πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time?
  • (A) Drag line
  • (B) Hoe
  • (C) Clam shell
  • (D) Dipper shovel
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Dipper shovel
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. 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
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. The time by which a particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as
  • (A) Total float
  • (B) Free float
  • (C) Interfering float
  • (D) Independent float
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Independent float
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. During the construction period, price variation clause in contracts caters to
  • (A) Increase in rates of only importantmaterials
  • (B) Variation in cost in materials element, labour element and petrol-oil-lubricantelement
  • (C) Variation in total cost of the project on an ad hocbasis
  • (D) Rate of inflation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Variation in cost in materials element, labour element and petrol-oil-lubricantelement
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. Critical path method
  • (A) Is an improvement upon bar chart method
  • (B) Provides a realistic approach to daily problems
  • (C) Avoids delays which are very common in bar charts
  • (D) All the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All the above
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. At a work site, statistical quality control of concretemeans
  • (A) Measurement of risks to eliminate failures
  • (B) Applying the theory' of probability to sample testing or inspection
  • (C) Reduction in wastage of inspection costs
  • (D) Reduction in costs for the removal of defects
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Applying the theory' of probability to sample testing or inspection
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. For the network shown in the given figure, the expected time for the activity
  • (A) 1-2 is 4
  • (B) 2-3 is 7
  • (C) 3-4 is 8
  • (D) All the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All the above
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. A critical ratio scheduling
  • (A) Determines the status of each activity
  • (B) Adjusts automatically changes in activity progress
  • (C) Is a dynamic system
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) None of these
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. For a given activity, the optimistic time, pessimistic time and the most probable estimates are 5, 17 and 8 days respectively, The expected time is
  • (A) 8 days
  • (B) 9 days
  • (C) 10 days
  • (D) 15 days
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 9 days
πŸ“Š Construction Management
Q. In the time-cost optimisation, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having
  • (A) Longest duration
  • (B) Highest cost slope
  • (C) Least cost slope
  • (D) Shortest duration
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Least cost slope

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