CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT QUIZ

PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for

Deterministic activities

Research and development projects

Large and complex projects

Small projects

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In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done.

Only on activities lying on the original critical path and having flatter cost slopes

On all the activities

On original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope

On all the activities lying on the critical path

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The salient feature of functional organization is

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Each individual maintains functional efficiency

Separation of planning and design part

Strict adherence to specifications

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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. 8,50,000

Rs. 4,75,000

Rs. 5,75,000

Rs. 6,50,000

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Economic saving of time results by crashing

Costliest critical activity

Costliest noncritical activity

Cheapest critical activity

Cheapest noncritical activity

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

1-2 is 4

3-4 is 8

2-3 is 7

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Updating may result in

All of these

Increase of project completion time

Change of critical path

Decrease of project completion time

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If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

5 and 25/36

3.5 and 5/6

4 and 5/6

3.5 and 25/36

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The artificial activity which indicates that an activity following it, cannot be started unless the preceding activity is complete, is known as

Dummy

Event

Constraint

Free float

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The reduction in project time normally results in

Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

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