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Time: 15 min. Maximum Marks: 10

Answer ALL questions.

1. The overall coordinating person in a construction team is

a. The owner b. The architect c. The contractor
d. The project manager

2. The main objective of planning is to execute the project

a. Most economically and in time
c. Only most economically
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3. PERT is mainly useful for
a. Only small projects
c. Research and Development
b. Only timely completion
d. Economically and safely
b. Only large projects
d. Large and complex projects

4. In a CPM network
a. Arrow head represents start of an activity
b. The activity arrows are drawn to a sale
c. The tail of an arrow represents start of an activity
d. The tail of an arrow represents finish of an activity

5. In PERT the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow
a. Poisson’s distribution b. Normal distribution c. Beta distribution
d. Binomial distribution

6. In CPM activity times are

a. Probabilistic b. Deterministic c. non-deterministic
d. Probabilistic following particular distribution

7. The area under the Beta distribution curve is divided into two halves by a vertical
ordinate through
a. Expected time b. Optimistic time c. Most likely time d.Pessimistic time

8. The time corresponding to minimum total project cost is

a. Normal time b. Crash time c. Optimistic time d. Optimum time

9. When project is on scheduled time it indicates

a. Positive slack b. Zero slack c. Negative slack d. none of these

10. Positive slack denotes

a. Resources are insufficient b. Resources are just sufficient
c. More than enough resources d. None of these