What does it mean to forecast in project management?

To predict the final cost and schedule outcomes on a project while the work is still in progress

Predict the startup cost of the project

What are the three primary tracking elements when monitoring project performance?

Quality, performance, and owner satisfaction

Cost, schedule, and risk issues

Owner satisfaction, subcontractor delays, material deliveries

The two types of schedules introduced in this chapter are?

Gantt charts and network diagrams

Bar charts and fast-tracked schedules

Network diagrams and continuous activity schedules

Gantt charts are used to:

Show overall length of the project and each activity

Show relationships between activities

Describe the work breakdown structure

Which of the following is NOT a factor when determining what type of schedule to use?

Requirements in the plans and specs

All of the following are TRUE regarding project activities except?

Completing and submitting a bid

A task or function that has a time commitment

Building blocks of all schedules

Production, procurement, administrative

How do you determine the overall project duration?

Complete a forward and backward pass on your network logic diagram

Add up all the durations created during the scheduling stage

Add up all the durations assigned during the scheduling stage and multiply by 0.75 to account for activities occurring simultaneously

Use the length of the project allowed in the contract

What is a reason to update and communicate the schedule?

Keeping owners and upper management informed

Identifying when subcontractors need to have laborers on site

In the activity-on-arrow network diagram the nodes are used to show what?

Start and end dates of the connected activities

What is NOT one of the three main issues the superintendent must be concerned with when trying to manage construction operations?

Material and equipment deliveries

When scheduling subcontractors for the job, you should try to follow three fundamental rules. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Try to fit as many subcontractors into the same space at the same time to cut back on duration

Resist bringing subcontractors onto the job until you are 100 percent ready for them

Make sure that once you bring a subcontractor on the job, they have everything they need to proceed

Pay all subcontractors promptly upon completion of their work

What does it mean to order something on will-call?

Confirming an order day-of delivery that has been placed prior

Placing an order that can be picked up at the supplier’s facility

Confirming an order with a signed paper

Placing an order on good faith that it will arrive on time

Which is NOT a factor that negatively impacts construction productivity?

On site meetings with the owner

Poor supervision or lack of supervision

What is an environmental issue that would interfere with the project schedule and cause unexpected delays on the job?

Discovering historical or cultural artifacts while excavating

A baseball field next to the site

What is a laydown area?

A designated storage area on site used for sorting out large orders

The next area prepped for placing concrete

A space designed for mock-up buildings

A space set aside for labors who feel faint to lie down

Why is it important for the job superintendent and the other members of the onsite team to keep project diaries?

The diaries help to keep straight all of the communications, conversations, and activities

In the stressful construction environment, it helps the team sort out their thoughts and feelings

After the job is over others can read them and learn from their mistakes

The owner requires that all members of the team submit a diary at the end of the project

Why is in important to accurately report hours and cost codes on time cards?

They provide fundamental information needed to track and monitor productivity and labor expenditures

If codes are recorded wrong on one time card then nobody gets paid

Management doesn’t trust laborers and requires accurate time cards to verify their actual productivity

They provide laborers with a personal record of their earnings so they can dispute management over compensation

What is one benefit of a webcam?

It can help increase overall owner involvement

Other companies can critic how well or poorly your project is going

Management can stay in bed longer

It can identify blemishes and mistakes on the building that are difficult to see close up

What does SWPPP stand for?

Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

Steam, Water, Pipes, and Plumbing Plan

Storm Warning Prediction and Prevention Plan

Steam Water Pollution Plumbing Plan

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is NOT one of the fundamental steps that is included in the project control cycle?

Update technology

Develop the project plan

Establish the project benchmarks

Monitor the project performance

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is essential in an effective project control system?

Both A and B

Information

Good reporting system

None of answers are correct

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is NOT an example of a source where you might gather field information needed to develop your project controls?

Requests for information

Material invoices

Time cards

Subcontractor billing statements

What is an example of a factor that can impact project performance?

All of the answers are correct

Weather

Defective material

Overcrowded job sites

What is an escalation clause?

It is usually negotiated into the construction contract when there is suspicion that some pricing component of the estimate is in a high state of flux

It is the same thing as a contingency and tries to account for unforeseen conditions

It is a clause that covers risks associated with underground utilities, grading, and excavation

None of the answers are correct

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the riskiest element of the project control and project planning?

Estimating productivity

Cost control

Scheduling

None of the answers are correct

What does it mean to crash the schedule?

To compress the overall schedule by accelerating certain activities within it so that they finish sooner

Lengthening the overall schedule

Taking out one task

Combining tasks

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Project Management Quiz

What is NOT one of the fundamental steps that is included in the project control cycle?

What is essential in an effective project control system?

What is NOT an example of a source where you might gather field information needed to develop your project controls?

What is an example of a factor that can impact project performance?

What is an escalation clause?

What is the riskiest element of the project control and project planning?

What does it mean to crash the schedule?

What does it mean to forecast in project management?

What are the three primary tracking elements when monitoring project performance?

What is the cost code chart usually made up of?

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