NAVEDTRA 14233A, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
FORCE/SEABEE 1 & C QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. How many levels of Seabee construction management are there? (Page 2-2) -
ANSWERS Three
2. What level of construction management is used at the company level? (Page 2-
2) - ANSWERS Level 2
3. What level of construction management is used at the Operations Officer or
detail Officer-inCharge level? (Page 2-2) - ANSWERS Level 1
4. What level of construction management is used by the crewleader and focuses
attention on the crewleader's particular project? (Page 2-2) - ANSWERS Level 3
5. What method is construction management in the Seabees based on? (Page 2-2)
- ANSWERS Critical Path Method (CPM)
6. Who has functional oversight over battalion construction and disaster
preparedness programs? - ANSWERS S3
7. What division maintains the "as-built" drawings for projects under
construction? (Page 2-4) - ANSWERS Engineering
,8. What division documents command policies and methods of implementing,
administering, and monitoring construction to ensure the highest quality
products? (Page 2-4) - ANSWERS QC
9. Planning for construction tasking begins approximately how many months
before deployment when the battalion receives the tentative tasking message?
(Page 2-4) - ANSWERS 10
10. What represents a decision point, major accomplishment, or a deliverable?
(Page 2-8) - ANSWERS Milestone
11. What is the primary tool used by managers to monitor the project planning
process? - ANSWERS Project planning checklist
12. What is a universal standard used throughout the private construction
industry and the Department of Defense (DoD)? (Page 2-13) - ANSWERS
MasterFormat™
13. What is the process of determining the amount and type of work to be
performed and the quantities of material, labor, and equipment needed? (Page 2-
14) - ANSWERS Estimating
14. Project managers/supervisors break a project down into logical, sequenced
general areas of work known as what? (Page 2-14) - ANSWERS Master
activities
15. What type of estimates use the smallest work element of a project to create
the most accurate estimate? (Page 2-15) - ANSWERS Detailed
, 16. What are the two material estimate processes? (Page 2-17) - ANSWERS
Quantifying and Tabulating
17. What is the end state of the material estimate? (Page 2-17) - ANSWERS Bill
of Materials (BM)
18. What are areas that require labor but do not have material directly tied to the
labor? - ANSWERS Work area
19. What refers to the tools, instruments, machinery, Civil Engineering Support
Equipment (CESE), and plant equipment required in the performance of
construction work? (Page 2-21) - ANSWERS Construction equipment
20. What percentage of the speed limits does equipment speed usually average?
(Page 2-25) - ANSWERS 40-65
21. What type of labor includes all man-days expended directly on an assigned
construction task, either in the field or in the shops, which contribute directly to
the completion of the project? - ANSWERS Direct
22. What type of labor includes all labor required to support construction tasking
that does not contribute directly to the completion of a project? (Page 2-26) -
ANSWERS Indirect
FORCE/SEABEE 1 & C QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. How many levels of Seabee construction management are there? (Page 2-2) -
ANSWERS Three
2. What level of construction management is used at the company level? (Page 2-
2) - ANSWERS Level 2
3. What level of construction management is used at the Operations Officer or
detail Officer-inCharge level? (Page 2-2) - ANSWERS Level 1
4. What level of construction management is used by the crewleader and focuses
attention on the crewleader's particular project? (Page 2-2) - ANSWERS Level 3
5. What method is construction management in the Seabees based on? (Page 2-2)
- ANSWERS Critical Path Method (CPM)
6. Who has functional oversight over battalion construction and disaster
preparedness programs? - ANSWERS S3
7. What division maintains the "as-built" drawings for projects under
construction? (Page 2-4) - ANSWERS Engineering
,8. What division documents command policies and methods of implementing,
administering, and monitoring construction to ensure the highest quality
products? (Page 2-4) - ANSWERS QC
9. Planning for construction tasking begins approximately how many months
before deployment when the battalion receives the tentative tasking message?
(Page 2-4) - ANSWERS 10
10. What represents a decision point, major accomplishment, or a deliverable?
(Page 2-8) - ANSWERS Milestone
11. What is the primary tool used by managers to monitor the project planning
process? - ANSWERS Project planning checklist
12. What is a universal standard used throughout the private construction
industry and the Department of Defense (DoD)? (Page 2-13) - ANSWERS
MasterFormat™
13. What is the process of determining the amount and type of work to be
performed and the quantities of material, labor, and equipment needed? (Page 2-
14) - ANSWERS Estimating
14. Project managers/supervisors break a project down into logical, sequenced
general areas of work known as what? (Page 2-14) - ANSWERS Master
activities
15. What type of estimates use the smallest work element of a project to create
the most accurate estimate? (Page 2-15) - ANSWERS Detailed
, 16. What are the two material estimate processes? (Page 2-17) - ANSWERS
Quantifying and Tabulating
17. What is the end state of the material estimate? (Page 2-17) - ANSWERS Bill
of Materials (BM)
18. What are areas that require labor but do not have material directly tied to the
labor? - ANSWERS Work area
19. What refers to the tools, instruments, machinery, Civil Engineering Support
Equipment (CESE), and plant equipment required in the performance of
construction work? (Page 2-21) - ANSWERS Construction equipment
20. What percentage of the speed limits does equipment speed usually average?
(Page 2-25) - ANSWERS 40-65
21. What type of labor includes all man-days expended directly on an assigned
construction task, either in the field or in the shops, which contribute directly to
the completion of the project? - ANSWERS Direct
22. What type of labor includes all labor required to support construction tasking
that does not contribute directly to the completion of a project? (Page 2-26) -
ANSWERS Indirect
