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  1. While scheduling a project by C.P.M.

  2. A.

     A project is divided into various activities

    B.

     Required time for each activity is established

    C.

     Net work is drawn by connecting the activities and the events

    D.

     All the above

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  3. Final technical authority of a project lies with

  4. A.

     Assistant Engineer

    B.

     Executive Engineer

    C.

     Superintending Engineer

    D.

     Chief Engineer

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  5. The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, is known

  6. A.

     Event flow scheduling technique

    B.

     Critical ratio scheduling

    C.

     Slotting technique for scheduling

    D.

     Short interval scheduling

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  7. If the total float and duration of an activity are 5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be

  8. A.

     Started 5 days later

    B.

     Completed 5 days later

    C.

     Performed at slower rate in 15 days

    D.

     All the above

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  9. Optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic times for the activities of a network in the given figure are written above their arrows. If the contractual obligation time for the project is 75, the latest occurrence time for the event 2, is

  10. A.

     20

    B.

     25

    C.

     35

    D.

     15

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  11. The three time estimates for the activities of the network shown in the given figure are shown above their arrows. The earliest expected time for the event 4, is

  12. A.

     19

    B.

     14

    C.

     24

    D.

     None of these

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  13. Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?

  14. A.

     Ice

    B.

     Concrete

    C.

     Loose sand

    D.

     Earth

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  15. Which one of the following represents an event?

  16. A.

     Concrete cured

    B.

     Fixing of door

    C.

     Plastering of walls

    D.

     Selecting sites

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  17. The reduction in project time normally results in

  18. A.

     Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

    B.

     Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

    C.

     Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

    D.

     Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

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  19. In the given figure, the network of a project represents

  20. A.

     Activity of an excavation of a footing

    B.

     Activity of an excavation which starts at event No. 1 and ends at even No. 2

    C.

     Activity of excavation which takes 8 units of time

    D.

     None of these

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