Construction Planning And Management MCQ

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• Which one of the following is not an excavating and moving type of equipment?
  ক

  Bulldozer

  খ

  Clam shell

  গ

  Scraper

  ঘ

  Dump truck
• The grade resistance factor for an earth moving machine can be obtained by multiplying grade percentage by a factor approximately equal to
  ক

  2 kg/tonne

  খ

  6 kg/tonne

  গ

  9 kg/tonne

  ঘ

  20 kg/tonne
• The area under the Beta distribution curve is divided into two equal parts by
  ক

  Most likely time

  খ

  Optimistic time

  গ

  Pessimistic time

  ঘ

  Expected time
• The time which results in the least possible construction cost of an activity, is known as
  ক

  Normal time

  খ

  Slow time

  গ

  Crash time

  ঘ

  Standard time
• Assertion (A): Activity 57 is critical.<br>Reason (R): Earliest finish time and latest finish time for events 57 are same
  ক

  A is correct but R is not correct

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  R is correct but A is not correct

  গ

  Both A and R is correct

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  Both A and R is incorrect
• Construction team means
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  An engineer

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  An architect

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  An owner

  ঘ

  All the above
• If the excavation of earth is done manually then it costs Rs. 10 per cum. A machine can excavate at a fixed cost of Rs. 4000 plus a variable cost of Rs. 2 per cum. The quantity of earth for which the cost of excavation by machine will be equal to the cost of manual excavation is
  ক

  500 cum

  খ

  1000 cum

  গ

  1500 cum

  ঘ

  2000 cum
• Railway projects are treated as
  ক

  Light construction

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  Heavy construction

  গ

  Industrial construction

  ঘ

  None of these
• While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
  ক

  Site survey

  খ

  Availability of construction materials

  গ

  Availability of labour

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  All the above
• Whenever an activity has zero total float, then
  ক

  Free float of the activity must be zero but independent float need not be zero

  খ

  Independent float must be zero but free float need not be zero

  গ

  Free float and independent float both must be zero

  ঘ

  Free float and independent float both need not be zero
• The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is
  ক

  Minimum

  খ

  Maximum

  গ

  Zero

  ঘ

  Infinite
• If the scheduled completion time of a project is more than the earliest expected time for completion of the project, then the probability of completion of the project within the scheduled completion time will be
  ক

  50 %

  খ

  Less than 50 %

  গ

  More than 50 %

  ঘ

  100 %
• The time by which activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as
  ক

  Duration

  খ

  Total float

  গ

  Free float

  ঘ

  Interfering float
• A wheeled tractor hauling unit is working on firm earth. The total loaded weight distribution of this unit is:<br> Drive wheels: 25000 kg<br> Scraper wheels: 10000 kg<br>If the coefficient of traction for wheeled tractor on firm earth is 0.5, the rimpull which this tractor can exert without slipping is
  ক

  10000 kg

  খ

  12500 kg

  গ

  22500 kg

  ঘ

  5000 kg
• If the output of a drag-line for 90° angle of swing at optimum depth of cut is X, then the output for 120° angle of swing at 120% of optimum depth of cut will be
  ক

  Equal to X

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  More than X

  গ

  Less than X

  ঘ

  Any of the above
• Economic saving of time results by crashing
  ক

  Cheapest critical activity

  খ

  Cheapest noncritical activity

  গ

  Costliest critical activity

  ঘ

  Costliest noncritical activity
• Frequency distribution curves
  ক

  Having a single lump, are called uninodal curves

  খ

  If symmetrical, are called normal curves

  গ

  If not symmetrical, are called skew curves

  ঘ

  All the above
• In resources levelling
  ক

  Total duration of project is reduced

  খ

  Total duration of project is increased

  গ

  Uniform demand of resources is achieved

  ঘ

  Cost of project is controlled
• Sensitivity analysis is a study of
  ক

  Comparison of profit and loss

  খ

  Comparison of assets and liabilities

  গ

  Change in output due to change in input

  ঘ

  Economics of cost and benefits of the project
• Sinking fund is
  ক

  The fund for rebuilding a structure when its economic life is over

  খ

  Raised to meet maintenance costs

  গ

  The total sum to be paid to the municipal authorities by the tenants

  ঘ

  A part of the money kept in reserve for providing additional structures and structural modifications
• Which of the following does not represent an activity?
  ক

  Site located

  খ

  Foundation is being dug

  গ

  The office area is being cleaned

  ঘ

  The invitations are being sent
• Site order book is used for recording
  ক

  Instructions by the executive engineers

  খ

  Construction measurements

  গ

  Issue of store equipments

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  Names of the casual labour
• Consider the following activities in a building construction:<br> 1. Concreting of roof slabs<br> 2. Brick-jelly lime concrete terracing<br> 3. Erection of form work for slab<br> 4. Construction of parapet wall in terrace<br> The correct sequence of these activities is
  ক

  1, 3, 2, 4

  খ

  3, 1, 4, 2

  গ

  3, 1, 2, 4

  ঘ

  1, 3, 4, 2
• Grader is used mainly for
  ক

  Trimming and finishing

  খ

  Shaping and trimming

  গ

  Finishing and shaping

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  Finishing, shaping and trimming
• Completion of an activity on CPM network diagram, is generally known
  ক

  Event

  খ

  Node

  গ

  Connector

  ঘ

  All the above
• A tractor shovel has a purchase price of Rs. 4.7 lacs and could save the organization an amount of rupees one lac per year on operating costs. The salvage value after the amortization period is 10% of the purchase price. The capital recovery period will be
  ক

  3.7 years

  খ

  4.23 years

  গ

  5 years

  ঘ

  7.87 years
• Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time?
  ক

  Drag line

  খ

  Hoe

  গ

  Clam shell

  ঘ

  Dipper shovel
• In the given figure, the network of a project represents<br> <img src="/images/question-image/civil-engineering/construction-planning-and-management/1525416299-19.png" title="Construction Planning and Management mcq question image" alt="Construction Planning and Management mcq question image">
  ক

  Activity of an excavation of a footing

  খ

  Activity of an excavation which starts at event No. 1 and ends at even No. 2

  গ

  Activity of excavation which takes 8 units of time

  ঘ

  None of these
• The reduction in project time normally results in
  ক

  Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

  খ

  Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

  গ

  Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

  ঘ

  Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both
• Which one of the following represents an event?
  ক

  Concrete cured

  খ

  Fixing of door

  গ

  Plastering of walls

  ঘ

  Selecting sites