Q.1
Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
Q.2
In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done.
Q.3
Critical path
Q.4
An excavator costs Rs. 20,00,000 and has an estimated life of 8 years. It has no salvage value at the end of 8 years. The book value of the excavator at the end of 3 years using general double declining balance method is
Q.5
Slack time refers to
Q.6
A dummy activity
Q.7
A Milestone chart
Q.8
Latest start of an activity is always
Q.9
Optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic times for the activities of a network in the given figure are written above their arrows. If the contractual obligation time for the project is 75, the latest occurrence time for the event 2, is
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Q.10
Rolling resistance of a wheel depends upon
(i) Vehicle load
(ii) Grade
(iii) Ground conditions
Q.11
Earliest finish of an activity is always
Q.12
The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is
Q.13
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Q.14
For the execution of a project, a contractor is
Q.15
An earth moving equipment costs Rs. 5,00,000 and has an estimated life of 10 years and a salvage value of Rs. 50,000. What uniform annual amount must be set aside at the end of each of the 10 years for replacement if the interest rate is 8% per annum and if the sinking fund factor at 8% per annum interest rate for 10 years is 0.069?
Q.16
Consider the following features/factors:
1. Projects are of the non-repetitive type
2. Time required need not be known
3. Time required is known precisely
4. Events have been established for planning
5. Emphasis is given to activities of project
PERT is preferred for planning because of
Q.17
Consider the following statements:
In the bar chart planning
1. Interdependence of the operations cannot be portrayed.
2. Progress of work can be measured.
3. Spare time of the activities can be determined.
4. Schedule cannot be updated.
Q.18
Batching refers to
Q.19
The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively
Q.20
In the time-cost optimisation, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having
Q.21
A machine costs Rs. 20000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be
Q.22
The main disadvantage of line organization, is
Q.23
The main principle of an organization, is
Q.24
Time and progress chart of a construction, is also known as
Q.25
The difference between the time avail-to do a job and the time required to do the job, is known as
Q.26
The Overall in-charge of an organization at the site responsible for the execution of the works, is
Q.27
In the given figure, the network of a project represents
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Q.28
Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as
Q.29
If the expected time for completion of a project is 10 days with a standard deviation of 2 days, the expected time of completion of the project with 99.9% probability is
Q.30
Consider the following statements for a power shovel:
(i) Output can be increased by reducing the angle of swing for a given depth of cut.
(ii) For a given angle of swing, output will be maximum at optimum depth of cut.
(iii) Output can be increased by keeping the depth of cut less than optimum depth.
(iv) Output can be increased by increasing the size of shovel.
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