Construction Management Online Test – Paper 3

1. For the execution of work in time, a work plan is prepared by:

2. Crashing of the project means:

3. 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:

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

5. The term CPM in construction management is an abbreviation of:

6. Critical path is:

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

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

9. Bar charts are considered suitable for:

10. 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:

11. Float is:

12. The scheduled completion time of an operation in CPM chart is mentioned on:

13. Restraint is a restriction having:

14. Latest start time is the:

15. The minimum number of consulting firms for the direct purchase of services is:

16. The main responsibility of an overseer/Sub-Engineer is:

17. The objective of technical planning is:

18. Residential buildings are treated as:

19. The reduction in project time normally results in:

20. The difference between total float and free float is called interfering float which is nothing but the:

21. The final technical authority of a project is:

22. The district rate finalizing committee does not include the representative of:

23. A contractor can start the construction works following the receipt of:

24. In a CPM/PERT network, the number of events is:

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

26. Performance security is necessary:

27. Bar chart is used for minor projects, CPM is used for repetitive work while PERT is used for:

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

29. The salient feature of functional organization is:

30. The activity which neither takes time nor cost for its completion but is logically required to start the succeeding activity is known as:

31. The overall in-charge of an organization at the site responsible for the execution of works is:

32. Gantt chart is drawn for:

33. If the path of activities leads back into itself, the resulting error in the network is known as:

34. Choose the incorrect statement:

35. If the height of the frequency-distribution underneath it is equal to unity, then the curve is known as:

36. The maximum amount of project cost after the price adjustment should not exceed:

37. Choose the most correct statement from the following:

38. Critical path connecting the start and end events timewise is:

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

40. Most of the works related to measurement of items and making entry to the measurement book is initiated by:

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

42. A fictitious activity with zero duration and no cost used to maintain the sequential order of the activities in the network is known as a:

43. The main principle of an organization is:

44. Latest finish time in CPM technique is indicated by:

45. An event is:

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

47. Which of the following is an activity in a CPM network:

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

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

50. A milestone chart: