Mechanical Engineering Mcqs
The basic difference between PERT and CPM is that_____________?

A. Pert deals with events and cpm with activities
B. Critical path is determined in pert only
C. Costs are considered on cpm only and not in pert
D. Guessed times are used in pert and evaluated times in cpm

Queuing theory is used for____________________?

A. Inventory problems
B. Traffic congestion studies
C. Job-shop scheduling
D. All of the above

Queuing theory is associated with __________________?

A. Sales
B. Inspection time
C. Waiting time
D. Production time

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 the above

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. all of the above

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)

Emergency rush order can be pushed more effectively in__________________?

A. Job production
B. Automatic production
C. Continuous production
D. Intermittent production