Construction Planning and Management

121. The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time is

1. 0.5
2. 0.841
3. 0.999
4. 1

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122. The process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or replanning is called

1. Resource levelling
2. Resource smoothening
3. Updating
4. Critical path scheduling

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123. The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawlermounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively

1. 80 and 90
2. 90 and 80
3. 85 and 75
4. 75 and 83

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124. The reduction in project time normally results in

1. Decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost
2. Increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost
3. Increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both
4. Decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

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125. The salient feature of functional organisation is

1. Strict adherence to specifications
2. Separation of planning and design part
3. Each individual maintains functional efficiency
4. All the above

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

1. Event flow scheduling technique
2. Critical ratio scheduling
3. Slotting technique for scheduling
4. Short interval scheduling

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127. The time by which a particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as

1. Total float
2. Free float
3. Interfering float
4. Independent float

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

1. Duration
2. Total float
3. Free float
4. Interfering float

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129. The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is

1. Crash time
2. Normal time
3. Optimistic time
4. Between normal time and crash time

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130. The time which results in the leasi, possible construction cost of an activity, is known as

1. Normal time
2. Slow time
3. Crash time
4. Standard time

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