Production Technology

111. Templates are used for

  1. a planning layout
  2. flow of material
  3. advancing a programme in automatic machines
  4. copying complicated profiles
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (A)
a planning layout

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

  1. policy allowance
  2. interference allowance
  3. process allowance
  4. learning allowance
  5. unforeseen allowance.

Correct answer: (A)
policy allowance

113. The amount deducted from the salary of workers towards employees provident fund is

  1. credited into reserves of company
  2. deposited in nationalised bank
  3. deposited in post office
  4. deposited in the account of worker with employer or Reserve Bank of India
  5. deposited in the account of worker with Provident Fund Commissioner.

Correct answer: (E)
deposited in the account of worker with Provident Fund Commissioner.

114. The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is

  1. management
  2. labour court
  3. high court/supreme court
  4. board of directors
  5. president.

Correct answer: (C)
high court/supreme court

115. The artificial activity; which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless, the preceding activity is complete, is known as

  1. event
  2. free float
  3. artificial
  4. constraint
  5. dummy.

Correct answer: (E)
dummy.

116. The assumption in PERT is

  1. a project will always be behind schedule, if left uncorrected
  2. cost of project will always be more than the estimated cost, if no timely corrections are taken
  3. a project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities
  4. activities are fixed and can't be changed ,
  5. commissioning time can be changed, if activities are behind schedule.

Correct answer: (C)
a project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities

117. The basic difference between PERT and CPM is that

  1. PERT deals with events and CPM with activities
  2. critical path is determined in PERT only
  3. costs are considered on CPM only and not in PERT
  4. guessed times are used in PERT and evaluated times in CPM
  5. PERT is used in workshops and CPM in plants.

Correct answer: (D)
guessed times are used in PERT and evaluated times in CPM

118. The critical activity has

  1. maximum float
  2. minimum float
  3. zero float,
  4. average float
  5. none of these.

Correct answer: (C)
zero float,

119. The critical path of a network represents

  1. the minimum time required for completion of project
  2. the maximum time required for completion of project
  3. maximum cost required for completion of project
  4. minimum cost required for completion of project
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (A)
the minimum time required for completion of project

120. The deductions for, employees provident fund start

  1. immediately on joining the service
  2. after 60 days of joining the service
  3. after 100 days of joining the service
  4. after 240 days of joining the service
  5. after one year of joining the service.

Correct answer: (D)
after 240 days of joining the service

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