Construction Management Online Test – Paper 2

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1. 'Wait' in CPM belongs to the category of:

a) Node

b) Motion

c) Event

d) Activity

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2. 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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3. 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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4. Whenever an activity has zero total float, then:

a) Free float of the activity must be zero but independent float need not be zero

b) Independent float must be zero but free float need not be zero

c) Free float and independent float both must be zero

d) Free float and independent float both need not be zero.

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5. The mean coincides with the node if the frequency distribution curve is:

a) Normal

b) None of the above

c) Symmetrical

d) Unsymmetrical

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6. An event is:

a) A definite job

b) A definite time interval

c) The terminals of an activity

d) A definite position of an activity

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7. 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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8. Slack time in PERT analysis:

a) Can never be greater than zero

b) Is always zero for critical activities

c) Can never be less than zero

d) Is minimum for critical events

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9. An EPC contract means:

a) End of planning and construction

b) Evaluation, planning, and construction

c) Engineering, planning, and construction

d) Engineering, procurement, and construction

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10. 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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11. 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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12. The time corresponding to the minimum total project cost is:

a) Normal time

b) Crash time

c) Optimistic time

d) Between normal and crash time

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

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Task

d) Work

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14. Latest start time is the:

a) Latest time by which an activity can be started without delaying the project

b) Latest time by which an activity can be completed without delaying the project

c) Latest time the event can occur

d) Any of the above

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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. A frequency distribution curve:

a) Having a single lump is called a uninodal curve

b) If symmetrical is called a normal curve

c) If unsymmetrical is called a skew curve

d) All of the above

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19. SLACK time refers to:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Both

d) None of the above

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20. 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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21. If, for an activity, the optimistic time is 1 day, pessimistic time is 11 days, and the most likely time is 3 days, then the expected time is:

a) 3 days

b) 4 days

c) 5 days

d) 6 days

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22. The Force Account or AMANAT, a method of carrying out the construction work is done by:

a) Contractor using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

b) Owner using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

c) Sub-contractor using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

d) None of the above

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23. A guarantee amount that is provided by the contractor to the employer towards the successful execution of the contract is known as:

a) Tender security

b) Bid security

c) Performance security

d) Advance security

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24. Milestone charts are developed in:

a) 1900 AD

b) 1940 AD

c) 1957 AD

d) 1974 AD

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25. On a bar chart, the various activities of a project are shown by:

a) Shaded area

b) Horizontal lines

c) Vertical lines

d) Dot marks

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26. The figure indicates:

a) An event

b) Activity

c) Burst

d) Merge

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27. 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. 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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