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1. 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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2. Negative slack occurs:

a) When a deficiency of resources exists

b) When the latest allowable time is greater than the earliest expected time

c) When events stick to their schedule

d) None of the above

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3. 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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4. The meaning of modular coordination in construction is:

a) Planning

b) Designing

c) Execution

d) All of the above

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5. 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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6. Total cost of the project is:

a) Direct cost and outage loss of project

b) Direct cost and overheads

c) Direct cost and indirect cost

d) None of the above

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7. 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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8. 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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9. When the times of earliest finish and the latest finish are equal in an operation, the operation is called:

a) Critical

b) Float

c) Free float

d) All of the above

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10. Aggregate planning is planning for:

a) Single activity

b) Double activities

c) Whole project

d) Events

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11. 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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12. The independent float affects only:

a) Preceding activities

b) Succeeding activities

c) The particular activity

d) None of the above

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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. Higher standard deviations mean:

a) Lower uncertainty

b) Higher uncertainty

c) Medium uncertainty

d) All of the above

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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. Assuming that the cost varies with time, the cost-slope is defined as:

a) Crash cost - Normal cost / Crash time

b) Crash cost - Normal cost / Normal time

c) Crash cost - Normal cost / Normal time - Crash time

d) None of the above

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23. 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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24. 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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25. If the probability factor is zero, the chances of completing the project in scheduled time are:

a) 0%

b) 50%

c) 75%

d) 100%

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26. If a is the optimistic time, b is the pessimistic time, and m is the most likely time, then the average time is equal to:

a) (a + b + m) / 6

b) (a + 2b + m) / 6

c) (a + 2b + 4m) / 6

d) (a + 4m + b) / 6

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27. Line 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. 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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31. 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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32. Float is:

a) The earliest time by which an activity may commence

b) Latest time by which an activity can be delayed without hampering the completion of the project

c) Latest allowable time-earliest expected time

d) Time available-time required for an activity

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33. 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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34. 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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35. Which of the following time estimates is related to PERT?

a) Most likely time estimate

b) Pessimistic time estimate

c) Optimistic time estimate

d) All of the above

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36. 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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37. 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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38. 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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39. Residential buildings are treated as:

a) Light construction

b) Heavy construction

c) Industrial construction

d) None of the above

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40. 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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41. The time by which the particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as:

a) Interfering float

b) Independent float

c) Total float

d) Free float

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

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Task

d) Work

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44. 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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45. Gantt chart is drawn for:

a) Time versus activity

b) Activity versus activity

c) Resources versus progress

d) Progress versus time

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46. Negative float can occur when it is:

a) Sub-critical activity

b) Critical activity

c) Super-critical activity

d) Normal activity

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47. 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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48. 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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49. Total project cost:

a) Increases with time

b) Decreases with time

c) Initially reduces with time and then increases with further increases

d) Constant

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50. 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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