Construction Management Online Test

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1. SLACK time refers to:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Both

d) None of the above

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2. Updating may result in:

a) Change of the critical path

b) Decrease of project completion time

c) Increase of project completion time

d) All of the above

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3. 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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4. What are the key dates of a standard contracting procedure for a project?

a) Call for bidding and contract award

b) Call for bidding, bid submission, and bid evaluation

c) call for bidding, bid submission, bid evaluation and contract award

d) call for bidding, bid submission and contract award

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5. The 1st stage of construction is:

a) Initiation of proposal

b) Allotment of fund

c) Preparation of tender

d) Acceptance of tender and agreements

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Most of the works related to measurement of items and making entry to the measurement book is initiated by:

a) Site supervisor

b) Site engineer

c) Resident engineer

d) Project in charge

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

a) Node

b) Motion

c) Event

d) Activity

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11. 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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12. In PERT, pessimistic time is:

a) The minimum time in which any activity can possibly be accomplished

b) The maximum time which an activity might require

c) The time which has the highest probability of occurrence

d) None of the above

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13. Critical path is:

a) Shortest path for the earliest completion of the project

b) Longest path of the network from the first event to the last event

c) Ideal path by preceding along which the project can be completed as per the schedule.

d) The path that takes into account the completion of all the parallel activities

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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. The amount of earnest money deposited at the time of submission of tender is:

a) 2-3% of the estimated amount

b) 1-2% of the estimated amount

c) 0.5-1% of the estimated amount

d) None of the above

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20. 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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21. 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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22. Inspection of construction works for quality control is carried out and covers:

a) Sampling, examination, and field testing of materials

b) Testing specimens in the laboratory

c) Observation of construction equipment and plant

d) All of the above

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23. PERT means:

a) Program Evaluation and Review Technique

b) Pertinent Programming Related to a Project

c) Performance Evaluation, Rating, and Timing

d) None of the above

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24. Restraint is a restriction having:

a) Both (a) and (b) above

b) Zero duration

c) Positive duration

d) Negative duration

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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. The occurrence of the starting of an activity is called its:

a) Head event

b) Tail event

c) Dual-role event

d) All of the above

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29. 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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30. 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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31. The occurrence of the completion of an activity is called its:

a) Head event

b) Tail event

c) Dual-role event

d) All of the above

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32. 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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33. 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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34. 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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35. Free float is the:

a) Portion of independent float

b) Portion of positive total float

c) Portion of interfering float

d) All of the above

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36. Which of the following techniques is advanced and more indicative in modern construction progress review?

a) Earned value

b) S-curve

c) Histogram

d) Milestones

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37. The total cost versus time curve of an activity is:

a) A straight line

b) A parabola

c) U-shaped curve

d) Γê⌐-shaped curve

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38. The most critical stage of construction is the construction of:

a) Foundation

b) Plinth level

c) Beam and slab

d) All of the above

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39. 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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40. 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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41. 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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42. The upper portion of horizontal bars in a bar chart indicates:

a) Total duration for completion of an activity

b) Progress of work in the specified time

c) Due duration for the completion of an activity

d) All of the above

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43. 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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44. Indirect cost of the project:

a) Decreases with duration

b) Decreases up to optimum duration and then increases with duration

c) Increases with duration

d) All of the above

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45. 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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46. 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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47. 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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48. Critical activities having total float are:

a) Positive

b) Negative

c) Zero

d) Equal

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49. 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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50. 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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