Construction Planning and Management

41. For a given size of bucket, the ideal output of a dragline will be least in

  1. Moist loam
  2. Sand and gravel
  3. Good common earth
  4. Wet sticky clay

Correct answer: (D)
Wet sticky clay

42. For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents

  1. Minimum time
  2. Maximum time
  3. Maximum cost
  4. Minimum cost

Correct answer: (A)
Minimum time

43. For excavating utility trenches with precise control of depth, the excavation equipment used is

  1. Hoe
  2. Shovel
  3. Dragline
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: (A)
Hoe

44. For the execution of a project, a contractor is

  1. A person
  2. A firm
  3. An agency
  4. All the above

Correct answer: (D)
All the above

45. For the supply of materials for concrete, form work reinforcing and placing of concrete, removal of form work and curing of concrete, number of bar(s) required on bar chart, is

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Correct answer: (A)
1

46. For which of the following materials, the output of power shovels for a fixed shovel size will be maximum

  1. Moist loam
  2. Good common earth
  3. Well blasted rock
  4. Wet sticky clay

Correct answer: (A)
Moist loam

47. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as

  1. Line organisation
  2. Line and staff organisation
  3. Functional organisation
  4. Effective organisation

Correct answer: (C)
Functional organisation

48. Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between

  1. Its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
  2. Its latest start time and earliest start time
  3. Its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
  4. Its earliest finish time and latest start time for its successor activity

Correct answer: (A)
Its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

49. Free float is mainly used to

  1. Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of preceding activity
  2. Identify the activities, which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity
  3. Establish priorities
  4. Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of either the preceding or succeeding activities

Correct answer: (B)
Identify the activities, which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity

50. Frequency distribution curves

  1. Having a single lump, are called uninodal curves
  2. If symmetrical, are called normal curves
  3. If not symmetrical, are called skew curves
  4. All the above

Correct answer: (D)
All the above

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