CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

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

15.9% and 97.7%

2.3% and 84.1%

97.7% and 84.1%

97.7 % and 15.9%

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Economic saving of time results by crashing

Cheapest noncritical activity

Costliest critical activity

Cheapest critical activity

Costliest noncritical activity

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Railway projects are treated as

Light construction

None of these

Heavy construction

Industrial construction

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Sensitivity analysis is a study of

Economics of cost and benefits of the project

Change in output due to change in input

Comparison of profit and loss

Comparison of assets and liabilities

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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

Shortest duration

Least cost slope

Highest cost slope

Longest duration

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

Concrete

Ice

Loose sand

Earth

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Whenever an activity has zero total float, then

Free float of the activity must be zero but independent float need not be zero

Free float and independent float both must be zero

Independent float must be zero but free float need not be zero

Free float and independent float both need not be zero

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The most popular type of organization used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is

Line organization

Functional organization

Line and staff organization

Effective organization

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Various activities of a project, are shown on bar charts by

Crosses

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

Dots

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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 Float3. Equal to Total Float.4. Less than Independent Float

1 and 4 are correct

2 and 3 are correct

1 and 2 are correct

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