WACHEMO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

1. Which of the following one is related with expression implies that the estimation
based on the present knowledge of the method of transaction in an economical way; it
may undergo a change with the passage of time or with improved techniques.
a. Duration c. One time estimate
b. Duration Estimate d. Three time Estimate
2. Which of the following network analysis technique is the best suitable for activities
with deterministic single - time duration?
a. PERT c. CPM
b. PN d. APM
3. One of the following is not implies the characteristics of critical paths.
a. Total project finish time
b. Longest paths through a network hence, the shortest project time
c. Has zero float
d. Activities takes place between events
4. One of the following is true about the pessimistic points: choose it.
a. Estimate for all favourable conditions with no risk or changes
b. The name is accurate in the estimate is based on changes, but once have been
planned for and can mitigated.
c. Highest cost to complete the work and longest duration.
d. Estimate both favourable and unfavourable condition.
5. Which one is the most widely used scheduling technique?
a. Critical path method
b. PERT method
c. Gantt chart
d. Calendar
6. Which one of the following is not express the characteristics of the planning?
a. is the process of identifying all the activities necessary to successfully
complete the project
b. Failure to plan leads to excessive labour cost, equipment waiting time and
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 c. establish the start ,duration and completion date of Schedules a project or task
d. Breakdown of project into work items (activities), define and describe
activities to be performed
7. Which of the following sequence is true for the basic steps to project scheduling?
a. Define the work –allocate resource – schedule activities
b. Allocate resource – define the work – schedule activities
c. Schedule activities – define the work – allocate resource
d. Define the work – schedule activity – allocate resource
e. All of the above
8. Which one of the following factors is used to considering the estimate of the duration
in the construction project?
a. Construction method
b. Project time limits
c. Quality of supervision
d. Complexity of the task
e. None of the above
9. Answer the following questions based on the following information.
If the daily production rate for crew that works in activities is 175units/day and the
total crew cost per day is 1800birr, the material needed for daily work is 4.5unit at
100birr/unit. How much the unit of time and cost it takes for the above questions
respectively?
a. 16 days and 1800 birr c. 8days and 14400 birr
b. 9 days and 14400 birr d. 8days and 18000 birr
10. Based on No 9 how much the total unit cost and consider an eight hour working day.
a. 11birr/unit c. 12.86 birr/unit
b. 11.5 birr/unit d. 13.96birr/unit
11. What is the duration in days to install 600 square feet of walls shuttering, if crew of 2
carpenters is used without put of 200 square feet/day?
a. 3 days c. 30 days
b. 1 days d. 15 days
12. Based on the Question No 11 if productivity measured as 0.008 man-hours/square
feet, number of carpenters 3, and number of working hours/day is 8 hours. How much
the duration for this information needed?
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 b. 2 days d. 30 days
13. One of the following explanations is more related with PERT project network
analysis technique; identify it.
a. Best suitable for activities with deterministic single – time duration
b. Commonly used technique for time planning of construction project
c. Useful for project feasibility report or tasks involving uncertainties
d. A point of time certain conditions have been fulfilled
14. Is the amount of the time by which the start of an activity may be delayed without
affecting the preceding or the following activity?
a. Free float c. Total float
b. Independent float d. EST
15. When an activity must be started, in order that there is no delay in the project
completion is known as
a. LST b. EST c. LFT d. EFT
16. Which one of the following is accordingly incorrect key point of PERT?
a. Is used to estimate project duration or cost
b. Is weighted average estimate technique
c. Best use for planning to ensure accurate scope
d. Is the least amount of time it can take to complete a task
17. Which of the following point is used to estimate both favourable and unfavourable
conditions?
a. Most likely c. optimistic
b. b. pessimistic d. both optimistic and most likely
18. is the process of deciding what to do and how to do today for the future is show;
a. scheduling c. project feasibility
b. planning d. inception and implementation
19. Which of the following one is used to depict the schedule of the project activities for
completion of the project with in the specified time?
a. Resource plan c. project preliminary plan
b. Plan to control d. time plan
20. In large city some factors influence how long it takes to drive from home to the
office. The weather, the time of the day, and any vehicle accidents on road can
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 this 60minutes, clear weather clear roads ….. Optimistic 30 minutes clear weather,
clear roads and Pessimistic is 120 minutes, thunderstorm, with rain, road blocked,
how much the length of this road?
a. 60 min c. 65 min
b. 56 min d. 120 min

Answer the following questions from No 21-26 based on the following table.

(Each activities duration given by days)

Activity Precedence Timing
TO TM TP
A - 1 5 3
B A 2 8 20
C A 8 12 16
D B 4 6 8
E B 1 2 3
F C 6 8 10
G E,D 2 3 4
H E,F 2 2 2
I H,G 6 6 6

21. From table 1 above, critical path is:

a. A, C, F, H, I c. A, C, F, E, I
b. A, B, D, G, I d. A, B, E, H, I
22. Floats for activity D&G respectively:-
a. 4 & 0 c. 4&5
b. 0 & 4 d. 4 & 4
23. Variances for activity C & F respectively:-
a. 0.111 & 9 d. 0.111 & 1.77
b. 1.77 & 0.111 e.1.77 & 0.444
c. 9 &0.111 f. 0.444 &1.77
24. Earliest finish and latest start time of an activities G & F respectively:-

