Construction Management Online Test

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1. Milestone charts are developed in:

a) 1900 AD

b) 1940 AD

c) 1957 AD

d) 1974 AD

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2. When all the paths are arranged according to the descending order of the float, the path which is next to the critical path is known as:

a) Under-critical path

b) Sub-critical path

c) Semi-critical path

d) All of the above

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3. 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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4. 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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5. A drawback of a bar chart is:

a) It is difficult to judge whether an activity is completed or not

b) All the activities represented are independent of each other

c) The sequence of activities is not clearly defined

d) It is not possible to judge whether the activity is ahead or behind the schedule.

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Choose the most correct statement from the following:

a) Muster Roll is a document showing the payment record of workers

b) Daywork is a means by which a contractor is paid for specifically instructed work-cost of labor, materials, and plant

c) As per PPA/PPR, the bid security shall be 15% if the bid is 33% below.

d) Expression of interest is a call for a financial proposal from contractors

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10. 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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11. Jobs going ahead of schedule are conveniently shown in:

a) Gantt chart

b) Milestone chart

c) Pi chart

d) None of the above

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12. 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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13. 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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14. The independent float affects only:

a) Preceding activities

b) Succeeding activities

c) The particular activity

d) None of the above

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15. 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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16. 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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17. The objective of technical planning is:

a) Preparation of specifications and estimates

b) Initiating the procurement action of resources

c) Taking remedial action about bottleneck in execution

d) All of the above

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18. The pictorial representation of activities and events of a project is known as:

a) Net work

b) Flow net

c) Flow chart

d) Algorithm

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

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3

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23. The figure indicates:

a) An event

b) Activity

c) Burst

d) Merge

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24. 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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25. 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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26. The amount of VAT for the purchase of steel having an amount of NRs. 6000/- should be:

a) 300/-

b) 600/-

c) 780/-

d) 960/-

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27. Higher standard deviations mean:

a) Lower uncertainty

b) Higher uncertainty

c) Medium uncertainty

d) All of the above

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28. The square root of the variance is known as:

a) Deviation

b) Standard deviation

c) Mode

d) None of the above

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29. 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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30. 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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31. SLACK time refers to:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Both

d) None of the above

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32. The figure indicates:

a) An event

b) Activity

c) Burst

d) Merge

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33. 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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34. 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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35. Henry Gantt developed the bar chart technique in:

a) 1900 AD

b) 1940 AD

c) 1957 AD

d) 1974 AD

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36. 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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37. The area under the B-curve is divided into two equal parts by:

a) Expected time

b) Optimistic time

c) Pessimistic time

d) Most likely time

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38. The meaning of modular coordination in construction is:

a) Planning

b) Designing

c) Execution

d) All of the above

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39. 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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40. 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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41. 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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42. For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents:

a) Minimum time

b) Maximum time

c) Maximum cost

d) Minimum cost

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43. 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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44. 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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45. 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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46. 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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47. 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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48. 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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49. 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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50. The difference between the total float and the free float is termed as:

a) Start float

b) Finish float

c) Independent float

d) Interfering float

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