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construction planning and management MCQs

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construction planning and management Mcqs

1. The reduction in project time normally results in_______________?
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A. increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

B. decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

C. increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

D. decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

2. The maximum rimpull in the first gear of a tractor while towing a load is 6300 kg. The tractor weighs 12.5 tonnes and is operating along a 2 percent upgrade and the rolling resistance is 45 kg/tonne. Pull available for towing the load is________________?
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A. 4350 kg

B. 2975 kg

C. 5515 kg

D. 3425 kg

3. In resources levelling________________?
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A. cost of project is controlled

B. total duration of project is increased

C. total duration of project is reduced

D. uniform demand of resources is achieved

4. Grader is used mainly for___________________?
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A. finishing, shaping and trimming

B. shaping and trimming

C. finishing and shaping

D. trimming and finishing

5. The normal time required for the completion of project in the above problem is_______________?
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A. 13 days

B. 19 days

C. 9 days

D. 14 days

6. The area under the Beta distribution curve is divided into two equal parts by_______________?
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A. most likely time

B. optimistic time

C. expected time

D. pessimistic time

7. A father notes that when his teenage daughter uses the telephone, she takes not less than 6 minutes for a call and som? times as much as an hour. Fifteen minutes call are more frequent than calls of any other duration. If these phone calls were an activity in PERT project, then phone calls expected duration will be_______________?
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A. 21 minutes

B. 27 minutes

C. 15 minutes

D. 20.143 minutes

8. 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. 10 days

C. 15 days

D. 9 days

9. Sensitivity analysis is a study of__________________?
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A. comparison of assets and liabilities

B. change in output due to change in input

C. economics of cost and benefits of the project

D. comparison of profit and loss

10. If the expected time for completion of a project is 10 days with a standard deviation of 2 days, the expected time of completion of the project with 99.9% probability is________________?
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A. 16 days

B. 4 days

C. 6 days

D. 10 days

11. For excavating utility trenches with precise control of depth, the excavation equipment used is_______________?
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A. Shovel

B. Dragline

C. None of the above

D. Hoe

12. If the output of a dragline for 90 angle of swing at optimum depth of cut is X, then the output for 120 angle of swing at 120 % of optimum depth of cut will be_________________?
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A. less than X

B. more than X

C. equal to X

D. any of the above

13. Updating may result in_________________?
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A. change of critical path

B. increase of project completion time

C. decrease of project completion time

D. all of the above

14. The original cost of an equipment is Rs.10,000/-. Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of five years is Rs. 1,000/-. Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be________________?
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A. Rs. 5,000/-

B. Rs. 8,800/-

C. Rs. 7,600/-

D. Rs. 6,400/-

15. The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted, and pneumatic tyremounted machines would be respectively_________________?
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A. 85 and 75

B. 75 and 83

C. 80 and 90

D. 90 and 80

16. Wheeled tractors are replacing crawler tractors because________________?
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A. sider the following statements?

17. Latest start of an activity is always________________?
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A. less than or equal to latest event time of preceding node

B. greater than or equal to latest event time of preceding node

C. less than latest event time of preceding node

D. equal to latest event time of preceding node

18. The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is_______________?
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A. Vibration

B. Tamping

C. Pressing

D. Kneading

19. A tractor whose weight is 20 tonnes has a drawbar pull of 2500 kg, when operated on a level road having a rolling resistence of 30 kg per tonne. If this tractor is operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 40 kg per tonne, then the drawbar pull of the tractor will________________?
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A. reduce by 250 kg

B. increase by 200 kg

C. reduce by 200 kg

D. increase by 250 kg

20. The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is_______________?
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A. crash time

B. optimistic time

C. between normal time and crash time

D. normal time

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