Q.1
Which of the following is a weakness of bar chart?
  • Interdependencies of activities
  • Project progress
  • Uncertainties
  • All of the above
Q.2
The Overall in-charge of an organization at the site responsible for the execution of the works, is
  • Executive Engineer
  • Engineer
  • Junior Engineer
  • Assistant Engineer
Q.3
For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents
  • Minimum time
  • Maximum time
  • Maximum cost
  • Minimum cost
Q.4
A father notes that when his teenage daughter uses the telephone, she takes not less than 6 minutes for a call and som? times as much as an hour. Fifteen minutes call are more frequent than calls of any other duration. If these phone calls were an activity in PERT project, then phone calls expected duration will be
  • 15 minutes
  • 20.143 minutes
  • 21 minutes
  • 27 minutes
Q.5
Works costing less than Rs. 20,are treated as
  • Any project
  • Major projects
  • Minor projects
  • All the above
Q.6
If a is the optimistic time, b is the pessimistic time and m is most likely time of an activity, the expected time of the activity, is
  • (a + m + b)/6
  • (a + 2m + b)/6
  • (a + 4m + b)/6
  • (a + 5m + b)/6
Q.7
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
  • Longest duration
  • Highest cost slope
  • Least cost slope
  • Shortest duration
Q.8
Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle?
  • Concrete
  • Loose sand
  • Asphalt
  • Firm earth
Q.9
Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of
  • 1910
  • 1920
  • 1930
  • 1940
Q.10
Crash project duration is obtained by summing the
  • Normal durations for all the activities
  • Crash durations for all activities
  • Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the normal duration for all the activities
  • Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the crash duration for all the activities
Q.11
Latest start of an activity is always
  • greater than or equal to latest event time of preceding node
  • less than or equal to latest event time of preceding node
  • equal to latest event time of preceding node
  • less than latest event time of preceding node
Q.12
A critical ratio scheduling
  • Determines the status of each activity
  • Adjusts automatically changes in activity progress
  • Is a dynamic system
  • None of these
Q.13
The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time is
  • 50 %
  • 84.1 %
  • 99.9 %
  • 100 %
Q.14
The normal time required for the completion of project in the above problem is
  • 9 days
  • 13 days
  • 14 days
  • 19 days
Q.15
The object of technical planning, is
  • Preparation of specifications
  • Preparation of estimates
  • Initiating the procurement action of resources
  • All the above
Q.16
Output of a bulldozer is (i) Increased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance (ii) Decreased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance (iii) Increased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor (iv) Decreased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
  • (i) and (iii) are correct
  • (i) and (iv) are correct
  • (ii) and (iii) are correct
  • (ii) and (iv) are correct
Q.17
Rolling resistance of a wheel depends upon (i) Vehicle load (ii) Grade (iii) Ground conditions
  • Only (i) is correct
  • (i) and (ii) are correct
  • (i) and (iii) are correct
  • (ii) and (iii) are correct
Q.18
A machine is purchased for Rs. 10,000,and has an estimated life ofyears. The salvage value at the end ofyears is Rs. 1,50,The book value of the machine at the end of 5 years using general straight line method of evaluation of depreciation is
  • Rs. 4,75,000
  • Rs. 5,75,000
  • Rs. 6,50,000
  • Rs. 8,50,000
Q.19
If the optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic time for activity A are6 and 8 respectively and for activity B are5.5 and 9 respectively, then
  • expected time of activity A is greater than the expected time of activity B
  • expected time of activity B is greater than the expected time of activity A
  • expected time of both activities A and B are same
  • none of the above
Q.20
For excavating utility trenches with precise control of depth, the excavation equipment used is
  • Hoe
  • Shovel
  • Dragline
  • None of the above
Q.21
The part of a derrick crane include (i) Mast (ii) Boom (iii) Bull wheel (iv) Jack which of these statements are correct?
  • (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
  • (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
  • (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
  • (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
Q.22
The original cost of an equipment is Rs.10,Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of five years is Rs. 1,Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be
  • Rs. 8,800
  • Rs. 7,600
  • Rs. 6,400
  • Rs. 5,000
Q.23
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.
  • (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
  • (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
  • (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
  • (i) and (iv) are correct
Q.24
For which of the following materials, the output of power shovels for a fixed shovel size will be maximum
  • Moist loam
  • Good common earth
  • Well blasted rock
  • Wet sticky clay
Q.25
A machine costs Rs.and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed atinterest per annum. The capital recovery factor atinterest per annum for 8 years is 0.The annual equipment cost of the machine will be
  • Rs. 1740
  • Rs. 3480
  • Rs. 5220
  • Rs. 6960
Q.26
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
  • 80 and 90
  • 90 and 80
  • 85 and 75
  • 75 and 83
Q.27
In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done.
  • On all the activities
  • On all the activities lying on the critical path
  • Only on activities lying on the original critical path and having flatter cost slopes
  • On original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope
Q.28
The most popular type of organization used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is
  • Line organization
  • Line and staff organization
  • Functional organization
  • Effective organization
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