Production Engineering objective questions with answers part9

Q1. Emergency rush order can be pushed more effectively in
(A) job production
(B) automatic production
(C) continuous production
(D) intermittent production

Q2. Routing assists engineers in deciding in advance
(A) the flow of material in the plant
(B) the methods of proper utilization of manpower
(C) the methods of proper utilization of machines
(D) the layout of factory facilities

Q3. The performance of a specific task in CPM is known as
(A) dummy
(B) event
(C) activity
(D) contract

Q4. Select the incorrect statement from the following
(A) an activity of the 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

Q5. 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) artificial
(C) constraint
(D) dummy

Q6. A dummy activity
(A) is artificially introduced
(B) is represented by a dotted line
(C) does not require any time
(D) All of these

Q7. The difference between the time available to do the job and the time required to do the job, is known as
(A) event
(B) float
(C) duration
(D) constraint

Q8. The probability distribution of activity times in PERT follows following distribution
(A) normal
(B) binomial
(C) beta
(D) exponential

Q9. The probability distribution of project completion in PERT follows following distribution
(A) normal
(B) binomial
(C) exponential
(D) Gaussian

Q10. If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to
(A) latest start time – earliest start time
(B) latest finish time – earliest finish time (EFT)
(C) TL-EFT
(D) All of these

Q11. The critical activity has
(A) maximum float
(B) minimum float
(C) zero float
(D) average float

Q12. The time by which the activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is Known as
(A) duration
(B) total float
(C) free float
(D) interfering float

Q13. The critical path of a network represents
(A) the minimum time required for completion of project
(B) the maximum time required for completion of project
(C) maximum cost required for completion of project
(D) minimum cost required for completion of project

Q14. Select 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 in 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 of these

Q15. Critical path moves along the activities having total float of
(A) positive value
(B) negative value
(C) zero value
(D) same value

Q16. 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 of these

Q17. Select the correct statement about relationship between various floats
(A) free float = total float
(B) independent float > free float
(C) free float > total float
(D) independent float < free float.

Q18. The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
(A) normal time
(B) slow time
(C) crash time
(D) standard time

Q19. The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of any project is known as
(A) event flow scheduling technique
(B) critical ratio scheduling
(C) slotting technique for scheduling
(D) short interval scheduling

Q20. PERT is
(A) limit up of event oriented diagrams
(B) used for research and development projects
(C) based on three time estimates for activities linking up two events
(D) All of these

Q21. CPMis
(A) synthesising in concepts
(B) is built of activities oriented program-mes
(C) is used for repetitive works
(D) All of these

Q22. A CPM family includes
(A) CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
(B) MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
(C) CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)
(D) All of these

Q23. PERT/CPM, techniques can be used for following applications
(A) maintenance jobs
(B) research and development
(C) all non-technical jobs
(D) All of these

Q24. PERT analysis is based on
(A) optimistic time
(B) pessimistic time
(C) most likely time
(D) All of these

Q25. Discrepancies of bar chart techniques are
(A) consequential effects of lack in one activity on omer
(B) consequential effects of lack in one activity on the finish date
(C) free time available for an activity can’t be predicted
(D) All of these