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Design
Q:
On large projects owner retainage, typically 10 percent of the value of work to date, is kept in full until the project is satisfactorily completed, then is released.
Q:
An application for payment submitted by the contractor to the owner or designer typically requires the stamp of a notary public.
Q:
Match the communication type listed with the correct description following.
a. Request for information
b. Daily reports
c. Field transmittal memos
d. Monthly reports
e. Notice to proceed
1___Records the subcontractors working on site and key deliveries made.
2___Reports the project's status to both the project team and the owner organization.
3___A formal method of communication/clarification.
4___Documents the official start of the project.
5___Used to track submittals.
Q:
As quality expenditures increase, the value to the owner increases, but at a decreasing rate.
Q:
The purpose(s) of front-end loading and weighting is (are) to
a. Offset project mobilization costs
b. Offset owner retainage
c. Improve contractor cash flow
d. All of the above
Q:
Which curve listed would best serve as the basis of a contractor's accounts receivable (A/R)?
a. Cost
b. Production
c. Schedule of values
d. Income
e. Cash requirements
Q:
Value engineering is a creative, organized approach whose objective is to minimize cost
and/or maximize performance of a facility or system.
Q:
How can a project manager compress a schedule?
a. Revise the schedules logic
b. Use overtime
c. Use substitute materials or equipment
d. Increase crew size
e. All of the above
Q:
A project control system should isolate and control in detail those elements with the greatest impact on final cost.
Q:
Cost control is a form of cost accounting.
Q:
Cost control can be approached as an application of Pareto's law, which states that percent of the project's outcome is determined by percent of the included elements.
a. 50; 50
b. 80; 20
c. 25; 75
d. 50; 60
e. 100; 25
Q:
The schedule is used as a primary performance model in the derivation of all control curves.
a. Bar chart
b. CPM
c. Matrix
d. Horse blanket
e. All of the above
Q:
As a project is crashed from its normal duration to its optimal duration,
a. The project's indirect cost is reduced
b. The project's direct cost is reduced
c. The duration of the project increases
d. Additional float is created
e. None of the above
Q:
What is the late finish time for activity 35-45?a. 10b. 13c. 15d. 17e. None of the above
Q:
What is the early finish time for Set Base Plates 2?a. 1b. 15c. 16d. 19e. None of the above
Q:
What is the correct i-j notation for the Cure 1 activity?a. 3-2b. 30-40C. 30-2-40d. 45-55e. None of the above
Q:
What is the early start day for the Form/Conc. 2 activity?a. 7b. 8c. 9d. 10e. None of the above
Q:
What is the project's duration?a. 13b. 15c. 19d. 22e. None of the above
Q:
Which of the following is not true about network schedules?
a. Their preparation forces management to define and plan work in detail.
b. They support efficient communication between field and home office.
c. They improve coordination with subcontractors and suppliers.
d. Their preparation is relatively quick and inexpensive.
e. All of the above are true.
Q:
A network schedule is continuous.
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A network schedule shows
a. The order in which construction tasks must be completed
b. Which construction tasks can be accomplished concurrently
c. Which construction tasks must follow other operations
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Q:
Project schedules are necessary tools to control the component of a construction project.
a. Cost
b. Time
c. Quality
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Q:
In arrow rotation, the longer the arrow, the longer the activity's duration.
Q:
The level of contingency applied to a project should as the project moves towards completion.
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Remain constant
Q:
The Masterformat specification format, as compared to the Uniformat, better reflects the manner in which a project is built
Q:
Overhead burden is greatest on which of the following cost categories?
a. In-house material
b. In-house labor
c. In-house equipment
d. Subcontractor
e. Overhead is applied equally to all cost categories
Q:
An index measures change with respect to an established baseline.
Q:
The value of the quality to the owner as the design quality of a project increases.
a. Increases at a decreasing rate
b. Increases at an increasing rate
c. Increases at a constant rate
d. Decreases
e. Does not change
Q:
As an estimate progresses from conceptual to detailed, it takes longer to prepare and becomes less accurate.
Q:
The amount of profit a bidder includes is a factor of ______
a. Extent of perceived risk
b. Level of expected competition
c. Project duration
d. The particular client
e. All of the above
Q:
When adjusting an estimate for time and location, the adjustment for location must be made first.
Q:
Which of the following best defines learning curve?
a. Repetition is inversely related to productivity.
b. Productivity increases as repetitions increase.
c. Worker productivity is a constant.
d. Productivity decreases as the size of a project increases.
e. None of the above
Q:
Which of the following types of estimates would a contractor most likely use to bid a project?
a. Square foot
b. Unit price
c. Systems
d. Conceptual
e. Aggregate
Q:
The Empire State Building, though a beautiful and monumental building took significantly longer to build due to poor productivity and minimal innovative technologies.
