Construction Planning And Management — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Sheep foot rollers is the correct answer to “The most suitable type of equipment for compaction of cohesive soils is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Line organization is the correct answer to “The most popular type of organization used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Option "All the above" is the correct answer for this question under Construction Planning And Management.

On original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope is the correct answer to “In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Is always longest is the correct answer to “Critical path”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node is the correct answer to “Earliest finish of an activity is always”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

greater than or equal to latest event time of preceding node is the correct answer to “Latest start of an activity is always”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

75 and 83 is the correct answer to “The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Least cost slope is the correct answer to “In the time-cost optimisation, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Rs. 3480 is the correct answer to “A machine costs Rs. 20000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements for a power shovel: (i) Output can be increased by reducing the angle of swing for a given depth of cut. (ii) For a given angle of swing, output will be maximum at optimum depth of cut. (iii) Output can be increased by keeping the depth of cut less than optimum depth. (iv) Output can be increased by increasing the size of shovel.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Moist loam is the correct answer to “For which of the following materials, the output of power shovels for a fixed shovel size will be maximum”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Rs. 6,400 is the correct answer to “The original cost of an equipment is Rs.10,000. Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of five years is Rs. 1,000. Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the crash duration for all the activities is the correct answer to “Crash project duration is obtained by summing the”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

1940 is the correct answer to “Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

All the above is the correct answer to “Which one of the following represents an activity”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct is the correct answer to “The part of a derrick crane include (i) Mast (ii) Boom (iii) Bull wheel (iv) Jack which of these statements are correct”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Hoe is the correct answer to “For excavating utility trenches with precise control of depth, the excavation equipment used is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Loose sand is the correct answer to “Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

expected time of both activities A and B are same is the correct answer to “If the optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic time for activity A are 4, 6 and 8 respectively and for activity B are 5, 5.5 and 9 respectively, then”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

All of the above is the correct answer to “Which of the following is a weakness of bar chart”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Minimum time is the correct answer to “For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Rs. 5,75,000 is the correct answer to “A machine is purchased for Rs. 10,000,00 and has an estimated life of 10 years. The salvage value at the end of 10 years is Rs. 1,50,000. The book value of the machine at the end of 5 years using general straight line method of evaluation of depreciation is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Drag line is the correct answer to “Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

(i) and (iii) are correct is the correct answer to “Rolling resistance of a wheel depends upon (i) Vehicle load (ii) Grade (iii) Ground conditions”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Light construction is the correct answer to “Residential buildings are treated as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

(i) and (iv) are correct is the correct answer to “Output of a bulldozer is (i) Increased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance (ii) Decreased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance (iii) Increased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor (iv) Decreased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Zero float is the correct answer to “The critical activity has”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

All the above is the correct answer to “The object of technical planning, is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Its latest start time and earliest start time is the correct answer to “Total float for any activity is defined as the difference between”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Total float and free float is the correct answer to “Interfering float is the difference between”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity is the correct answer to “Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A is the correct answer to “Assertion A: For a given depth of cut, the output of a power shovel can be increased by decreasing the angle of swing. Reason R: If the angle of swing is decreased, the cycle time will be decreased.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

2 and 3 are correct is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements: In the critical path method of construction planning, Free Float can be. 1. Greater than Total Float. 2. Greater than Independent Float 3. Equal to Total Float. 4. Less than Independent Float”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

All of the above is the correct answer to “Updating may result in”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Bar chart method is the correct answer to “The first method invented for planning projects, was”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Should invest in neither of the two projects is the correct answer to “A contractor has two options; (l) : Invest his money in project A or (II) : Invest his money in project B. If he decides to invest in A, for every rupee invested, he is assured of doubling his money in ten years. If he decides to invest in B, he is assured of making his money 1.5 times in 5 years. If the contractor values his money at 10% interest rate, he”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Identify the activities, which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity is the correct answer to “Free float is mainly used to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

Independent float is the correct answer to “The time by which a particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.

The soil survey, traffic survey, concept design and approximate cost is the correct answer to “Preliminary project report for a road project must contain”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Construction Planning And Management.