Production Engineering objective questions with answers part8

Q1. O on a PERT/CPM chart represents
(A) an ordinary event
(B) a significant event representing some mile-stone
(C) an event to be transferred to other network chart
(D) dangling event

Q2. Select the correct statement. Dummy activity on a PERT/CPM chart means, it
(A) consumes time, but no resources
(B) consumes resources but no time
(C) consumes neither time nor resources
(D) is a dangling event

Q3. Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having
(A) maximum slack
(B) minimum slack
(C) average slack
(D) no slack

Q4. Slack of various events on the critical path in PERT/CPM chart
(A) increases continuously
(B) decreases continuously
(C) remains constant
(D) may increase or decrease depending on various factors

Q5. The assumption in PERT is
(A) a project will always be behind schedule, if left uncorrected
(B) cost of project will always be more than the estimated cost, if no timely corrections are taken
(C) a project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities
(D) activities are fixed and can’t be changed ,

Q6. Activity s,lack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by
(A) latest start time of succeeding event -earliest finish time of preceding event activity time
(B) latest start time of the event – earliest start time of the event
(C) latest finish time of event – earliest finish time of the event
(D) anyone of the above

Q7. The important file in making a PERT is
(A) an event can’t be accomplished until activities leading to it are completed
(B) length of arrow has nothing to do with time
(C) every activity must be completed before end point is reached
(D) All of these

Q8. An event is indicated on the network by
(A) a straight line
(B) a number enclosed in a circle or a square
(C) a straight line with circles at the ends
(D) a dotted line

Q9. In a PERT chart
(A) all activities should be numbered
(B) only important activities should be numbered
(C) only critical activities are numbered
(D) only selected activities are numbered

Q10. Positive slack on a PERT indicates that project is
(A) ahead of schedule
(B) beyond schedule
(C) as per schedule
(D) on critical path

Q11. The disadvantage of product layout is
(A) high initial investment for the specialized facilities
(B) skilled labour to operate machines
(C) production time is longer, requiring more goods in inventory
(D) high cost of inspection

Q12. The time of completing a project in network analysis is given by following time of the critical activity meeting at the finalitiode
(A) early finish
(B) early start
(C) late start
(D) late finish

Q13. Select the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
(A) a project is divided into various activities
(B) sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
(C) network is drawn by connecting the activities and the events
(D) All of these

Q14. Select the correct statement from the following
(A) critical path method is an improvement upon bar chart method
(B) critical path method provides a realistic approach to the daily problems
(C) critical path method avoids delays which are very common in bar chart
(D) All of these

Q15. Select the correct statement from the following
(A) programmer evaluation and review technique is event oriented
(B) programmer evaluation and review technique is not event oriented
(C) critical path method is event oriented
(D) none of these

Q16. The 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)

Q17. Bar charts are suitable for
(A) minor works
(B) major works
(C) large projects
(D) All of these

Q18. A milestone chart
(A) shows the inter dependences 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

Q19. In perpetual inventory control, the material is checked as it reaches its
(A) minimum value
(B) maximum value
(C) average value
(D) middle value

Q20. Monte Carlo solutions in queuing theory are extremely useful in queuing problems
(A) that can’t be analysed mathematically
(B) involving multistage queuing
(C) to verify mathematical results
(D) All of these