

c) Dispute resolution board

d) Dispute adjudication board

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40. An example of a parallel activity is:

a) Completing ground floor and starting first floor construction

b) Wall construction and carpentry work of doors and windows

c) Completion of flooring and initiating whitewashing

d) Digging of a well and construction of a septic tank

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41. In a CPM/PERT network, the number of events is:

a) Less than the number of activities

b) More than the number of activities

c) Equal to the number of activities

d) All of the above

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42. Total float for any activity is defined as the difference between:

a) Its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

b) Its latest start time and earliest start time

c) Its latest start time and earliest finish time

d) Its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

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43. If the height of the frequency-distribution underneath it is equal to unity, then the curve is known as:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Skew curve

c) Probability distribution curve

d) All of the above

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44. Construction team means:

a) An engineer

b) An owner

c) A contractor

d) All of the above

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45. A construction schedule is prepared after collecting:

a) Number of operations

b) Output of labor and machinery

c) Quantity of various items

d) All of the above

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46. Total project time is the:

a) Sum of the duration of all activities

b) Sum of the duration of non-critical activities

c) Sum of the duration of critical activities

d) None of the above

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47. The constraint in the case of resource smoothing operation would be:

a) On the resources

b) Project duration time

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) None of the above

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48. A milestone chart:

a) Shows the interdependence of various jobs

b) Depicts the delay of jobs

c) Shows the events in chronological but not in a logical sequence

d) All of the above

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49. The scheduled completion time of an operation in CPM chart is mentioned on:

a) Left top corner outside the circle

b) Left top corner inside the circle

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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50. Gantt chart indicates:

a) Balance of work to be done

b) Comparison of actual progress with the scheduled progress

c) Efficiency progress

d) Progressive cost of the project

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