Construction Planning & Management MCQ Questions Answers – Civil Engineering
1) Mile stone chart is an improvement over
a) Bar chart
b) CPM scheduling
c) PERT scheduling
d) All the above
2) Which of the following is a weakness of bar chart ?
a) interdependencies of activities
b) project progress
c) uncertainties
d) all of the above
3) The process of inspiring the subordinates to do a work or achieve an objective is called as
a) Management
b) Supervision
c) Motivation
d) Communication
4) Which of the following does not represent an activity ?
a) site located
b) Foundation is being dug
c) the office area is being cleaned
d) The invitations are being sent
5) In a bar chart the vertical axis represents
a) Time
b) Types of activities
c) Number of labours
d) Various avtivities of the project
6)Grader is used mainly for
Trimming and finishing
Shaping and trimming
Finishing and shaping
Finishing, shaping and trimming
7) A critical path has
a) zero slack
b) minimum slack
c) maximum slack
d) infinite slack
8) Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time ?
a) Drag line
b) Hoe
c) Clam shell
d) Dipper shovel
9) The independent float affects only
a) preceding activities
b) succeeding activities
c) the particular activity involved
d) None of the above
10) Probability of finishing of a project earlier than expected time is
a) 100%
b) less than 50%
c) more than 50%
d) None of these
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
12) The most likely time (m) is ‘mode’ of the
a) Normal distribution
b) Beta distribution
c) Bionomial distribution
d) None of the above
13) Which of the following represents the reduction in duration ?
a) Crashing
b) Negative slack
c) Variance
d) All of the above
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
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
16) Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time ?
a) Drag line
b) Hoe
c) Clam shell
d) Dipper shovel
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
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
19) Which of the following earth moving machines has the shorter cycle time ?
a) Drag line
b) Hoe
c) Clam shell
d) Dipper shovel
20) The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is
a) kneading
b) pressing
c) tamping
d) vibration
21) The working range of a crane is limited horizontally for maximum lift only by
a) boom length
b) length of hoist cable
c) length of jib
d) counter weight