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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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