Civil Engineering MCQAE Level Civil Engineering

The primary advantage of a bar chart (Gantt chart) over a CPM network for site supervisors is:

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Choose the correct answer

A

It explicitly shows the critical path and total floats

B

It allows easy resource leveling across activities

C

It is simple to understand, prepare and update on site

D

It accounts for probabilistic activity durations

Correct Answer

C. It is simple to understand, prepare and update on site

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Bar charts are intuitive — each activity is a horizontal bar proportional to its duration. Site supervisors without planning training can read them easily. Their weakness: no dependency links between activities are shown, making impact analysis difficult — hence networks are used for planning while bar charts are used for monitoring.

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