Q:
A skilled and motivated worker is typically more productive, needs less supervision and works safer.
Q:
Mark (a) for a task typically completed in the home office and (b) for a task usually accomplished in the field office.
1> Obtain progress and record photos
2> Keep a job diary
3> Prequalify bidders
4> Maintain job safety
5> Prepare the project schedule
Q:
Ideally, projects should gradually build up the work force, have a strong production period, and then gradually decrease the work force to zero.
Q:
What is a punch list?
a. Items that must be completed prior to contract completion
b. A stencil for punching holes in steel
c. A System for collecting accurate field information for a contract status report
d. A form used for logging machine hours worked
e. None of the above
Q:
A general contractor is engaged in _________ when seeking quotes from sub contractors that he/she has no intention in hiring.
a. Bid peddling
b. Bid shopping
c. Estimating
d. Marketing
e. None of the above
Q:
Identify in which listed part of a typical bid package the following requested information would be found.
a. Agreement
b. Instructions to bidders
c. Alternates
d. Drawings, specifications, and addenda
e. General and special conditions
1 ____Would include a change in technical requirements issued prior to bid opening
2 ____Would address issues such as parking on the job site, traffic control needs, and
prevailing wage provisions
3 ____Would indicate the date and location for submission of bids
4 ____Owner request for pricing of a substitute material
5 ____A liquidated damage clause
Q:
One of the current trends in risk management is towards centralized control of all project insurance.
Q:
A _____bond requires that the contractor will accomplish acceptably the work
contracted.
a. Bid
b. Performance
c. Payment
d. Lien
e. Hone of the above
Q:
An addendum is a change issued to a bidder after contract award. The accepted addendum may lead to a change in price, time, and/or work required to be accomplished.
Q:
In a "pure" construction management delivery method, the selected subcontractor will sign a contract with the ________
a. Owner
b. Construction manager
c. General contractor
d. Designer
e. None of the above
Q:
What is the term used to describe the process of investigating the capability of contractors prior to being selected to bid on an upcoming project?
a. Bonding
b. Prequalification
c. Request for proposal (RFP)
d. Licensing
e. Certification
Q:
Identify the stage of design in which the following project activity would normally occur. Use each stage once only.
a. Conceptual planning
b. Contract documents
c. Design development
d. Schematic design
1 _____Evaluate and finalize mechanical and electrical systems
2 _____Procure final building permit
3 _____Analyze alternate schemes and conduct engineering analysis
4 ____Evaluate labor and trade contractor market
Q:
The best time for a candidate construction management firm to learn the specifics of a
proposed project is during the interview stage, as this allows the firm to begin to put together a construction management workplan.
Q:
Selection of the designer must precede selection of the construction manager.
Q:
A thorough investigation of the proposed area for construction should occur before _________.
a. The determination of the bid package breakdown for the project
b. Detailed scheduling occurs
c. Detailed estimating occurs
d. Moving into the schematic design stage
e. All of the above
Q:
Investigating and implementing up/down construction is an example of (a)
a. Mitigation program
b. Constructability analysis
c. Life cycle costing
d. Feasibility study
e. None of the above
Q:
The process an owner should utilize in selecting a construction manager is comparable to the process of selecting an architect or an engineer: review past experience, collect references, and examine the resumes of the key people that will be assigned to the project.
Q:
As project time moves on, the ability to cost-effectively influence changes
a. Increases while costs committed increase
b. Increases while costs committed decrease
c. Decreases while costs committed increase
d. Decreases while costs committed decrease
e. None of the above
Q:
Assuming no contract changes, during which of the following project stages is the actual cost of construction most likely to be determined?
a. Feasibility analysis
b. Design
c. Procurement
d. Construction
e. None of the above
Q:
In which of the following are the four stages of design in the correct order?
a. Schematic design; programming; design development; contract documents
b. Programming; schematic design; design development; contract documents
c. Design development; schematic design; contract documents; programming
d. Schematic design; design development; contract documents; programming
e. Programming; design development; schematic design; contract documents
Q:
With the cost of money increasing 10 percent per year, a dollar spent on construction today is worth more than a dollar earned two years in the future.
Q:
Long-lead items are materials or equipment typically ordered and bought by the
in advance of the contract award.
a. Owner
b. Designer
c. Construction manager
d. Trade contractor
e. Public
Q:
As a project moves through the design phase, decisions and details considered become more numerous, and of a smaller scale.
