civil engineering MCQs – Page 94

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1861. In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. Poissons distribution curve

C. Beta distribution curve

D. normal distribution curve

1862. Switch angle depends on______________?
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A. heel divergence

B. correct answer is?

C. length of tongue rail

D. throw of switch</strong>

E. ) flangeway clearance

1863. Number of cotters used in CST-9 sleepers is__________________?
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A. 4

B. 5

C. 2

D. 3

1864. Ribs are used for strengthening and stiffening the liner plate for tunnels of diameter greater than_____________________?
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A. 5 m

B. 3 m

C. 2 m

D. 4 m

1865. Select the correct statement?
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A. A meander increases the river length but a cut off reduces the river length

B. A cutoff increases the river length but a meander reduces the river length

C. Both meander and cutoff increase the river length

D. Both meander and cutoff decrease the river length

1866. For a given activity, the optimistic time, pessimistic time and the most probable estimates are 5, 17 and 8 days respectively, The expected time is__________________?
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A. 8 days

B. 15 days

C. 9 days

D. 10 days

1867. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder_________________?
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A. never occurs under a wheel load

B. always occurs under a wheel load

C. none of the above

D. always occurs at centre of span

1868. Number of unknown internal forces in each member of a rigid jointed plane frame is_____________?
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A. 6

B. 1

C. 3

D. 2

1869. Which one of the following is not an excavating and moving type of equipment ?
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A. Dump truck

B. Clam shell

C. Scraper

D. Bulldozer

1870. Critical path_____________?
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A. may be shortest

B. may be longest

C. is always shortest

D. is always longest
1871. The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is_______________?
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A. Vibration

B. Tamping

C. Pressing

D. Kneading
1872. Slack time refers to_______________?
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A. an activity

B. an event

C. both event and activity

D. none of the above

1873. The standard length of rail for Broad Gauge and Meter Gauge are respectively __________________?
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A. 13 m and 12 m

B. 12 m and 13 m

C. 13 m and 13 m

D. 12 m and 12 m

1874. In the construction of Metro Railways, Cut and Cover method of construction is suitable in situations listed at________________?
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A. sider the following situations

1875. If A is the angle formed by two gauge faces, the crossing number will be____________________?
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A. Arad

B. sec A

C. cot A

D. tan A

1876. Select the incorrect statement?
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A. Latest finish of an activity is the late event time of the node it enters.

B. Latest start of an activity is its latest finish minus its duration.

C. Earliest start of an activity is the early event time of the node it leaves.

D. none of the above
1877. When a load crosses a through type Pratt truss in the direction left to right, the nature of force in any diagonal member in the left half of the span would_______________?
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A. change from tension to compression

B. change from compression to tension

C. always be tension

D. always be compression

1878. Earliest finish of an activity is always_______________?
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A. greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

B. greater than earliest event time of the following node

C. less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

D. less than earliest event time of the following node

1879. The constraints in case of resource smoothening operation would be_______________?
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A. resources

B. project duration time

C. both resources and project duration time

D. none of the above

1880. The Castiglianos second theorem can be used to compute deflections________________?
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A. at the point under the load only

B. in statically determinate structures only

C. for beams and frames only

D. for any type of structure