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What type of Activity during project initiation needed?

1. Introduction (a) Objectives (b) Major Functions (c) Performance Issues (d) Management and Technical Constraints

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added 3 years ago
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Discuss the differences between command file and executable file.

Both files are commonly found in a program’s root installation directory and both run programs when opened. Often, they even have the same Windows icon. To the average user, .BAT and .EXE files appear nearly identical.

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In which cases, QuickSort becomes a ‘SlowSort’ ? What Is the remedy In those cases? 

There are few cases for which QuickSort becomes "Slowsort", with complexity of O(n2). Consider, for example, what happens if the value picked each time as the partitioning value happens to be the largest,

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added 3 years ago
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What is hydration of cement ? Discuss the reactions that take place between cement compounds and water.

Anhydrous cement does not bind fine and coarse aggregate it acquires adhesive property only when mixed with water.

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added 2 years ago
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Give the physical characteristics of 53 grade OPC.

OPC means Ordinary Portland Cement. If the 28 days strength is not less than 53 N/mm2.

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Write notes on Mixing and Mixer machines of concrete.

Mixing:- Thorough mixing of the materials is essential for the production of uniform concrete.

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Explain Kelly Ball to measure the workability of concrete. Mention the limitation of the test.

This is a simple field test consisting of the measurement of the indentation made by 15 cm dia. metal hemisphere weighing 13.6 kg when freely placed on fresh concrete.

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added 2 years ago
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Differentiate between creep and shrinkage of concrete.

Creep can be defined as the time dependent part of the strain resulting from stress.

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What are the initial and final setting times of cement ? How are they experimentally determined ?

It is regarded as the time elapsed between the moment that the water is added to cement to the time that the paste starts losing its plasticity.

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