The document contains 47 multiple choice questions related to construction management. The questions cover topics such as project scheduling techniques like bar charts, CPM and PERT, network analysis methods, activity definitions, float calculations, cost control, safety practices, contract management and other construction management concepts. Answers to all 47 questions are provided at the end.

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1. Public works must be of very good quality, because :
a) It is paid in higher rate
b) Project are of higher priority
c) Users are generally public and maintenance is timely difficulty and costly
d) All of above
2. The conception of idea for any construction work is the responsibility of:
a) Owner
b) Engineer
c) Contractor
d) All of these
3. The process of calculating the resources requirement of a project is known as:
a) Scheduling
b) Coordinating
c) Resources aggregation
d) All of these
4. A milestone chart :*
a) Depicts the delay of job
b) Shows the interdependency of various jobs
c) Shows the events in chronological but not in a logical sequence
d) All of the above
5. Milestone chart is an important over :
a) Bar chart
b) PERT
c) CPM
d) All the these
6. Crashing to the project means :
a) Reducing the time of completion by spending more resource
b) Reducing the cost of project by delaying the time of completion
c) Reducing the project size to save the resources
d) All the above
7. Bar chart suitable for:**
a) Large project
b) Major project
c) Minor project
d) All of these
8. Which of the following is an activity :*
a) Concrete cured
b) Wall plastered
c) Excavation for foundation
d) All of the above
9. The bar chart technique is commonly used because it :
a) Is simple to draw and easy to understand
b) Indicates progress clearly
c) Is useful for cost and quality control
d) All the above
10. If the variation amount is in between 10% to 15% of the original contract value then
approval of the variation of cost is done by: *
a) Project manager b) Site in charge

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c) Department head d) All of the above
11. In Nepal which of the following act contains the provision of health and safety of the
worker
a) Contract Act
b) Industry Act
c) Labour Act
d) All of above
12. In the construction industry arbitration method is used for :*
a) Inviting the tender
b) Opening the tender
c) Awarding the tender
d) None of these
13. Muster roll consist of :
a) Estimating the cost of the project
b) List of material in site
c) List of equipment
d) None of above
14. Which of the following mode of selection is related to procurement of goods?
a) QCBS
b) QBS
c) CBS
d) NONE
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15. The type of construction in which more equipment are used is known as capital intensive
while the construction in which more human labours are used is called :
a) Machine intensive
b) Labour intensive
c) Capital intensive
d) All of the above
16. The main disadvantage of line organization is:
a) Monopoly at top level
b) Rigid structure
c) Delay in communication
d) All of the above
17. The upper portion of horizontal bars in a bar chart indicates
a) Total duration for completion of an activity
b) Progress of work in the specified time
c) Due duration for the completion of an activity
d) All of the above
18. The interrelationship between the functional elements of a programme is achieved
through:
a) Work break down structure
b) Bar charts
c) Gantt chart
d) All of the above
19. PERT technique of network analysis is use full for :
a) Small project
b) Large project
c) Research and development
project
d) All of the above
20. Bar chart is used for minor project ,CPM is used for repetitive work while PERT is used
for:
a) Repetitive type of work
b) Limited time and unlimited resources type of work
c) Uncertainty time and research type of work
d) All of the above
21. For a curve large the variance :
a) Grater will be the uncertainty

