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  1. If the total float and duration of an activity are 5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be

  2. A.

    started 5 days later

    B.

    completed 5 days later

    C.

    performed at slower rate in 15 days

    D.

    all the above.


  3. Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as

  4. A.

    projects

    B.
    major projects
    C.

    minor projects

    D.

    all the above.


  5. A critical ratio scheduling

  6. A.

    establishes the relative priorities among various activities on a common basis

    B.

    determines the status of each activity

    C.
    adjusts automatically changes in activity progress
    D.

    is a dynamic system

    E.

    none of these.


  7. Bar charts are suitable for

  8. A.

    minor works

    B.

    major works

    C.

    large projects

    D.

    all the Above.


  9. The first method invented for planning projects, was

  10. A.

    Bar chart method

    B.
    Milestone chart
    C.

    Critical path method (CPM)

    D.

    Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)


  11. If TL is the latest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack(s), is equal to

  12. A.

    LST-EST

    B.

    LFT-EFT

    C.
    TL-EFT
    D.

    all the above.


  13. The Overall in-charge of an organisation at the site responsible for the execution of the works, is

  14. A.

    Executive Engineer

    B.

    Engineer

    C.

    Junior Engineer

    D.

    Sub overseer

    E.

    Assistant Engineer.


  15. Modular co-ordination of construction means proper

  16. A.

    planning

    B.

    designing

    C.

    execution

    D.

    all the above.


  17. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  18. A.

    CPM analysis is activity oriented

    B.

    PERT analysis is event oriented

    C.

    CPM does not make any allowance for the uncertainties in the duration of time

    D.

    In CPM, the time is related to cost

    E.

    All the above.