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Civil Engineering Mcqs

In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done____________?

  • (A)  on all the activities
  • (B)  on all the activities lying on the critical path
  • (C)  only on activities lying on the orginal critical path and having flatter cost slopes
  • (D)  on original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope
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The time with which direct cost does not reduce with the increase in time is known as_________________?

  • (A)  crash time
  • (B)  normal time
  • (C)  optimistic time
  • (D)  standard time
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The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is________________?

  • (A)  minimum
  • (B)  maximum
  • (C)  zero
  • (D)  infinite
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Economic saving of time results by crashing_________________?

  • (A)  cheapest critical activity
  • (B)  cheapest non-critical activity
  • (C)  costliest critical activity
  • (D)  costliest non-critical activity
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Slack time refers to_______________?

  • (A)  an activity
  • (B)  an event
  • (C)  both event and activity
  • (D)  none of the above
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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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Crash project duration is obtained by summing the________________?

  • (A)  normal durations for all the activities
  • (B)  crash durations for all activities
  • (C)  crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the normal duration for all the activities
  • (D)  crash durations for all the activities along the critical path obtained by taking into account the crash duration for all the activities
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Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time?

  • (A)  Drag line
  • (B)  Hoe
  • (C)  Clam shell
  • (D)  Dipper shovel
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For a given size of bucket, the ideal output of a dragline will be least in_______________?

  • (A)  Moist loam
  • (B)  Sand and gravel
  • (C)  Good common earth
  • (D)  Wet sticky clay
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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_______________?

  • (A)  Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • (B)  Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • (C)  A is true but R is false
  • (D)  A is false but R is true
Submitted By :Ali Uppal