CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

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 (iv) are correct

(ii) and (iv) are correct

(ii) and (iii) are correct

(i) and (iii) are correct

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The salient feature of functional organization is

Separation of planning and design part

Each individual maintains functional efficiency

Strict adherence to specifications

All listed here

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Critical path method

Provides a realistic approach to daily problems

All listed here

Avoids delays which are very common in bar charts

Is an improvement upon bar chart method

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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

20.143 minutes

21 minutes

15 minutes

27 minutes

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The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, is known

Event flow scheduling technique

Slotting technique for scheduling

Short interval scheduling

Critical ratio scheduling

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The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is

Infinite

Maximum

Minimum

Zero

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Consider the following activities in a building construction:1. Concreting of roof slabs2. Brick-jelly lime concrete terracing3. Erection of form work for slab4. Construction of parapet wall in terraceThe correct sequence of these activities is

1, 3, 4, 2

3, 1, 4, 2

1, 3, 2, 4

3, 1, 2, 4

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Frequency distribution curves

All listed here

If not symmetrical, are called skew curves

If symmetrical, are called normal curves

Having a single lump, are called uninodal curves

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In the given figure, the network of a project represents

None of these

Activity of an excavation which starts at event No. 1 and ends at even No. 2

Activity of excavation which takes 8 units of time

Activity of an excavation of a footing

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Which of the following is a weakness of bar chart?

All of these

Uncertainties

Project progress

Interdependencies of activities

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