Civil engineer objective questions – Construction Management (Section-4)

1. The post – operations in CPM are marked

a ) right to an operation

b ) left to an operation

d ) at the end

c ) in the middle

2. In CPM method , the earliest finish is indicated by time on

a ) top right , outside the circle , in triangle

b ) top right , outside the circle , in rectangle

c ) both of the above

d ) none of the above

3. Latest finish time in CPM technique is indicated by

a ) triangle

b ) circle

c ) rectangle

d ) line

4 . When the times of earliest finish and the latest finish are equal in an aoperation , the operation is called

a ) critical

b ) float

c ) free float

d ) a ll of the above

5. An example for a parallel activity is

a ) completing ground floor and starting first floor

b ) wall and carpentry work of doors and windows

e ) completion of flooring and initiating white washing

d ) digging of a well and of septic tank

6. A dummy activity is

a ) had no tail event but had only a head event

b ) had only a head event but no tail event

c ) does not require any resources or any time

d ) had no sequence and can be fitted anywhere

7. If an activity has its optimistic , most likely and pessimistic time are 2 , 4 & 6 respectively , then its expected time and variance are respectively

a ) 4 and 2/3

b ) 4 and 4/9

c ) 5 and 4/9

d ) 5 and 2/3

8. CPM means

a ) computer programming mode

b ) critical path method

c ) controlling planning and maintenance

d ) crucial project management

9. A CPM family includes

a ) citical path analysis ( CPA )

b ) citical path plotted ( CPP )

c ) citical path scheduling ( CPS )

d ) all of the above

10. In CPM analysis

a ) emphasis is given to activities

b ) ucertainties are not allowed

c ) activities are represented by arrow

d ) all of the above

11. In a network , the activity which neither takes time nor resources is called

a ) redundant activity

b ) dummy activity

c ) null activity

d ) both ( a ) and ( b ) of above

12. The maximum number of tail event occuring in a CPM is

a ) one

b ) two

d ) four

c ) three

13. The maximum number of head event occuring in a CPM is

b ) two

a ) one

c ) three

d ) four

14. Choose the incorrect statement

a ) arrow representing activity in CPM network is drawn without any scale

b ) head of an activity represents the finish of an activity

c ) tail of an activity represents the start of an activity

d ) none of the above

15. The occurrence of the starting of an activity is called its

a ) head event

b ) tail event

c ) dual role event

d ) all of the above

16. The occurrence of the completion of an activity is called its

a ) head event

b ) tail event

c ) dual role event

d ) all of the above

17. The scheduled completion time of an operation in CPM chart is mentioned on

a ) left top corner outside the circle

b ) left top corner inside the circle

c ) both of the above

d ) none of the above

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18. Which operation must complete first ?

a ) right of the line joining two circles

b ) left of the line joining two circle

c ) both of the above

d ) none of the above

19. Number of pre – operation associated with an operation may be

a ) one only

b ) two only

c ) more than one

d ) three only

20. The difference between total float and free float is called interferring float which is nothing but the

a ) float of head event

c ) slack of head event

b ) float of tail event

d ) slack of tail event .

21. CPM adopts

a ) determinastic approach

b ) probabilistic approach

c ) fantastic approach

d ) all of the above

22. CPM network is

a ) event oriented

b ) activity oriented

c ) slack oriented

d ) float oriented

23. The maximum number of redundant activity in a CPM chart may be

a ) zero

b ) one to five

c ) five to ten

d ) any of the above

24. The activity which consumes maximum time is called

a ) critical activity

b ) non – critical activity

c ) super critical activity

d ) none of the above

25. The number of post – activity associated with head event may be

a ) zero

b ) two

c ) three

d ) four

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