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 a. 22,23 & 24,17 d.21,15 &15,21
b. 16, 24 & 23, 22 e.32,26 & 26, 32
c. 26,24 & 24, 16
25. The expected length of the project is:
a. 36 c. 32
b. 38 d. 28
26. The total float for this project is:
a. 16 c. 24
b. 20 d. 18
27. What is the probability that the project will be completed in 35 days?
a. 96.53% c. 91.35%
b. 78.23% d. 87.32%
28. What should be the scheduled completion time for the probability of completion to be
90%, if Z value is 1.28?
a. 34.95 days c. 35.97 days
b. 33.59 days d. 30.79 days
29. Is used to reduce peak requirement of resources and to smooth out period to period
assignments.
a. Resource allocation c. crashing
b. Resource levelling d. a and b
30. Which of the following is an imposed modification of the logical relationship
between activities?
a. Finish to finishing c. lag and leads
b. Unit cost d. crashing
31. What is the benefit of the planning in construction projects?
a. Aids the management in performing its functions efficiently and effectively.
b. forms the basis of a project operations and directions and shows how the
project is to be run
c. provides the yard-stick for measuring progress and evaluating resources
performances
d. It promotes unity of purpose among functional diversities to make people time
and cost conscious
e. None of the above

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32. Enables forecasting of input resources and earned value to indicate the pattern of
requirement and the financial state of the project in terms of investment, expenditure,
output, income and brings out implication of time and resource constraints. Which
one?
a. Scheduling c. Quality
b. Planning d. Cost
33. Which of the following level of the management is used to improve productivity?
a. Operational control at Supervisory Level
b. Administrative control at managerial level
c. Strategic control at corporate level
d. project manager’s level
34. When the exact duration of an activity, like research and development, is not certain,
which one of the following estimation method is used to compute its expected
duration?
a. One time estimate c. Trapezoidal distribution estimate
b. Three time estimate d. All of the above
35. This activity does not involve consumption of resources, and therefore does not need
any time to be ‘completed. Which one of the following?
a. Event or mile stone c. Dummy
b. Activity d. Leads
36. Considering that the project starts at time zero, the earliest occurrence time at each
node is found by going from node to node in the order of increasing node numbers
keeping in mind the logical relationships between the nodes as shown by the
connecting arrows. Which one of the following expresses this idea?
a. Forward pass c. Forward and backward pass
b. Backward pass d. Critical and critical path

Answer the following questions based on the table

Activity Duration Resources ( man Dependency
power)
A 3 2 -

B 4 2 A

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 C 3 4 A

D 4 2 A

E 5 3 C

F 2 3 B

G 5 4 D,E,F

Answer the following questions based on the above table and calculate based on LST
levelling method.

37. The length of the project is?

a. 18 c. 20
b. 16 d. 14
38. How much the total man power for this project?
a. 75 c. 57
b. 65 d. 56
39. What are the minimum and maximum day resources for this project respectively?
a. 2 and 7 c. 2 and 11
b. 4 and 8 d. 2 and 8
40. What is the total man power in the 6th day of the project?
a. 5 c. 4
b. 6 d. 11
41. What is the main significance of the crashing of the duration in the project?
a. decrease in the indirect expenses due to decrease in duration
b. increase the direct cost of the project to reduce indirect cost
c. increase in the indirect expenses due to decrease in duration
d. increase in the direct expenses due to more mobilization of resources
42. Which one of the following is the first step at the crashing time of the duration in the
construction project?
a. Finding the slope of the each activities
b. Calculating the length of the project
c. Calculating the extra resources
d. Sum up all the crashing cost

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 Answer the following questions from No 41 – 45 based on the table below.
(Don’t miss any steps to answer the questions)

Activity Normal Crash duration Normal cost Crash cost

duration (days) (days)

A 120 100 12000 14000

B 20 15 1800 2800
C 40 30 16000 22000
D 30 20 1400 2000
E 50 40 3600 4800
F 60 45 13500 18000

43. How much overall duration for this project before crashing the duration?
a. 120 c. 140
b. 130 d. 126
44. Which of the following critical path is true after crashing of the activity E duration?
a. A c. A, B-F-E
b. B-C-D-E d. A, B-C-D-E, B-F-E
45. How much the total project cost after crashing of the activity E?
a. 48900 c. 51600
b. 50100 d. 48300
46. If the project owner wants to crash each duration as follow, A by 5, B by 5, C by 5, D
by 10, E by 10 and F by 5. How much the total project cost for this project?
a. 56600 c. 60600
b. 51600 d. 50100
47. For the above Question No 44 the total day duration after crashing is:-
a. 120 c. 110
b. 130 d. 95
48. Which of the following project schedule is not need to prepare schedules?
a. Invoice schedule c. Labor schedule
b. Staff schedule d. None of the above
49. Which of the following statement is accordingly incorrect?

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 a. Pessimistic shows for all unfavourable conditions with all negative risks
b. Most likely estimate is accurate in the estimate is based on changes, but once
have been planned for and can be mitigated
c. Optimistic estimate for all favourable conditions with no risk or changes
d. Pessimistic estimation is the list amount of the time it can take to complete a
task
e. None of the above
50. One of the following statements is correct expression with its definition.
a. Float is the difference between the late start and early start
b. The variance associated with the critical path is the sum of variances associated
with the activities on the critical path
c. Free float is the amount of time by which the start of an activity may be
delayed without delaying the start of a following activity
d. Dummy activity does not involve consumption of resources, and therefore does
not need any time to be ‘completed’.
e. None of the above

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