Professional Manager Construction Interview Questions & Answers:

1. Can the flaggers use cell phone?

Flaggers shall be able to communicate with each other verbally, by means of signals that cannot be mistaken for flagging signals or by two-way radios. Headsets shall not be used. The use of cellular phones while performing flagging duties is prohibited. Reference IDOT Flagger Handbook.

2. During night work who does CM contact?

After Business Hours Requests 3PM-7AM are addressed in the Tollway Lane Closure Reference Guide on page 30. Tollway operates at 24/7, utilize project contact phone numbers and contact the Dispatch Center.

3. First method invented for planning projects, was:
A. Bar chart method
B. Milestone chart
C. Critical path method (CPM)
D. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

A. Bar chart method

4. 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

D. all the above

5. Overall in-charge of organisation at site responsible for the execution of the works, is:

A. Executive Engineer
B. Engineer
C. Junior Engineer
D. Sub overseer
E. Assistant Engineer

B. Engineer

6. The Modular co-ordination of construction proper means?
A. planning
B. designing
C. execution
D. all the above

D. all the above

7. Which time results in the leasi, possible construction cost of an activity, is known:

A. normal time
B. slow time
C. crash time
D. standard time

B. slow time

8. Pick up correct statement from following:
A. CPM analysis is activity oriented
B. PERT analysis is event oriented
C. CPM does not make any allowance for the uncertainties in the duration of time
D. In CPM, the time is related to cost
E. All the above

E. All the above

9. The Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as:

A. projects
B. major projects
C. minor projects
D. all the above

C. minor projects

10. If total float and duration of 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

D. all the above

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11. The Bar charts are suitable for:

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

A. minor works

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

C. duration

16. 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

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

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

C. zero

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

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. 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

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25. 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