SOFTWARE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. do not highlight inter-task dependencies.
a) Gantt charts
b) PERT charts
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
2. in an event indicates ahead of schedule. (Pick right option)
a)
Positive slack (+)
b) Negative slack (–)
c) Zero slack
d) None of the above
3.The particular task performance in CPM is known a).Dummy
b).Event
c). Activity
d) Contract.
4. Which of the following is not a phase of project management?
a) Project planning
b) Project scheduling
c)Project controlling
d)Project being
c
5. Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer
A. to concentrate his attention on critical activities
B. to divert the resources from non-critical advanced activities to critical
activities
C. to be cautious for avoiding any
delay in the critical activities to avoid delay
of the whole
project
D. all the above.
6. Bar charts were modified later to obtain the milestone charts.
a) True
b) False
7. The full form of PERT is
a) Program Evaluation and Rate Technology
b) Program Evaluation and Robot Technique
c) Program Evaluation and Robot Technology
d) Program
Evaluation and Review
Technique
8 The full form of CPM is
a)
Critical Path Method
b) Control Path Method
c) Critical Plan Management
d) Control Path Management
9. A PERT network is activity-oriented while a CPM network is event-oriented.
a)True
b)False
10. are used to represent activity
in a network diagram.
a) Circles
b) Squares
c)Rectangles
d)Arrows
11. The shortest possible time in which an activity can be achieved under ideal circumstances is known as
a)Pessimistic time estimate
b)Optimistic time estimate
c)
Expected time estimate
d) The most likely time estimate
12. According to the time estimates made by the PERT planners,
the maximum time that would be
needed to complete an activity
is called as
a) The most likely time estimate
b)Pessimistic time estimate
c)Optimistic time estimate
d) Expected time estimate
13. In a network, a critical path is the time-wise shortest path.
a)True
b)False
14. The difference between
the maximum time available and the actual
time needed to perform an activity is known as
a) Free float
b) Independent float
c) Total float
d) Half float
15. Pick up the correct
statement from the following :
A. Programme Evaluation and Review
Technique, is event
oriented
B. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique is not event
oriented
C. Critical Path Method is event oriented
D. Ci-itical Path method is event oriented.
16. PERT analysis is based on
A. optimistic time
B. pessimistic time
C. most likely time
D. all the above.
17. Critical path method
A. is an improvement upon bar chart method
B. provides a realistic approach
to daily problems
C. avoids delays
which are very
common in bar charts
D. All the above
18. While scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A. a
project is divided
into various activities
B. required time for each activity
is established
C. sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
D. All the above.
19. The performance of a specific task in CPM, is known
A. Dummy
B. Event
C. Activity
D. Contract.
20. Completion of an activity on CPM network diagram, is generally known
A.
Event
B. Node
C. Connector
D. All the above.
21. An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in
A. Circle
B. Square
C. a triangle
D. all the
above.
22. What is PERT analysis based on?
A. Optimistic time
B. Pessimistic time
C. Most likely time
D. All of the above
23.
Which of the options is not a notable challenge while scheduling a project?
A. Deadlines exist
B. Independent activities
C. Too many workers may be required
D. Costly delay
24. What is the earliest
start time rule?
A. It compares the activity’s starting time for an activity successor.
B. It
compares the activity’s end time for an activity
predecessor.
C. It directs when a project can start.
D. It regulates when a project must begin.
25. What is a critical
path?
A. It is a path that operates
from the starting
node to the end node.
B. It is a mixture of all the paths
C. It is the
longest path
D. It is the
shortest path
26. What is the completion of a CPM network diagram
activity commonly known
as?
A. Connector
B. Event
C. Node
D. All of the above
27. Activities A, B, and C are the immediate predecessors for Y activity. If the earliest finishing time for the three activities are 12, 15, and 10, then what will be the earliest starting time for Y?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 12
D. Cannot be
determined
28. Activities P, Q, and
R instantly follow
activity M, and their current
starting times are 12, 19,
and
10. So, what is the latest finishing time for activity M?
A. 11
B. 10
C. 18
D. Cannot be determined
29. Activity in a network diagram is represented by?
A. Rectangles
B. Arrows
C. Squares
D. Circles
30. What happens when a project
is scheduled by CPM?