Q:
Identify in which project phase the following work would occur.
a. Initiation and feasibility analysis
b. Project design
c. Procurement
d. Construction
e. Turnover and startup
1____Contract for subcontract services
2____Broad-scale planning
3____Store spare parts and collect warranties
4____Coordinate labor and material installation
5____Write project specifications
Q:
When assessing the risks applicable to a project, one must also look to the owner organization and the manner in which decision making occurs.
Q:
In which of the following project approaches is owner oversight most difficult to apply?
a. Design/Bid/Build lump sum
b. Design/Bid/Build GMP
c. Design/Build
d. Construction project management
e. Owner oversight is a function of staffing, not of the chosen delivery method or contract.
Q:
A project is rushed into design without a total understanding of the owner's needs. As the project moves through the design, additional requirements are added, increasing the project budget. 'This is an example of
a. Project acceleration
b. Fast tracking
c. Scope creep
d. Separated functions
e. None of the above
Q:
Historically, a "master builder" was hired to build a project. Today, the same approach would be most like which delivery method?
a. Design/Bid/Build with a lump sum bid
b. Design/Bid/Build with a GMP
c. Construction project management
d. Design/Build
e. Unit-price contract
Q:
The choice of which delivery method is correct is a factor of perceived risk. Which of the following is a source of project risk?
a. Financial concerns
b. Quality of the materials or workmanship
c. When the project will be completed
d. Quality of design
e. All of the above
Q:
A unit-price contract provides an owner with price competition while still allowing for an increase or decrease in actual versus estimated quantities.
Q:
In a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract, costs above the GMP are covered by the contractor.
Q:
In a pure construction management approach the construction manager usually guarantees the overall price of the project.
Q:
An advantage of the design/build approach is that construction can begin before design is 100% complete.
Q:
The term fast track
a. Is synonymous with design/manage
b. Means that construction is begun before the design is complete
c. Is synonymous with turnkey
d. Indicates that two or more companies have combined forces for the duration of the project.
e. None of the above
Q:
________ can best be described as the process of training and developing future project leaders.
a. Management
b. Motivating
c. Business Development
d. Mentoring
e. None of the above
Q:
Which of the following legal forms of business organizations is perpetual?
a. Sole Proprietorship
b. Partnership
c. Corporation
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Q:
_________ is the primary focus of an effective Total Quality Management program.
a. Efficient product work flow
b. Customer Satisfaction
c. Continuous Improvement
d. Organization Esprit de Corps
e. Both b & c
Q:
Which of the following terms is used to describe the "unofficial/infomal" relationship established between two workers in two different departments?
a. Matrix
b. Pooled relationship
c. Gangplank
d. Leadership
e. Responsibility
Q:
Leadership focuses on the scientific study of decision making, moving away from guesswork to the establishment of set methodologies for making intelligent decisions.
Q:
Which of the below listed terms addresses the number of subordinates a manager supervises?
a. Span of Control
b. Gangplank
c. Reciprocal relationship
b. Authority
e. Responsibility
Q:
"Esprit de corps"' is a term associated with
a. Order and Discipline
b. Morale
c. Goals and Accountability
d. Mentoring
e. Communication
Q:
The subordinate's (receiver's) background, experience, and level of education must be considered when choosing the appropriate symbols of communication.
Q:
Which of the following positions would most likely serve in a staff (versus a line) position of authority?
a. Superintendent
b. Project Manager
c. Legal Counsel
d. Vice President of Operations
e. All of the above
Q:
As companies shift towards an increased level of centralized control more and more decisions will be moved to the field.
Q:
Matching
Match the design/construction position with the appropriate job description.
a. Clerk of the works
b. Job captain
c. Superintendent
d. Construction project manager
e. Field engineer
1 ____This person organizes the drawings required to complete the job, manages the personnel resources, communicates with engineers and other consultants, and details schematic designs.
2 ____This person interacts with subcontractors and coordinates the flow of workers,
supplies, and equipment on the site to ensure that the schedule is met.
3 ____Assigned by the designer to interpret the plans and specifications, this person may assist in problem solving, approve or reject material, and approve progress payments.
4 ____This person tracks the flow of documents through a field office. This is usually an
entry-level position.
5 ____This person configures the project team, schedules the job, and sets up the cost
control system. This person must have a solid understanding of project administration, good verbal and written communication skills, knowledge of labor union issues, and technical construction knowledge.
Q:
Match the project participant with the statement following that best represents their profession, responsibility, or project attitude. Answers may be used more than once.
a. Owner
b. Designer
c. Construction manager
d. Trade contractor
1 ___ A professional registered by the state
2 ___Looked to for the smooth orchestration of the project
3 ___ Responsible for financing and land acquisition
4 ___ Wants clear, on-time direction with no changes