Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. Earliest expected time is denoted by TE
B. Latest occurrence time is denoted by TL
C. Contractual obligation time is denoted by Ts
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. Forward pass is used for calculating earliest expected time
B. Backward pass is used for calculating the latest occurrence time
C. Maximum value of earliest expected time is used if there is more than one value of any event
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. Optimistic time estimate refers to activities
B. Pessimistic time estimate refers to activities
C. Most likely time estimate refers to activities
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique, is event oriented
B. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique is not event oriented
C. Critical Path Method is event oriented
D. Critical Path Method is not event oriented
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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
A. The activity is the time consuming part of a project
B. The beginning and end of a job, are called events
C. The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node
D. Logically and sequentially connected activities and events form a network
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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
A. The difference between the earliest start time and latest finish time of any activity, is the maximum time available for the activity
B. The difference between the maximum time available for the job and actual time it consumes, is called total float
C. The difference between the latest start time and earliest start time of an activity, is called total float
D. None of these
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. The difference of latest occurrence time and earliest expected time, is called slack
B. The activities connecting the events having zero slack, lie on the critical path
C. The critical path consumes the maximum time
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. The duration between the earliest start time of the preceding event and latest finish time of the succeeding event, is called 'float'
B. The duration of time by which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding activity, is called free float
C. The difference between total float and free float, is called interfering float
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. The float may be positive, zero or negative
B. If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project is not delayed
C. If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
D. All the above
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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
A. The various functions under each activity, are shown by one bar on Bar Charts
B. Bar chart establishes the interdependency of one event on another
C. Only approximate percentage of the completed work is reported
D. None of these
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Select the correct statement.
A. Activity arrows in a CPM network are drawn to scale
B. The tail of an arrow represents the finish of an activity
C. Arrow bead represents the start of an activity
D. None of the above
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Select the incorrect statement.
A. Earliest start of an activity is the early event time of the node it leaves
B. Latest finish of an activity is the late event time of the node it enters
C. Latest start of an activity is its latest finish minus its duration
D. None of the above
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Select the incorrect statement.
A. Start float and finish float are always equal
B. Total float can be either start float or finish float
C. Start float and finish float need not be equal
D. Start float and finish float are the differences between activity times and not event times
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Select the incorrect statement.
A. A critical path always begins at the very first event.
B. A critical path always terminates at the last event.
C. Critical activities control the project duration.
D. Critical activity is the one for which free float is zero.
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Wheeled tractors are replacing crawler tractors because 1. Wheeled tractors travel faster. 2. Crawler tractors are more expensive. 3. Track parts of a crawler wear out quickly. 4. Crawler tractors have stick control. of following statements
A. 1, 3 and 4 are correct
B. 2, 3 and 4 are correct
C. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
D. 1, 2 and 4 are correct
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The maximum rimpull in the first gear of a tractor while towing a load is 6300 kg. The tractor weighs 12.5 tonnes and is operating along a 2 percent upgrade and the rolling resistance is 45 kg/tonne. Pull available for towing the load is
A. 3425 kg
B. 5515 kg
C. 4350 kg
D. 2975 kg
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The basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is
A. Kneading
B. Pressing
C. Tamping
D. Vibration
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If the expected time of completion of a project is 60 weeks with a standard deviation of 5 weeks, the probability of completing the project in 50 weeks and 65 weeks respectively will be
A. 2.3% and 84.1%
B. 97.7% and 84.1%
C. 97.7 % and 15.9%
D. 15.9% and 97.7%
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The constraints in case of resource smoothening operation would be
A. Resources
B. Project duration time
C. Both resources and project duration time
D. None of the above
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PERT is
A. An analytic in concept
B. Limited of event oriented diagrams
C. Used for research and development projects
D. All the above
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