DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

Course Code: B. Arch. Semester : VIII Online End Semester Examination (July_2020)
Subject – Project Planning and Management Time: 3 Hours
Full Marks – 40 Subject Code: 8AR175

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Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the
margin indicate full marks.

Answer five questions, Question No. -1 is compulsory, Answer any two questions from Group A and
any two questions from Group B:-

1. Choose the most suitable answer from the following options. (0.4x20)
i. Direct Cost include
a) Cost of Manpower
b) Cost of Machinery and equipment used for the various activity.
c) Cost of the material
d) All of these.
ii. EFT =
a) EOT(i) b) EOT(i)+D(i,j) c) EOT(j)-D(i,j) d) None of these
iii. What is the effect of accelerating an activity on the indirect costs of a project?
a) Increases b) Decreases
c) No any change d) none of these
iv. Rapid hardening cement in place of ordinary Portland cement is an example of increase
in
a) Direct Cost b) Indirect Cost
c) Optimum Cost d) Equipment Cost
v. Calculate cost slope of a activity if normal cost is 600, crash cost is 750, normal time is
7 and crash time is 4
a) 75 b) 70 c) 50 d) 100
vi. For crashing of network which activity should be considered along critical path
a) Activity with lowest cost slope b) Activity with highest cost slop
b) Both d) None of these
vii. Primavera is a
c) Programming software b) Project Management Software
d) Windows d) None of these
viii. The first method invented for planning projects was
1. Bar Chart method b) Milestone Chart
c) CPM d) PERT
ix. Which of the following does not represent an activity?
a) Site located
b) Foundation is being dug
c) The office area is being cleaned
d) The invitations are being sent
 x. In resources levelling
a) Total duration of project is reduced
b) Total duration of project is increased
c) Uniform demand of resources is achieved
d) Cost of project is controlled
xi. Forward pass and Backward pass technique is used in
a) Bar Chart b) CPM
c) PERT d) CPM and PERT
xii. Free float is mainly used to
a) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of
preceding activity
b) Identify the activities, which can be delayed without affecting the total float of
succeeding activity
c) Establish priorities
d) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of either
the preceding or succeeding activities
xiii. Construction projects are gradually becoming multidisciplinary with multiple objectives.
The statement is-
a) True
b) false
xiv. Modular co-ordination of construction means proper
a) Planning b) Controlling and Monitoring
c) Execution d) All of the above
xv. For the network shown in the given figure, the expected time for the activity

a) 1-2 is 5
b) 2-3 is 7
c) 3-4 is 6
d) All the above
xvi. A dummy activity
a) Is artificially induced b) Is represented by a continuous line
c) Consume time d) All of the above
xvii. Interfering float is the difference between
a) Total float and free float
b) Total float and independent float
c) Free float and independent float
d) None of the above
xviii. While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
a) Site survey
b) Availability of construction materials
c) Availability of labour
d) All the above

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 xix. An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in
a) A circle
b) A square
c) A triangle
d) All the above

xx. Consider the following activities in a load bearing residential building construction:
1. Concreting of roof slab
2. Laying of Reinforcement
3. Brickwork in superstructure
4. Erection of formwork for roof slab
The correct sequence of these activities is
a) 4-1-2-3
b) 3-4-1-2
c) 3-4-2-1
d) 1-2-3-4
Group A:-

2. a) Draw a bar chart for building a detached shed in your backyard. Break your project into
10–15 work activities. (4)

b) The following table shows the details of activity of a small project. Construct the
network of the project.
Contract the network crashing it to optimum value and calculate the optimum project
cost. Indirect cost = Rs 300/per day. (4)
Activity Normal Crash
Time in days Cost in Rs. Time in days Cost in Rs.
1-2 9 8000 6 9500
2-3 5 5000 3 5500

3. a) Draw network for the given situation by “Activity on Arrow” and “Activity on Node”
method:- (2)
Activity Preceding activity Duration (days)
A --- 5
B A 8
C A 6
D B 9
E B,C 6
F C 3
G D,E,F 1

b) The three time estimates for the activities of a project are given below:- (2+2+2)
Determine:-
(i) Draw the network and find critical path of project.
(ii) Probability (%) of completing the project in 26 days.
(iii) The schedule duration of the project with 75 % probability.

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 Activity Estimated Duration (days)
I J Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic
1 2 1 2 3
1 3 1 4 7
2 4 4 6 8
3 4 5 9 13
3 5 2 4 12
4 5 6 7 8
4 6 2 5 14
5 7 3 5 13
6 7 1 2 15

Z -1.6 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6

P (%) 5.5 11.5 21.20 34.50 50 65.60 78.80 88.50 94.50

4. Draw the CPM Calendar for the Activities given in table below. Also find the total
duration of project and forecast the date of completion of project. (8)
Node I Node J Activity Duration
1 2 A(1-2) 7
1 3 B(1-3) 5
2 4 C(2-4) 8
3 4 D(3-4) 7
3 5 E(3-5) 10
4 5 F(4-5) 6
Following assumption to be made-
1. Project Start date :- 22/08/2020
2. No. of working days per week :- 5 days (Saturday and Sunday holidays)
3. List of holidays:- 3rd, 11th and 15th August 2020
Group B:-
5. a) What is a Construction project life cycle? Discuss its various stages and various tools,
techniques used for construction projects? (4)
b) What is resource allocation? Also explain resource levelling and resource smoothing
with example? (4)
6. a) What is float and how is it useful in a CPM network? Briefly discuss various types of
float. (4)
b) Write the steps to determine critical path in PERT network. (4)
7. Write short notes on following:- (2 X 4)
a) Advantage and limitations of the Bar chart
b) CPM Crashing Technique
c) Usages of software in Construction management
d) Errors in network