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  • Question
  • Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:


  • Options
  • A. The activity is the time consuming part of a project
  • B. The beginning and end of a job, are called events
  • C. The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node
  • D. Logically and sequentially connected activities and events form a network
  • E. None of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node 


  • Construction Management problems


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    • 1. A Milestone chart

    • Options
    • A. shows the interdependencies of various jobs
    • B. depicts the delay of jobs, if any
    • C. points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. A critical ratio scheduling

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 3. If to, tp and tm are the optimistic, pessimistic and most likely time estimates of an activity respectively, the expected time t of the activity will be

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The difference between the time avail-to do a job and the time required to do the job, is known as

    • Options
    • A. event
    • B. float
    • C. duration
    • D. constraint.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The first method invented for planning projects, was

    • Options
    • A. Bar chart method
    • B. Milestone chart
    • C. Critical path method (CPM)
    • D. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
    • Discuss
    • 6. If the total float and duration of an activity are 5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be

    • Options
    • A. started 5 days later
    • B. completed 5 days later
    • C. performed at slower rate in 15 days
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as

    • Options
    • A. line organisation
    • B. line and staff organisation
    • C. functional organisation
    • D. effective organisation.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If a is the optimistic time, b is the pessimistic time and m is most likely time of an activity, the expected time of the activity, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, is known

    • Options
    • A. Event flow scheduling technique
    • B. Critical ratio scheduling
    • C. Slotting technique for scheduling
    • D. Short interval scheduling.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss


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