Civil Engineering Mcqs

An excavator costs Rs. 20,00,000/- and has an estimated life of 8 years. It has no salvage value at the end of 8 years. The book value of the excavator at the end of 3 years using general double declining balance method is__________________?

(A) Rs. 8,43,750/-
(B) Rs. 8,75,000/-
(C) Rs. 10,50,000/-
(D) Rs. 11,56,250/-

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and probability of their occurrence follow_______________?

(A) normal distribution curve
(B) Poisson’s distribution curve
(C) Beta – distribution curve
(D) none of the above

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Earliest finish of an activity is always_______________?

(A) greater than earliest event time of the following node
(B) less than earliest event time of the following node
(C) less than or equal to earliest event time of the following node
(D) greater than or equal to earliest event time of the following node

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

In the network shown in Fig. (15 fig) the latest start time of an activity 4-5 is_________________?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 7

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If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively___________________?

(A) 3.5 and 5/6
(B) 5 and 25/36
(C) 3.5 and 25/36
(D) 4 and 5/6

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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

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

Total float for any activity is defined as the difference between________________?

(A) its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
(B) its latest start time and earliest start time
(C) its latest start time and earliest finish time
(D) its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

Free float for any activity is defined as the difference between__________________?

(A) its earliest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
(B) its latest start time and earliest start time
(C) its latest finish time and earliest start time for its successor activity
(D) its earliest finish time and latest start time for its successor activity

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

The independent float affects only_______________?

(A) preceding activities
(B) succeeding activities
(C) the particular activity involved
(D) none of the above

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What estimate would you give for the variance in above problem ?

(A) 81
(B) 54
(C) 36
(D) 9

Submitted By :Ali Uppal

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