civil engineering MCQs – Page 267

Practise multiple-choice questions from civil engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

civil engineering Mcqs
5321. The grade resistance factor for an earth moving machine can be obtained by multiplying grade percentage by a factor approximately equal to_________________?
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A. 20 kg/tonne

B. 2 kg/tonne

C. 6 kg/tonne

D. 9 kg/tonne
5322. During the construction period, price variation clause in contracts caters to__________________?
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A. increase in rates of only important materials

B. variation in cost in materials element, labour element and petrol-oil-lubricant element

C. rate of inflation

D. variation in total cost of the project on an ad hoc basis

5323. 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__________________?
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A. 50%

B. 100%

C. more than 50%

D. less than 50%

5324. Critical path_____________?
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A. is always longest

B. may be shortest

C. is always shortest

D. may be longest

5325. In the bar chart planning____________?
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A. sider the following statements?

B. progress of work can be measured

C. interdependence of the operations cannot be portrayed

D. spare time of the activities can be determined

E. schedule cannot be updated</strong>

5326. In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done____________?
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A. on original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope

B. only on activities lying on the orginal critical path and having flatter cost slopes

C. on all the activities

D. on all the activities lying on the critical path

5327. The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is_________________?
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A. Smooth-wheeled rollers

B. Tampers

C. Sheep foot rollers

D. Vibratory rollers

5328. The correct sequence of these activities is________________?
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A. sider the following activities in a building construction?

5329. The correct sequence of these operations in tunnel construction is______________?
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A. Blasting

B. sider the following operations :

C. Placing steel

D. Drilling

E. Placing concrete</strong>

F. Mucking

5330. 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_________________?
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A. 1500 cum

B. 2000 cum

C. 500 cum

D. 1000 cum

5331. PERT is preferred for planning because of________________?
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A. sider the following features/factors

5332. Batching refers to________________?
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A. weighing accurately, the quantity of each material for a job before mixing

B. adjusting the water to be added in each batch according to the moisture content of the materials being mixed in the batch

C. controlling the total quantity at each batch

D. controlling the quantity of each material into each batch
5333. In the critical path method of construction planning, Free Float can be_____________?
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A. greater than Independent Float

B. sider the following statements ?

C. greater than Total Float.

D. equal to Total Float.

E. less than Independent Float. Of these statements</strong>

5334. Which of the following is not a PERT event ?
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A. class is being attended

B. bus starts from Jaipur

C. site investigation started

D. sessional work completed

5335. The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time is_________________?
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A. 84.10%

B. 50%

C. 99.90%

D. 100%

5336. What estimate would you give for the variance in above problem ?
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A. 54

B. 81

C. 9

D. 36

5337. Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?
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A. Concrete

B. Ice

C. Earth

D. Loose sand

5338. Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between__________________?
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A. its earliest finish time and latest start time for its successor activity

B. its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

C. its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

D. its latest start time and earliest start time

5339. PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for__________________?
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A. research and development projects

B. small projects

C. deterministic activities

D. large and complex projects

5340. Total float for any activity is defined as the difference between________________?
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A. its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

B. its latest start time and earliest start time

C. its latest start time and earliest finish time

D. its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity