Construction Management Online Test

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1. Free float is mainly used to:

a) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of preceding activity

b) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity

c) Establish priorities

d) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of either the preceding or succeeding activities

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2. CPM adopts:

a) Deterministic approach

b) Probabilistic approach

c) Fantastic approach

d) All of the above

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3. If the path of activities leads back into itself, the resulting error in the network is known as:

a) Looping

b) Dangling

c) Interfacing

d) Splicing

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4. For the execution of work in time, a work plan is prepared by:

a) Contractor

b) Consultant

c) Petty contractor

d) Financial institution

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5. 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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6. 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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7. Which type of tender generally prefers the schedule of rate?

a) Schedule of rate

b) Cost change

c) Basic charge

d) None of the above

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8. A golden rule for the procurement of construction work suggests:

a) 100% at the site

b) 67% at the site and 33% under procurement

c) 50% at the site and 50% under procurement

d) 33% at the site and 67% under procurement

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9. Residential buildings are treated as:

a) Light construction

b) Heavy construction

c) Industrial construction

d) None of the above

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10. 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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11. Codes used in Nepal for building construction/design are:

a) National Building Codes (NBC)

b) Indian Standard Codes (ISC)

c) American Standard Codes (ASC)

d) British Standard Codes (BSC)

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12. Henry Gantt developed the bar chart technique in:

a) 1900 AD

b) 1940 AD

c) 1957 AD

d) 1974 AD

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13. A fictitious activity with zero duration and no cost used to maintain the sequential order of the activities in the network is known as a:

a) Restraint

b) Dummy activity

c) Event

d) All of the above

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14. In CPM:

a) Time optimization is given prime importance

b) Cost optimization is given prime importance

c) Cost is directly proportional to time

d) All of the above

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15. 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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16. Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between:

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

b) Its latest start time and earliest start time

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

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

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17. 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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18. The relation between jobs of a particular type and various durations they have consumed for completion is expressed by:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Beta distribution curve

c) Frequency distribution curve

d) None of the above

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19. Force majeure in a contract is:

a) Occurrence of an act beyond the control of both the parties in contract agreement

b) Preventing both parties to perform the respective obligation agreed

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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20. 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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21. 'Wait' in CPM belongs to the category of:

a) Node

b) Motion

c) Event

d) Activity

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22. 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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23. Crash project duration is obtained by adding the:

a) Crash durations for all the activities

b) Normal duration for all the activities

c) Normal duration for all the activities along the critical path

d) Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path

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24. The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time in PERT is:

a) 0%

b) 50%

c) 75%

d) 100%

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25. In CPM method, the earliest finish is indicated by time on:

a) Top right, outside the circle, in a triangle

b) Top right, outside the circle, in a rectangle

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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26. Positive float can occur when it is:

a) Sub-critical activity

b) Critical activity

c) Super-critical activity

d) Normal activity

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27. Bar chart is used for minor projects, CPM is used for repetitive work while PERT is used for:

a) Repetitive types of work

b) Limited time and unlimited resources types of work

c) Uncertainty time and resources types of work

d) All of the above

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28. 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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29. The minimum number of consulting firms for the direct purchase of services is:

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

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30. The main responsibility of an overseer/Sub-Engineer is:

a) To teach the subordinates

b) To plan and execute the work

c) To understand the duties

d) All of the above

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