1. Crash project duration is obtained by adding the
a ) crash durations for all the activities
b ) normal duration for all the activities
c ) normal duration for all the activities along the critical path
d ) crash durations for all the activities along the critical path
2. Crashing is
a ) reduction in duration
b ) reduction in resource
c ) reduction in cost
d ) reduction in project size
3. At an event other than final event if no activity emerges itresults in an error called
a ) looping
b ) dangling
c ) interfacing
d ) splicing
4. The independent float affects only
a ) preceeding activities
b ) succeeding activities
c ) particular activity
d ) none of the above
5. The free – float affects only
a ) preceeding activities
b ) succeeding activities
c ) particular activity
d ) none of the above
6. What are essential to draw CPM ?
a ) resource
b ) labour requirement
c ) machine required
d ) time expenditure
7. For completion of a project , the CPM of the network represents
a ) minimum time
b ) maximum time
c ) maximum cost
d ) optimum cost
8. In a CPM / PERT network , the number of event is
a ) less than number of activity
b ) more than the number of activity
c ) equal to the number of activity
d ) all of the above
9. Economic saving of time is obtained by crashing
a ) cheapest critical activity
b ) cheapest non – critical activity
c ) costliest critical activity
d ) costliest non – critical activity
10. Critical path connecting the start and end events time wise is
a ) longest path always
b ) shortest path always
c ) may be longest path
d ) none of the above
11. Critical activities having total float are
a ) positive
b ) negative
d ) equal
c ) zero
12. The activity which consumes maximum time is called a
a ) event
b ) node
c ) critical
d ) none of the above
13. Critical path
a ) in the shortest path
b ) bad black
c) has the maximum slack
d ) has the minimum slack
14. Which of the following does not represent an activity ?
a ) site located
b ) foundation is being dug
c ) the office area is being cleaned
d ) the invitations are being sent
15. Critical path is
a ) always longest
b ) always shortest
c ) may be longest
d ) may be shortest
16. The figure indicates
a ) an event
b) activity
c ) burst
d) merge
17. The figure indicates a
a ) an event
b ) activity
c ) burst
d ) merge
18. Completion of an activity on CPM network diagram , is generally known as
a ) event
b ) node
c ) connector
d ) all of the above
19. Free float is the
a ) portion of independent float
b ) portion of positive total float
c ) portion of interfering float
d ) all of the above
20. When all the paths are arranged according to the descending order of the float , the path which is next to the critical path is known as
a ) under – critical path
b ) sub – critical path
c ) semi – critical path
d ) all of the above
21. In CPM
a ) time optimization is given prime importance
b ) cost optimization is given prime importance
c ) cost is directly proportional to time
d ) all of the above
22. Which method is known as minimum cost or maximum time schedule method
a ) PERT
b ) CPM
c ) bar chart
d ) all of the above
