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CMT Multiple Choice Questions

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions related to construction management topics such as: - The construction industry is the second largest economy generating industry. - The overall coordinating person on a construction project is the project manager. - When planning a project, we should consider financial, design, and future considerations. - A contract is a legal agreement between two parties. - Control estimates are used to monitor construction projects.

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CMT Multiple Choice Questions

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions related to construction management topics such as: - The construction industry is the second largest economy generating industry. - The overall coordinating person on a construction project is the project manager. - When planning a project, we should consider financial, design, and future considerations. - A contract is a legal agreement between two parties. - Control estimates are used to monitor construction projects.

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CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Multiple Choice Questions


1. The second largest economy generating industry is ( c )
a) Agriculture
b) Petro-Chemical.
c) Construction Industry
d) Leather Industry
2. The overall co-ordinating person in a construction team is ( c )
a) The Owner
b) The Architect
c) The Project Manger
d) The Contractor
3. In planning for a project,we should consider the following
aspects(a)
a) The past, present and future
b) Design considerations
c) Financial considerations
d) Man power availability
4. A contract is an agreement between ( a )
a) Two parties valid in law
b) Several agencies
c) Three agencies
d) Two parties without legal binding
5. In cost plus fixed fee contract (a)
a) The contractor is paid a fixed amount as profit
b) The contractor is paid only the concost
c) The contractor invariably suffers a loss
d) The contractor is paid 75%
6. A control estimate is prepared for ( c )
a) Getting financial assistance from banks
b) Making payments to the contractor
c) Monitoring the project during construction
d) None of these
7. A life-cycle curve is useful for ( b )
a) Financial control
b) Progress review and control
c) Showing interdependencies of activities
d) Showing the milestones clearly
8. Work Break down structure helps in ( b )
a) Identifying the activities
b) Identifying the functional elements of a project and their inter-
relationship
c) Breaking the project into several elements
d) Breaking the project into sub-systems
9. Precedence networks are best suited when ( a )
There are large number of overlapping activities
There are many critical activities
The project is to be executed efficiently
A-O-A networks are to be avoided
10. A milestone chart is ( b )
a) Same as the bar chart
b) An improvement over the bar chart
c) Inferior to the bar chart
d) None of these
11.Which method of problem-solving and decision-making is useful
in the management of organizations? (b)
Matrix Methods
Operations research
Graphical methods
None of the above
12. Which method involves drawing a solution on comparison of
available options? ( a )
Optimization
Simulation
Probability methods
Statistical methods
13. Which is a graphical tool that uses information such as probability
of occurrence of event and its consequences for quantifying risk? ( d )
Bayesian method
Belief functions method
Decision tree analysis
Decision Making matrix
14. Each linear programming model must have an exclusive
______________ function ( d )
Subjective
Constraint
Variable
Objective
15. Identify the type of solution from graph in the given figure ( b )

Feasible solution
Unbounded solution
Infeasible function
Multiple Optimal Solution
16. If the linear programming problem has larger number of variables,
the suitable method for solving is _________ ( a )
Simplex Method
Graphical method
Statistical method
Objective method
17. If all the variables in a solution are non negative, it is called as( b )
Basic solution
Basic feasible solution
Unbounded solution
Multiple Optimal Solution
18. The very first thing you should do if you are the first to witness or
discover an accident on the job site is to: ( d )
Go find at least one co-worker to help you so you can work as a team
Go to the scene and help the person(s) injured
Find and fill out the necessary forms to document the incident
Activate the emergency response system
19. The following is indirect cost of accident ( c )
Money paid for treatment of worker
Compensation paid to worker
Cost of lost time of injured worker
All the above
20. Check list for Job Safety Analysis (JSA) consists of ( a )
Work area, material, machine, tools
Men, machine, material, tools
Men, machine, work area, tools
Men, work area. Material, tools
21. A feasible solution to a Linear Programming problem ( a )
Must satisfy all of the problem’s constraints simultaneously
Need not satisfy all of the constraints, only some of them
Must be a corner point of the feasible region
Must optimize the value of the objective function
22. Which of the following statements is true with respect to optimal
solution of a Linear Programming problem ( d )
Every LP problem has an optimal solution
Optimal solution of an LP problem always occurs at an extreme point
At optimal solution all resources are completely used
If an optimal solution exists, there will always be at least one at a
corner
23. An iso-profit line represents ( b )
An infinite number of solution all of which yield the same cost
An infinite number of solutions all of which yield the same profit
An infinite number of optimal solutions
A boundary of the feasible region
24. If two constraints do not intersect in the positive quadrant of the
graph, then ( c )
The solution is unbounded
One of the constraints is redundant
The problem is infeasible
None of the above
25. Which of these causes the most construction site fatalities? ( c )
Electrocution
Trench collapses
falls
Contact with chemicals
26. What does the E in PPE stand for? ( b )
Effort
Equipment
Excellence
Edges
27. How deep can you dig a trench before you need to install a
protective system of some kind? ( a )
5 feet
10 feet
15 feet
20 feet
28. What is the closest you can generally build a scaffold near a
power line? ( c )
3 feet
6 feet
10 feet
100 feet
29. Where can you safely store dirt removed from a trench or hole?(a)
2 or more feet from the edge
anywhere you can find space
In piles right near the trench exits
Wherever is most convenient
30. A worker falls off a working surface that is 16' off the
ground. How long would it take for them to hit the ground? ( a )
1 second
3 seconds
0.1 seconds
5 seconds

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