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Construction Planning And Management MCQs

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Construction Planning And Management MCQs

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The most popular type of organization used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is

  1. A. Line organization
  2. B. Line and staff organization
  3. C. Functional organization
  4. D. Effective organization
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The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is

  1. A. Smooth-wheeled rollers
  2. B. Vibratory rollers
  3. C. Sheep foot rollers
  4. D. Tampers
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Slack time refers to

  1. A. An activity
  2. B. An event
  3. C. Both event and activity
  4. D. None of the above
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An excavator costs Rs. 20,00,000 and has an estimated life of 8 years. It has no salvage value at the end of 8 years. The book value of the excavator at the end of 3 years using general double declining balance method is

  1. A. Rs. 8,43,750
  2. B. Rs. 8,75,000
  3. C. Rs. 10,50,000
  4. D. Rs. 11,56,250
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Critical path lies along the activities having total float

  1. A. Positive
  2. B. Negative
  3. C. Zero
  4. D. Same
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Military organization is known as

  1. A. Line organization
  2. B. Line and staff organization
  3. C. Functional organization
  4. D. None of these
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Batching refers to

  1. A. Controlling the total quantity at each batch
  2. B. Weighing accurately, the quantity of each material for a job before mixing
  3. C. Controlling the quantity of each material into each batch
  4. D. Adjusting the water to be added in each batch according to the moisture content of the materials being mixed in the batch
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Consider the following statements: In the bar chart planning 1. Interdependence of the operations cannot be portrayed. 2. Progress of work can be measured. 3. Spare time of the activities can be determined. 4. Schedule cannot be updated.

  1. A. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
  2. B. 1 and 4 are correct
  3. C. 2, 3 and 4 are correct
  4. D. 1, 2 and 4 are correct
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Consider the following features/factors: 1. Projects are of the non-repetitive type 2. Time required need not be known 3. Time required is known precisely 4. Events have been established for planning 5. Emphasis is given to activities of project PERT is preferred for planning because of

  1. A. 1, 2 and 4
  2. B. 3, 4 and 5
  3. C. 1, 3 and 4
  4. D. 1, 2 and 5
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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

  1. A. 4 days
  2. B. 6 days
  3. C. 10 days
  4. D. 16 days
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Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as

  1. A. Any project
  2. B. Major projects
  3. C. Minor projects
  4. D. Petty works
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An earth moving equipment costs Rs. 5,00,000 and has an estimated life of 10 years and a salvage value of Rs. 50,000. What uniform annual amount must be set aside at the end of each of the 10 years for replacement if the interest rate is 8% per annum and if the sinking fund factor at 8% per annum interest rate for 10 years is 0.069?

  1. A. Rs. 31050
  2. B. Rs. 34500
  3. C. Rs. 37950
  4. D. Rs. 50000
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