Professional Manager Construction Interview Questions & Answers:

1. Main principle of an organisation, is:

A. unity of command
B. coherency
C. effective control at all levels
D. delegation of authority
E. all the above

E. all the above

2. Performance of specific task in CPM, is known:

A. Dummy
B. Event
C. Activity
D. Contract

C. Activity

3. The Construction team means:

A. an engineer
B. an architect
C. an owner
D. a contractor
E. all the above

E. all the above

4. The Mile Stone charts were invented in year of:

A. 1910
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940
E. 1950

D. 1940

5. Technique for the 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

B. Critical ratio scheduling

6. Pick up incorrect statement from 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
E. Each activity consumes a given time

D. The arrows are drawn to scale from left to right

7. Suppose 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. D = EF - ES
E. all the above.

E. all the above.

8. Pick up PERT event from following:

A. Digging of foundation started
B. Digging of foundation completed
C. Laying of concrete started
D. Laying of concrete completed
E. All the above

E. All the above

9. Cost of project is more than:

A. one lac
B. two lacs
C. three lacs
D. four lacs
E. five lacs.

A. one lac

10. The Completion of activity on the CPM network diagram, is generally known:

A. Event
B. Node
C. Connector
D. All the above

D. All the above

11. Milestone chart:

A. shows the interdependencies of various jobs
B. depicts the delay of jobs, if any
C. points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
D. none of these

D. none of these

12. KThe Final technical authority of project lies with:

A. Assistant Engineer
B. Executive Engineer
C. Superintending Engineer
D. Chief Engineer

D. Chief Engineer

13. Time and progress chart of construction, is also known as:

A. Bar chart
B. Gantt chart
C. Modified Mile stone chart
D. Critical path method chart
E. All the above

E. All the above

14. The Various activities of project, are shown on bar charts by:

A. vertical lines
B. horizontal lines
C. dots
D. crosses

B. horizontal lines

15. The Military Organization is known as:

A. line organisation
B. line and staff organisation
C. functional organisation
D. none of these

A. line organisation

16. Pick up incorrect statement from following:

A. The activity is the time consuming part of a project
B. The beginning and end of a job, are called events
C. The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node
D. Logically and sequentially connected activities and events form a network
E. None of these

C. The activity which consumes maximum time, is called a node

17. Henry Gantt developed Bar charts for the planning and scheduling of projects in:

A. 1880
B. 1900
C. 1920
D. 1940
E. 1950

B. 1900

18. The dummy activity:

A. is artificially introduced
B. is represented by a dotted line
C. does not consume time
D. all the above.

D. all the above.

19. Artificial activity which indicates 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

C. dummy

20. The Time by which activity completion time can be delayed without affecting start of succeeding activities, is known as:

A. duration
B. total flat
C. free float
D. interfering float

C. free float

21. The Critical Path of 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

D. all the above

22. Method of Critical path:

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. was invented by Morgan R. Walker of Dupot and James E. Kalley or Remington U.S.A. in 1957
E. All the above

E. All the above

23. Functional organisation of salient feature is:

A. strict adherence to specifications
B. separation of planning and design part
C. each individual maintains functional efficiency
D. work is properly planned and distributed
E. all the above

E. all the above

24. The technical planning Object is:

A. preparation of specifications
B. preparation of estimates
C. initiating the procurement action of resources
D. taking remedial action for likely bottleneck in the execution
E. all the above

E. all the above

25. Difference between time avail-to do a job and time required to do the job, is known as:

A. event
B. float
C. duration
D. constraint

B. float

26. Most popular type of the organisation used for Civil Engineering Constructions, is:

A. line organisation
B. line and staff organisation
C. functional organisation
D. effective organisation

A. line organisation

27. Construction schedule is prepared after collecting:

A. number of operations
B. output of labour
C. output of machinery
D. quantity of various items
E. all the above.

E. all the above.

28. CPM is the:

A. synthesising in concepts
B. is built of activities oriented programme
C. is based on time estimate
D. is used for repetitive works
E. all the above

E. all the above

29. The Critical path lies along activities having total float:

A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
D. same

C. zero

30. CPM family is includes:

A. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
B. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
C. MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
D. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)
E. All the above

E. All the above

31. Estimated time required to perform activity, is known as:

A. event
B. dummy
C. duration
D. float

C. duration

32. The Site order book is used for the recording:

A. instructions by the executive engineers
B. construction measurements
C. issue of store equipments
D. names of the casual labour

A. instructions by the executive engineers

33. Executive Engineer may have powers up to:

A. Rs. 25,000
B. Rs. 50,000
C. Rs. 100,000
D. Rs. 200,000
E. Rs. 500,000

A. Rs. 25,000

34. Critical ratio scheduling:

A. establishes the relative priorities among various activities on a common basis
B. determines the status of each activity
C. adjusts automatically changes in activity progress
D. is a dynamic system
E. none of these

E. none of these

35. The Bar charts are suitable for:

A. minor works
B. major works
C. large projects
D. all the Above

A. minor works