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b) Smaller will be the uncertainty
c) Not related with the uncertainty
d) All of the above
22. The occurrence of the staring of an activity is:
a) Head event
b) Tail event
c) Dual role event
d) All of the above
23. The occurrence of the completion of an activity is called it’s :
a) Head event
b) Tail event
c) Dual role event
d) All of the above
24. CPM adopts :
a) Deterministic approach
b) Probabilistic approach
c) Fantastic approach
d) All of the above
25. In CPM “forward pass” and “backward pass” are used to calculate ………..respectively.
a) Earliest expected time and latest allowable time
b) Latest allowable time and earliest expected time
c) To check float and slack
d) All of the above
26. A fictious activity with zero duration and no cost used to maintain the sequential order of
the activities in network is known as a :
a) Restraint
b) Dummy activity
c) Event
d) All of the above
27. Free float is the :
a) Portion of independent float
b) Portion of positive total float
c) Portion of interfacing float
d) All of the above
28. In CPM :
a) Time optimization is given prime importance
b) Cost optimization is given prime importance
c) Cost is directly proportional to time
d) All of the above
29. Which method is known as minimum cost or maximum time schedules methods :
a) PERT
b) CPM
c) Bar chart
d) All of the above
30. Higher standers deviations means :
a) Lower uncertainty
b) Medium uncertainty
c) Higher uncertainty
d) All of the above
31. Which one is not required for sealed quotation?
a) Rate
b) Bidding
c) Quantity
d) All of the above
32. If a contractor is found corrupt for tender work then what should be done by the
concerned office
a) His tender is canceled
b) Way to legal count
c) Fine is charged
d) All of the above
33. Local tender is not favorable due to following reasons :

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a) Unknown about foreign material
b) Most of the material used locally
c) Engineer or site in charge pressured
d) all of the above
34. Generally in GON office, what is the main intention of office chief :
a) Direct purchase
b) Bidding
c) Sealed quotation
d) All of the above
35. The most critical stage of a construction is construction of :
a) Foundation
b) Plinth level
c) Beams and slab
d) All of the above
36. If the height of the frequency distribution underneath is equal to unity then curve is
known as :
a) Normal distribution curve
b) Skew curve
c) Probability distribution curve
d) All of the above
37. The increase in price of materials during the construction is called :
a) Escalation
b) Descalation
c) Devaluation
d) All of the above
38. In many project responsibility of safety is given to:
a) Contractor
b) Clint
c) Individual
d) All of the above
39. Evaluation of of work is done to get as well as reform the expected output. the type of
evaluation which is done before the implementation is known as :
a) Ex –ante
b) On –going
c) Ex –post
d) All of the above
40. Due to omission of any component of the project the cost of project :
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Constant
d) All of the above
41. Indirect cost of the project :
a) Decrease with duration
b) Decrease up to optimum duration and then increase with duration
c) Increase with duration
d) All of the above
42. An offer in writing to execute some specified civil works at certain rates within a fixed
time under certain conditions of contract is :
a) Contract
b) Bid
c) Proposal
d) All of the above
43. The purposes of preparing job layout for a construction project is :
a) More economical method of working
b) Reduction in wastage and determination of materials
c) Higher productivity from labour and machinery
d) All of the above
44. Choose the incorrect statement :
a) Arrow representing activity in CPM network is drawn without any scale

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b) Head of an activity represents the finish of an activity
c) Tail of an activity represents the start of an activity
d) None of the above
45. The activity which consumes maximum time is called :
a) Critical activity
b) Non critical activity
c) Super critical activity
d) None of the above
46. The activity which consumes maximum time is called :
e) Event
f) Node
g) Critical
h) None of the above
R Agar
47. Which one of the following represents an event?
a) Concrete cured
b) Fixing of door
c) Plastering of wall
d) Selecting sites
e) All the above
48. Pick up the incorrect statement from following
a) The difference between the earliest start time and latest finish time of any activity , is
the maximum time available for the activity
b) The difference between the maximum time available for the job and actual time it
consumes is called total float
c) The difference between the latest start time and earliest start time of any activity , is
called total float
d) The difference between the earliest finish time of an activity and the earliest start time
of it’s succession activity is called free float of the activity
e) None of these
All the best

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Answer:
1 B 11 C 21 A 31 B 41 C
2 A 12 D 22 B 32 A 42 A
3 C 13 D 23 A 33 C 43 B
4 C 14 D 24 A 34 A 44 D
5 A 15 B 25 A 35 A 45 D
6 A 16 A 26 B 36 A 46 D
7 C 17 B 27 B 37 A 47 A
8 C 18 A 28 B 38 A 48 E
9 A 19 C 29 B 39 A
10 C 20 C 30 C 40 B