CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?

Drag line

Hoe

Dipper shovel

Clam shell

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Pick up the correct statement from the following with regards to C.P.M. network analysis of projects

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The latest occurrence time of the node of which the activity arrow terminates minus the duration of the activity, is called latest start time

Earliest occurrence time of the event from which the activity arrow' originates, is called earliest start time of the activity

The latest occurrence time for the node at which the activity arrow terminates, is called latest finish time

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A machine is purchased for Rs. 10,000,00 and has an estimated life of 10 years. The salvage value at the end of 10 years is Rs. 1,50,000. 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. 8,50,000

Rs. 5,75,000

Rs. 6,50,000

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Crash project duration is obtained by summing the

Normal durations for all the 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 activities

Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the crash duration for all the activities

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For a given size of bucket, the ideal output of a dragline will be least in

Good common earth

Wet sticky clay

Sand and gravel

Moist loam

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The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is

Crash time

Normal time

Between normal time and crash time

Optimistic time

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The process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or replanning is called

Resource smoothening

Updating

Critical path scheduling

Resource levelling

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Railway projects are treated as

Light construction

Heavy construction

None of these

Industrial construction

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The salient feature of functional organization is

Separation of planning and design part

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Strict adherence to specifications

Each individual maintains functional efficiency

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Wheeled tractors are replacing crawler tractors because 1. Wheeled tractors travel faster. 2. Crawler tractors are more expensive. 3. Track parts of a crawler wear out quickly. 4. Crawler tractors have stick control. of following statements

2, 3 and 4 are correct

1, 2 and 3 are correct

1, 3 and 4 are correct

1, 2 and 4 are correct

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