Construction Management Online Test – Paper 2

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1. 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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2. The owner gets assurance of work progress and quality from:

a) Supervisor

b) Contractor

c) Engineer

d) Labours

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3. 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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4. Which method is known as the minimum cost or maximum time schedule method:

a) PERT

b) CPM

c) Bar chart

d) All of the above

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5. It means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party:

a) Corrupt practice

b) Fraudulent practice

c) Coercive practice

d) Collusive practice

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6. Line & staff organization is mostly suitable for:

a) Simple work

b) Complicated work

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) None of the above

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7. Residential buildings are treated as:

a) Light construction

b) Heavy construction

c) Industrial construction

d) None of the above

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8. Standard deviation when the optimistic time is 1 day, pessimistic time is 11 days, and most likely time is 3 days:

a) 2 days

b) 3.5 days

c) 3 days

d) 1.67 days

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9. The interrelationship between the functional elements of a program is achieved through:

a) Work Breakdown Structure

b) Bar charts

c) Gantt chart

d) All of the above

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10. The difference between total float and free float is called interfering float which is nothing but the:

a) Float of the head event

b) Float of the tail event

c) Slack of the head event

d) Slack of the tail event

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11. The overall in-charge of an organization at the site responsible for the execution of works is:

a) Executive engineer

b) Engineer

c) Junior engineer

d) Sub-overseer

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12. A contractor can start the construction works following the receipt of:

a) Award of construct

b) Contract agreement

c) Notice to proceed

d) Variation order

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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. In PERT analysis, the actual performance of the task is known as:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Task

d) Work

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17. The time with which direct cost does not reduce with the increase in time is known as:

a) Normal time

b) Crash time

c) Optimistic time

d) Standard time

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18. The post-operations in CPM are marked:

a) Right to an operation

b) Left to an operation

c) In the middle

d) At the end

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

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3

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20. Critical path:

a) Is the shortest path

b) Is the bad path

c) Has the maximum slack

d) Has the minimum slack

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21. 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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22. The main principle of an organization is:

a) Unity of command & coherency

b) Effective command and control

c) Delegation of authority

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. Earliest finish time of an activity is always:

a) Equal to or more than the earliest event time of the following node

b) Equal to or less than the earliest event time of the following node

c) More than the earliest time of the following node

d) None of the above

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25. No agreement is between:

a) Client, engineer

b) Engineer, contractor

c) Client, contractor

d) Contractor, sub-contractor

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26. The cost corresponding to crash time is:

a) Direct cost is maximum

b) Indirect cost is minimum

c) Total cost may be maximum

d) All of the above

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27. The time below which the duration cannot be further reduced is known as:

a) Normal time

b) Crash time

c) Optimistic time

d) Standard time

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28. In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and the probability of their occurrence follow:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Beta distribution curve

c) Poisson distribution curve

d) Binomial distribution curve

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29. 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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30. 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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