Test: Crashing of Networks & Engineering Economy - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

on all the activities

on all the activities lying on the critical paths

only on activities lying on the original critical path and having flatter cost slopes

on original critical activities and those that become critical

assess the total cost of the work

ascertain the relevant escalation in prices

monitor the expenditure

evaluate the viability and worth whileness of taking up the project.

the summation of normal-durations of each activity in the project

summation of the normal- duration of activities on critical path

one, which gives the minimum total cost for completing the project

summation of crash-time of activities on critical path

A

B

C

D

all activities on the critical path

critical activities having minimum cost slope

activities on sub critical path

all activities of the network

Crashing

Negative slack

Variance

All of the above

2 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 3

1 and 2

decreasing the direct cost and increasing indirect cost

increasing the direct cost and decreasing the indirect cost

increasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

decreasing the direct cost and indirect cost both

cheapest critical activity

cheapest noncritical activity

costliest critical activity

costliest noncritical activity