Question

All of the following are considered non-productive activities relating to equipment excepts
1. setting up or breaking down a machine
2. maintaining the machine
3. waiting for workers or material
4. all of the above are non-productive activities

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : all of the above are non-productive activities

Explanation:

Productive and non-productive activities

Productive activities are those activities that produce somethings and which are directly related to the performance of individual work/tasks.

Non-productive activities are those which are not able to produce anything and are related to interruption or delays of work performance for various reasons such as defective equipment or tools, errors/mistakes made by the worker,  lack of construction materials,  personal reasons of the workers, late arrival or early departure of laborers, late completion of preparation for work, idle time, waiting for crew members, waiting for tools, equipment, waiting for construction materials.