CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

Sinking fund is

A part of the money kept in reserve for providing additional structures and structural modifications

Raised to meet maintenance costs

The fund for rebuilding a structure when its economic life is over

The total sum to be paid to the municipal authorities by the tenants

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Earliest finish of an activity is always

Greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

Less than earliest event time of the following node

Less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

Greater than earliest event time of the following node

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If the scheduled completion time of a project is more than the earliest expected time for completion of the project, then the probability of completion of the project within the scheduled completion time will be

More than 50 %

Less than 50 %

0.5

1

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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

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

None of these

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If the expected time of completion of a project is 60 weeks with a standard deviation of 5 weeks, the probability of completing the project in 50 weeks and 65 weeks respectively will be

97.7 % and 15.9%

97.7% and 84.1%

15.9% and 97.7%

2.3% and 84.1%

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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

35

25

15

20

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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.

(i) and (iv) are correct

(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

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Which one of the following represents an activity?

All listed here

Excavation for foundation

Curing of concrete

Setting of question paper

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While scheduling a project by C.P.M.

Net work is drawn by connecting the activities and the events

Required time for each activity is established

A project is divided into various activities

All listed here

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Consider the following statements: In the critical path method of construction planning, Free Float can be. 1. Greater than Total Float. 2. Greater than Independent Float 3. Equal to Total Float. 4. Less than Independent Float

1 and 2 are correct

1 and 4 are correct

2 and 3 are correct

1 and 4 are correct

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