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II. Pull Systems - (ii) People and Partners
III. Go and See - (iii) Philosophy
IV. Long-term approach - (iv) Process
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outline I-ii, II-iii, III-iv, IV-i
I-ii, II-iv, III-i, IV-iii
About I-iv, II-iii, III-ii, IV-i
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I-iii, II-i, III-iv, IV-ii

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2) Consider the following statements and select the correct option: with respect to 2 points
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course Statement 1: Lean Construction is consensus-based, whereas Project Management is a
work? () command & control-based organisation
Statement 2: Project Management is Value driven, whereas Lean Construction is Cost/Time
Week 0 () driven
Statement 3: Lean Construction is People/Process/Technology focused, whereas Project
Week 1 () Management is Project Metrics focused
Statement 4: Project Management works to optimize whole, whereas Lean Construction focus
Week 2 () on optimizing parts

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3) Overproduction, scrap, waiting, and overprocessing are all forms of: 2 points

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All the above

Answer questions Q4 – Q9- Based on the project requirement given below.

Project requirement: 25000 kgs of reinforcement to be done in 12 days. Estimated productivity =
190 kg/manday: Cost of labour = Rs. 1400/manday
After the first Day: Actual quantity of workdone = 3800 kg, No. of Mandays = 19

4) What is the Planned/ Required Production per day? 2 points

3083 kg/day
2083 kg/day
2183 kg/day
1083 kg/day

5) What is the estimate of Total Mandays required 2 points

142 mandays
162 mandays
172 mandays
132 mandays

6) What is the estimated Total labour cost (Rs.) required as per the planned 2 points
productivity?

Rs. 1,60,800
Rs. 1,73,800
Rs. 1,84,800
Rs. 1,93,800

7) What is the Actual productivity based on the scenario mentioned above? (Note: 2 points
rounded to closest higher integer)?

200 kg/manday
190 kg/manday
180 kg/manday
210 kg/manday

8) What are the forecast for total days, total mandays, and total labour costs required 2 points
for the given scenario assuming manpower mobilised remains 19/day? (Note: value roundup to
higher integer)

9 days, 115 mandays, and Rs. 1,61,000

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7 days, 125 mandays, and Rs. 1,75,000

6 days, 125 mandays, and Rs. 1,75,000
8 days, 115 mandays, and Rs. 1,61,000

9) Based on the above calculations on productivity and production, which quadrant 2 points
does the scenario belong to?

Quadrant III
Quadrant II
Quadrant I
Quadrant IV

Answer the questions Q10 – Q12 Based on the work items tabulated in Table 1,

10) What are the total planned mandays for all activities? 2 points

1697 mandays
1597 mandays
1957 mandays
1759 mandays

11) What is the total earned mandays for all activities as shown in Table 1? 2 points

1482
1248
1428
1842

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12) What is the combined percentage complete of work items? 2 points

89.41%
87.41%
90.41%
88.41%

Answer questions. Q13 – Q14. Based on the activity information given below
in Table 2,

13) What is the performance factor for plastering activity’s productivity and 2 points
production?

0.83, 0.87
0.87, 0.83
0.93, 0.97
0.97, 0.93

14) In the matrix shown, actual (productivity, production) falls in? 2 points

Quadrant II
Quadrant I
Quadrant III
Quadrant IV

15) Match the following: 2 points

I. Motion Study - (i) Taiichi Ohno
II. Standardised Work - (ii) Frank Gilbreth

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III. Just in Time (JIT) - (iii) Eliyahu Goldratt

IV. Theory of Constraints - (iv) Frederick Taylor
V. Mass Production - (v) Henry Ford

I-ii, II-iii, III-iv, IV-v, V-i

I-ii, II-iv, III-i, IV-iii, V-v
I-iv, II-iii, III-ii, IV-v, V-i
I-iii, II-i, III-iv, IV-v, V-ii

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