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  1. Abbreviated work factor data is applied for

  2. A.

     Material handling operation

    B.

     Maintenance operation

    C.

     Packing and shipping operation

    D.

     All of these

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  3. The allowed time for a job equals standard time plus

  4. A.

     Policy allowance

    B.

     Interference allowance

    C.

     Process allowance

    D.

     Learning allowance

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  5. The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is

  6. A.

     Product layout

    B.

     Process layout

    C.

     Fixed position layout

    D.

     Any one of these

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  7. A PERT network has three activities on critical path with mean time 3, 8 and 6 and standard deviations 1, 2 and 2 respectively. The probability that the project will be completed in 20 days is

  8. A.

     0.50

    B.

     0.66

    C.

     0.84

    D.

     0.95

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  9. The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is

  10. A.

     Line organisation

    B.

     Functional organisation

    C.

     Line and staff organisation

    D.

     Line, staff and functional organisation

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  11. The bonus increases in proportion to the increase in efficiency. This statement applies to

  12. A.

     Halsey plan

    B.

     Gantt plan

    C.

     Emerson's efficiency plan

    D.

     Rowan plan

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  13. Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having

  14. A.

     Maximum slack

    B.

     Minimum slack

    C.

     Average slack

    D.

     No slack

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  15. Critical path method

  16. A.

     Helps in ascertaining time schedules

    B.

     Makes better and detailed planning possible

    C.

     Provides a standard method for communicating project plans schedules and to time and cost performance

    D.

     All of the above

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  17. The time by which the activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as

  18. A.

     Duration

    B.

     Total float

    C.

     Free float

    D.

     Interfering float

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  19. The standard time for a job is

  20. A.

     Total work content

    B.

     Base time + relaxation time

    C.

     Total work content + basic time

    D.

     Total work content + delay contingency allowance

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