Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as
- (A) Any project
- (B) Major
projects
- (C) Minor
projects
- (D) All the
above
2. A machine costs Rs. 20000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be
- (A) Rs. 1740
- (B) Rs. 3480
- (C) Rs. 5220
- (D) Rs. 6960
3. Railway projects are treated as
- (A) Light
construction
- (B) Heavy
construction
- (C) Industrial
construction
- (D) None of
these
4. Consider the following statements:
In the critical path method of construction
planning, Free Float can be.
1. Greater than Total Float.
2. Greater than Independent Float
3. Equal to Total Float.
4. Less than Independent Float
Of these
statements
- (A) 1 and 4 are correct
- (B) 2 and 3 are correct
- (C) 1 and 4 are correct
- (D) 1 and 2 are correct
5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The duration
between the earliest start time of the preceding event and latest finish time
of the succeeding event, is called 'float'
- (B) The duration
of time by which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding
activity, is called free float
- (C) The
difference between total float and free float, is called interfering float
- (D) All the
above
6. The original cost of an equipment is Rs.10,000. Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of five years is Rs. 1,000. Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be
- (A) Rs. 8,800
- (B) Rs. 7,600
- (C) Rs. 6,400
- (D) Rs. 5,000
7. For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents
- (A) Minimum time
- (B) Maximum time
- (C) Maximum cost
- (D) Minimum cost
8. The maximum rimpull in the first gear of a tractor while towing a load is 6300 kg. The tractor weighs 12.5 tonnes and is operating along a 2 percent upgrade and the rolling resistance is 45 kg/tonne. Pull available for towing the load is
- (A) 3425 kg
- (B) 5515 kg
- (C) 4350 kg
- (D) 2975 kg
9. Which one of the following represents an event?
- (A) Concrete
cured
- (B) Fixing of
door
- (C) Plastering
of walls
- (D) Selecting
sites
10. The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively
- (A) 80 and 90
- (B) 90 and 80
- (C) 85 and 75
- (D) 75 and 83
11. Optimistic time, most likely time and pessimistic times for the activities of a network in the given figure are written above their arrows. If the contractual obligation time for the project is 75, the latest occurrence time for the event 2, is
- (A) 20
- (B) 25
- (C) 35
- (D) 15
12. An earth moving equipment costs Rs. 5,00,000 and has an estimated life of 10 years and a salvage value of Rs. 50,000. What uniform annual amount must be set aside at the end of each of the 10 years for replacement if the interest rate is 8% per annum and if the sinking fund factor at 8% per annum interest rate for 10 years is 0.069?
- (A) Rs. 31050
- (B) Rs. 34500
- (C) Rs. 37950
- (D) Rs. 50000
13. PERT is
- (A) An analytic
in concept
- (B) Limited
of event oriented diagrams
- (C) Used for
research and development projects
- (D) All the
above
14. Output of a bulldozer is
(i) Increased if drawbar HP of the tractor
is increased for a given hauling distance
(ii) Decreased if drawbar HP of the tractor
is increased for a given hauling distance
(iii) Increased if the hauling distance is
increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
(iv) Decreased if the hauling distance is
increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
Of these statement
- (A) (i) and (iii) are correct
- (B) (i) and (iv) are correct
- (C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
- (D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
15. For the execution of a project, a contractor is
- (A) A person
- (B) A firm
- (C) An agency
- (D) All the
above
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