A. A project is divided
into various activities
B. Required time for each activity
is established
C. A sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
D. All of the above
31. The time which results
in the least
possible construction cost
of an activity, is known
A. normal time
B. slow time
C. crash time
D. standard time.
32. The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various
jobs of a project, is
known
A. Event flow scheduling technique
B. Critical ratio scheduling
C. Slotting technique for scheduling
D. Short interval scheduling.
33. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
A. An activity of a project is denoted by an arrow
on the net work
B. The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
C. The head of the arrow indicates
the end of the activity
D. The arrows are drawn to scale from left to right
34. The artificial activity
which indicates that an activity
following it, cannot
be started unless
the preceding
activity is complete,
is known as
A.
event
B. free float
C. dummy
D. constant.
35. A dummy activity
A. is artificially introduced
B. is represented by a dotted line
C. does not consume time
D. all the above.
36. The estimated time required
to perform an activity, is known as
A. event
B. dummy
C. duration
D. float.
37. If D is the duration, ES and EF are the earliest start
and finish, LS and LF are latest
start and latest finish time,
then the following
relation holds good
A.
EF = ES + D
B. LS = LF ? D
C. LF = LS + D
D. all the above.
38. The difference between
the time available to do a job and the time
required to do the job,
is known as
A.
event
B. float
C. duration
D. constraint.
39.
If TL is the latest
allowable event occurrence time, total activity
slack(s), is equal
to
A. LST-EST
B. LFT- EFT
C. TL-EFT
D. all the above.
40. The critical activity has
A. maximum float
B. minimum float
C. zero float
D. none of these.
41. The time by which activity
completion time can be delayed
without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as
A. duration
B. total flat
C. free float
D. interfering float.
42. For completion of a project, the critical path
of the network
represents
A. minimum time
B. maximum time
C. maximum cost
D. minimum cost.
43. Which one of the following represents an activity
A. excavation for foundation
B. curing of concrete
C. setting of question paper
D. all the above.
44. Which one of the following represents an event ?
A. concrete cured
B. fixing of door
C. plastering of walls
D. selecting sites
45. Pick up the correct network
for the activities of pouring concrete,
erection of form work, removal of form work and curing of concrete from the following :
A. 1. Pouring of Concrete,2. Erection of form
work,3. Curing of concrete,4. Removal
of form work
B. 1. Erection of form
work ,2. Pouring
of concrete3. Curing
of concrete,4. Removal
of form work
C. 1. Removal of form
work 2. Erection of form work3.
Pouring of concrete,4. Curing of concrete
D. 1. Pouring of concrete2. Curing of concrete 3. Erection of form work
4. Removal of form work.
46.
In a certain
project an activity
C can only be started
when activities A and B have been completed,
which have no bearing
on each other
and can be started independently. The correct network
for the activities, is
A. Activities A and B can be started independently
B. Activity C can be started only on completion of activity A
C. Activity D can be started only on completion of activity
D. all the above
47. In a project logic, four
activities M, N, 0 and P are to be completed before
starting activity Q. If the finish times of M, N, 0 and P are 12-00
hr, 14-00 hr,
15-00 hr. and 17-00 hr.
respectively, the earliest event occurrence time for the activity
A. 1200 hr.
B. 1400 hr.
C. 1500 hr.
D. 1700 hr.
48. If the total float and
duration of an activity are
5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be
A. started 5 days later
B. completed 5 days later
C. performed at slower rate in 15 days
D. all the above.
49.
Pick up the correct statement from the following
:
A. The float may be positive, zero or negative
B. If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period
equal to its total float,
the completion of project is not delayed
C. If the float of an activity is negative, delay
in its performance is bound to delay the
completion of project
D. All the above.
50. Critical path lies along the activities having total float
A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
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