CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?

Loose sand

Ice

Concrete

Earth

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Railway projects are treated as

Heavy construction

None of these

Industrial construction

Light construction

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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

Least cost slope

Highest cost slope

Shortest duration

Longest duration

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PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for

Large and complex projects

Research and development projects

Deterministic activities

Small projects

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For the network shown in the given figure, the expected time for the activity

2-3 is 7

3-4 is 8

All listed here

1-2 is 4

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The critical activity has

Maximum float

None of these

Zero float

Minimum float

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Assertion (A): Activity 57 is critical.Reason (R): Earliest finish time and latest finish time for events 57 are same

Both A and R is correct

R is correct but A is not correct

A is correct but R is not correct

Both A and R is incorrect

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While scheduling a project by C.P.M.

All listed here

A project is divided into various activities

Net work is drawn by connecting the activities and the events

Required time for each activity is established

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If the optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic time for activity A are 4, 6 and 8 respectively and for activity B are 5, 5.5 and 9 respectively, then

expected time of both activities A and B are same

None of these

expected time of activity B is greater than the expected time of activity A

expected time of activity A is greater than the expected time of activity B

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A tractor whose weight is 20 tonnes has a drawbar pull of 2500 kg, when operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 30 kg per tonne. If this tractor is operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 40 kg per tonne, then the drawbar pull of the tractor will

Increase by 200 kg

Reduce by 250 kg

Reduce by 200 kg

Increase by 250 kg

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