CPM Practice Questions &Answers

CPM Practice Questions &Answers

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01
Inrtime-costroptimizationrofrarproject,rcrashingrisrdone.
(A)rOnrallrtheractivities
(B)rOnrallrtheractivitiesrlyingronrthercriticalrpath
(C)rOnlyronractivitiesrlyingronrtheroriginalrcriticalrpathrandrhavingrflatterrcostrslopes
(D)rOnroriginalrcriticalractivitiesrandrthoserthatrbecomercriticalratranyrstagerofrcrashi
ngrinrthe
orderrofrascendingrcostrslope
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

02
Whichrofrtherfollowingrdoesrnotrrepresentranractivity?
(A)rSiterlocated
(B)rFoundationrisrbeingrdug
(C)rTherofficerarearisrbeingrcleaned
(D)rTherinvitationsrarerbeingrsent
Answerr-rans-OptionrA

03
Inrresourcesrlevelling
(A)rTotalrdurationrofrprojectrisrreduced
(B)rTotalrdurationrofrprojectrisrincreased
(C)rUniformrdemandrofrresourcesrisrachieved
(D)rCostrofrprojectrisrcontrolled
Answerr-rans-OptionrC

04
Sensitivityranalysisrisrarstudyrof
(A)rComparisonrofrprofitrandrloss
(B)rComparisonrofrassetsrandrliabilities
(C)rChangerinroutputrduertorchangerinrinput
(D)rEconomicsrofrcostrandrbenefitsrofrtherproject
Answerr-rans-OptionrC

05
Preliminaryrprojectrreportrforrarroadrprojectrmustrcontain
(A)rTherdetailedrestimatedrcostrbasedronrdetailedrdesign

,(B)rTherseveralralternativesrofrtherprojectrthatrhaverbeenrconsidered
(C)rThersoilrsurvey,rtrafficrsurvey,rconceptrdesignrandrapproximatercost
(D)rThercontractrdocumentsrforrinvitingrtenders
Answerr-rans-OptionrC

06
Forrwhichrofrtherfollowingrmaterials,rtheroutputrofrpowerrshovelsrforrarfixedrshovelr
sizerwillrbe
maximum
(A)rMoistrloam
(B)rGoodrcommonrearth
(C)rWellrblastedrrock
(D)rWetrstickyrclay
Answerr-rans-OptionrA

07
Ifrtheroutputrofrardraglinerforr90°ranglerofrswingratroptimumrdepthrofrcutrisrX,rthenr
theroutputrfor
120°ranglerofrswingratr120r%rofroptimumrdepthrofrcutrwillrbe
(A)rEqualrtorX
(B)rMorerthanrX
(C)rLessrthanrX
(D)rAnyrofrtherabove
Answerr-rans-OptionrC

08
InrPERTranalysis,rthertimerestimatesrofractivitiesrandrprobabilityrofrtheirroccurrencer
follow
(A)rNormalrdistributionrcurve
(B)rPoisson'srdistributionrcurve
(C)rBetardistributionrcurve
(D)rNonerofrtherabove
Answerr-rans-OptionrC

09
Freerfloatrisrmainlyrusedrto
(A)rIdentifyrtheractivitiesrwhichrcanrberdelayedrwithoutraffectingrthertotalrfloatrofrpre
ceding
activity
(B)rIdentifyrtheractivities,rwhichrcanrberdelayedrwithoutraffectingrthertotalrfloatrofrsu
cceeding
activity
(C)rEstablishrpriorities
(D)rIdentifyrtheractivitiesrwhichrcanrberdelayedrwithoutraffectingrthertotalrfloatrofreith
errthe
precedingrorrsucceedingractivities

,Answerr-rans-OptionrB

10
Graderrisrusedrmainlyrfor
(A)rTrimmingrandrfinishing
(B)rShapingrandrtrimming
(C)rFinishingrandrshaping
(D)rFinishing,rshapingrandrtrimming
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

11
Whichrofrtherfollowingrsurfacesrwillrgiverhighestrrollingrresistancerforrarrubberrtyredr
vehicle?
(A)rConcrete
(B)rLoosersand
(C)rAsphalt
(D)rFirmrearth
Answerr-rans-OptionrB

12
Whichrofrtherfollowingrearthrmovingrmachinesrhasrthershortestrcyclertime?
(A)rDragrline
(B)rHoe
(C)rClamrshell
(D)rDipperrshovel
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

13
Updatingrmayrresultrin
(A)rChangerofrcriticalrpath
(B)rDecreaserofrprojectrcompletionrtime
(C)rIncreaserofrprojectrcompletionrtime
(D)rAllrofrtherabove
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

14
Thertimerbyrwhichrarparticularractivityrcanrberdelayedrwithoutraffectingrtherprecedin
grand
succeedingractivitiesrisrknownras
(A)rTotalrfloat
(B)rFreerfloat
(C)rInterferingrfloat
(D)rIndependentrfloat
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

15

, Duringrtherconstructionrperiod,rpricervariationrclauserinrcontractsrcatersrto
(A)rIncreaserinrratesrofronlyrimportantrmaterials
(B)rVariationrinrcostrinrmaterialsrelement,rlabourrelementrandrpetrol-oil-
lubricantrelement
(C)rVariationrinrtotalrcostrofrtherprojectronranradrhocrbasis
(D)rRaterofrinflation
Answerr-rans-OptionrB

16
Criticalrpathrmethod
(A)rIsranrimprovementruponrbarrchartrmethod
(B)rProvidesrarrealisticrapproachrtordailyrproblemsr
(C)rAvoidsrdelaysrwhichrarerveryrcommonrinrbarrcharts
(D)rAllrtherabove
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

17
Atrarworkrsite,rstatisticalrqualityrcontrolrofrconcretermeans
(A)rMeasurementrofrrisksrtoreliminaterfailures
(B)rApplyingrthertheory'rofrprobabilityrtorsamplertestingrorrinspection
(C)rReductionrinrwastagerofrinspectionrcosts
(D)rReductionrinrcostsrforrtherremovalrofrdefects
Answerr-rans-OptionrB

18
Forrthernetworkrshownrinrthergivenrfigure,rtherexpectedrtimerforrtheractivity
(A)r1-2risr4
(B)r2-3risr7
(C)r3-4risr8
(D)rAllrtherabove
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

19
Arcriticalrratiorscheduling
(A)rDeterminesrtherstatusrofreachractivity
(B)rAdjustsrautomaticallyrchangesrinractivityrprogress
(C)rIsrardynamicrsystem
(D)rNonerofrthese
Answerr-rans-OptionrD

20
Forrargivenractivity,rtheroptimisticrtime,rpessimisticrtimerandrthermostrprobableresti
matesrarer5,
17randr8rdaysrrespectively,rTherexpectedrtimeris
(A)r8rdays
(B)r9rdays