Construction Management Online Test

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1. 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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2. In resource leveling, the main constraint would be:

a) On the resources

b) Project duration time

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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3. Direct cost of a project is due to:

a) Establishment charges such as salaries to administrative staff

b) Loss or gain of revenue

c) Penalty imposed

d) Cost of materials and wages of labor

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4. 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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5. 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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6. If D is the duration, ES and EF are the earliest start and earliest finish time, LS and LF are the latest start and latest finish time, then the following relation holds good:

a) EF = ES + D

b) LS = LF - D

c) LF = LS + D

d) All of the above

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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. The variance will be zero if:

a) Each individual deviation is zero

b) Sum of deviation is zero

c) Standard deviation is zero

d) None of the above

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11. CPM family includes:

a) Critical Path Analysis (CPA)

b) Critical Path Plotted (CPP)

c) Critical Path Scheduling (CPS)

d) All of the above

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12. Type of organization used in the construction industry is:

a) Line organization

b) Line and staff organization

c) Functional organization

d) None of the above

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13. 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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14. A stage or point where all previous jobs merging in it are completed and all further jobs bursting out are still to be completed is known as:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Duration

d) None of the above

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15. 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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16. Milestone charts are developed in:

a) 1900 AD

b) 1940 AD

c) 1957 AD

d) 1974 AD

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17. In PERT, optimistic 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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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. The final technical authority of a project is:

a) Chief engineer (DG)

b) Assistant engineer

c) Executive engineer

d) Superintending engineer

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23. Line of balance technique is used for:

a) Planning of a project

b) Planning of an activity

c) Planning of an event

d) Comparison of actual progress with the scheduled progress

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24. 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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25. Critical activities having total float are:

a) Positive

b) Negative

c) Zero

d) Equal

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26. The meaning of modular coordination in construction is:

a) Planning

b) Designing

c) Execution

d) All of the above

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27. The salient feature of functional organization is:

a) Strict adherence to specifications

b) Separation of planning and deficiency

c) Each individual maintains a functional design part

d) All of the above

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28. An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in:

a) A circle

b) A square

c) A triangle

d) All of the above

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29. In PERT, the most likely 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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30. 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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31. 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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32. 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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33. 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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34. 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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35. Completion of an activity on the CPM network diagram is generally known as:

a) Event

b) Node

c) Connector

d) All of the above

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36. In PERT technique, completion of an activity is called:

a) Head activity

b) Head event

c) Tail activity

d) Tail event

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37. 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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38. 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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39. In time cost optimization using CPM, the crashing of activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having:

a) Highest cost slope

b) Least cost slope

c) Crashing has no relation with cost slope

d) None of the above

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40. Which of the following is not a part of a contract agreement?

a) Price schedule

b) Work schedule

c) Manning schedule

d) Cost Estimate

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41. The expected project duration in CPM follows:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Beta distribution curve

c) Poisson's distribution curve

d) Binomial distribution curve

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42. 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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43. 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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44. 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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45. The reduction in project time normally results in:

a) Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

b) Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

c) Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

d) Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

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46. 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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47. CPM adopts:

a) Deterministic approach

b) Probabilistic approach

c) Fantastic approach

d) All of the above

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48. 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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49. Restraint is a restriction having:

a) Both (a) and (b) above

b) Zero duration

c) Positive duration

d) Negative duration

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50. Mobilization advance up to 10% of the cost of work is given to a contractor:

a) On commencement of work at the site for payment of a loan taken by him

b) For the purchase of construction materials

c) For the payment of advances to labor and staff

d) For all activities required to start the work at the site

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