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  1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  2. A.

     Earliest expected time is denoted by TE

    B.

     Latest occurrence time is denoted by TL

    C.

     Contractual obligation time is denoted by Ts

    D.

     All the above

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  3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  4. A.

     Forward pass is used for calculating earliest expected time

    B.

     Backward pass is used for calculating the latest occurrence time

    C.

     Maximum value of earliest expected time is used if there is more than one value of any event

    D.

     All the above

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  5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  6. A.

     Optimistic time estimate refers to activities

    B.

     Pessimistic time estimate refers to activities

    C.

     Most likely time estimate refers to activities

    D.

     All the above

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  7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  8. A.

     Programme Evaluation and Review Technique, is event oriented

    B.

     Programme Evaluation and Review Technique is not event oriented

    C.

     Critical Path Method is event oriented

    D.

     Critical Path Method is not event oriented

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  9. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  10. A.

     The activity is the time consuming part of a project

    B.

     The beginning and end of a job, are called events

    C.

     The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node

    D.

     Logically and sequentially connected activities and events form a network

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  11. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  12. A.

     The difference between the earliest start time and latest finish time of any activity, is the maximum time available for the activity

    B.

     The difference between the maximum time available for the job and actual time it consumes, is called total float

    C.

     The difference between the latest start time and earliest start time of an activity, is called total float

    D.

     None of these

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  13. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  14. A.

     The difference of latest occurrence time and earliest expected time, is called slack

    B.

     The activities connecting the events having zero slack, lie on the critical path

    C.

     The critical path consumes the maximum time

    D.

     All the above

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  15. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  16. A.

     The duration between the earliest start time of the preceding event and latest finish time of the succeeding event, is called 'float'

    B.

     The duration of time by which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding activity, is called free float

    C.

     The difference between total float and free float, is called interfering float

    D.

     All the above

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  17. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  18. A.

     The float may be positive, zero or negative

    B.

     If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project is not delayed

    C.

     If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project

    D.

     All the above

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  19. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  20. A.

     The various functions under each activity, are shown by one bar on Bar Charts

    B.

     Bar chart establishes the interdependency of one event on another

    C.

     Only approximate percentage of the completed work is reported

    D.

     None of these

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