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121. Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. all of the above

C. to be cautious for avoiding any delay in the critical activities to avoid delay of the whole project

D. to divert the resources from non-critical advanced activities to critical activities

E. to concentrate his attention on critical activities

122. Pessimistic time is___________________?
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A. the minimum time in which an activity can possibly be accomplished

B. the maximum time which an activity might require

C. the earliest finish

D. the average time required for a job

E. the most probable time considering all conditions

123. A dummy activity________________?
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A. is artificially introduced

B. none of the above

C. all of the above

D. does not require any time

E. is represented by a dotted line

124. Queuing theory is associated with __________________?
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A. waiting time

B. inspection time

C. inventory

D. sales

E. production time

125. The standard time for a job is_________________?
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A. total work content + delay contingency allowance

B. total work content + basic time

C. total work content

D. total work content + relaxation time

E. base time + relaxation time

126. If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. none of the above

C. TL-EFT

D. latest finish time earliest finish time (EFT)

E. latest start time earliest start time

127. According to Rowan plan, if H = hourly rate, A = actual time and S = standard time, then wages will be___________________?
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A. HA + ^^-HA

B. HA + ^^-H

C. HA + ^^-H

D. HA

E. HA + (S~A) HA

128. The artificial activity; which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless, the preceding activity is complete, is known as_________________?
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A. free float

B. artificial

C. constraint

D. dummy

E. event

129. A big advantage of PERT over Gantt charts is that in the former case_________________?
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A. inter-relationship among activities is clearly shown

B. early start and late finish of an activity are clearly marked

C. activities and events are clearly shown

D. activity times are clear

E. critical path can be easily determined

130. Routing assists engineers in deciding in advance___________________?
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A. the flow of material in the plant

B. the layout of factory facilities

C. the methods of proper utilization of manpower

D. the methods of proper utilization of machines

E. normal route of workers through the plant

131. A CPM family includes____________________?
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A. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)

B. MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)

C. all of the above

D. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

E. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)

132. Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan ?
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A. Bedaux Plan

B. Lincoln Plan

C. Taylor Plan

D. Rowan Plan

E. Halsey Premium Plan

133. The time required to complete a job is established and a bonus is paid to the worker based on the exact % of time saved. This type of incentive plan is known as_________________?
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A. Bedaux Plan

B. Halsey Premium Plan

C. Dry work Plan

D. Rowan Plan

E. Taylor Plan

134. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. critical path method is event oriented

B. none of the above

C. critical.path method is not activity oriented

D. programmer evaluation and review technique is not event oriented

E. programmer evaluation and review technique is event oriented

135. PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include___________________?
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A. MTM (method time measurement)

B. none of the above

C. WFS (work factor systems)

D. BNTS (basic motion time study)

E. all of the above

136. The important file in making a PERT is__________________?
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A. no activity from any event can be started from preceding event till it is completed

B. length of arrow has nothing to do with time

C. every activity must be completed before end point is reached

D. all of the above

E. an event cant be accomplished until activities leading to it are completed

137. PERT is___________________?
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A. an analytic tool in concept

B. based on three time estimates for activities linking up two events

C. all of the above

D. used for research and development projects

E. limit up of event oriented diagrams

138. The time of completing a project in network analysis is given by following time of the critical activity meeting at the finalitiode_________________?
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A. late start

B. late finish

C. none of the above

D. early finish

E. early start

139. Scheduling gives information about____________________?
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A. when work should complete

B. that how idle time can be minimized

C. none of the above

D. when work should start and how much work should be completed during a certain period

E. proper utilisation of machines

140. Queuing theory is used for____________________?
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A. job-shop scheduling

B. none of the above

C. inventory problems

D. all of the above

E. traffic congestion studies

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