Construction Planning & Management MCQ Civil Engineering Questions


11) In PERT analysis, event means

a) start or finish of a task

b) time taken for a task

c) end of an activity

d) work involved in the project

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Option – a)

12) The most likely time (m) is ‘mode’ of the

a) Normal distribution

b) Beta distribution

c) Bionomial distribution

d) None of the above

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Option – b)

13) Which of the following represents the reduction in duration ?

a) Crashing

b) Negative slack

c) Variance
d) All of the above

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Option – a)

14) Updating may result in

a) change of critical path

b) decrease of project completion time

c) increase of project completion time

d) all of the above

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Option – d)

15) The CPM network is updated

a) At regular intervals

b) At fixed times

c) At any time

d) Whenever there is difference in the planned and actual performance

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Option – d)

16) Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time ?

a) Drag line

b) Hoe

c) Clam shell

d) Dipper shovel

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Option – a)

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

a) moist loam

b) Sand and gravel

c) Good common earth

d) Wet sticky clay

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Option – d)

18) For three-dimensional movement of a weight, which one of the following is most suitable ?

a) Chain hoist

b) Winch

c) Crane

d) Jack

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Option – c)

19) Which of the following earth moving machines has the shorter cycle time ?
a) Drag line

b) Hoe

c) Clam shell
d) Dipper shovel

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Option – d)

20) The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is

a) kneading

b) pressing

c) tamping

d) vibration

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Option – a)