CEM 100 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
The situation that best describes a situation that justifies a change order would be
_______. - Answer-the client authorized the addition of 1,200 more sir ft of floor area to
facility
The set of costs that would be considered a direct cost is _________. - Answer-
concrete, reinforcing steel, masonry, and pumping sub
In terms of potential financial risks being analyzed by the project management team for
a project, the area with the largest potential risk is _______. - Answer-labor
The fair standards acts (FLSA) covered employees relating to all of the following except
_______. - Answer-prevailing wages
The ______ of an activity is found by subtracting its early finish time from the earliest
start time of the activities directly following. *by subtracting its EF (upper right) from the
smallest of the ES values (upper left) of those activities immediately following* -
Answer-free float
The ______-h determines the overall project duration, the only way in which the project
duration can be shortened is to reduce the length of the ________, either by revising
the job logic or by shortening some of the individual critical activities, or perhaps both -
Answer-CRITICAL PATH
A concrete contractor may decide to have two firms, a union firm to go after typical
union projects such as public work with concrete construction and a non-union firm to
go after typical non-union projects such as the concrete work for single-family
residential and multi family apartments. This concrete contractor with the two operations
would be referred to as a _____________________ employer. - Answer-dual-shop
A local union is bargaining for a new contract with a multi-employer group ( the local
contractors' association). Per Federal labor law both the union and multi-employer
group have the obligation to bargain in good faith over wages, hours, and other terms
and conditions of employment. The phrase "wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment" would include all of the following except ______________. -
, Answer-all of these are included in this "wages, hours, and other terms and conditions
of employment"
The employee who is the elected representative which is done at the start of the job in
an election by the first group of employees (by craft) on the jobsite or is appointed by
the union local, and is there to protect the rights of union members (by craft) is called
the ______________. - Answer-union steward
Construction accidents have both direct-cost components and indirect-cost
components. Examples of indirect-cost components would include all of the following
except ____________. - Answer-management time involved in accident investigation
Concerning OSHA requirements, if there is a safety hazard on a jobsite, OSHA would
first, in order of priority, have the contractor implement ________________. - Answer-
engineering controls
Concerning safety discipline on a project, all of the following statements are correct
except ______________. - Answer-all of these are correct
An SDS gives information about ______________. - Answer-hazardous chemicals
A matrix schedule would most commonly be utilized on _________ - Answer-tract
housing projects
Which of the following is a true statement regarding planning vs. scheduling? - Answer-
planning defines the scope, responsibilities, and priorities
Based on the CPM diagram with activities A, B, C, D, E, and F, the total float of Activity
B on this diagram is __________ - Answer-0
On a project we are planning to make a look-ahead schedule. This look-ahead schedule
could be made by filtering one of the below sets of information - Answer-Project CPM
schedule; or SIP schedule; or outcome of pull planning.
From the contractors estimate resulting in a successful bid, the next step is
____________ - Answer-cost budgeting
Since percent complete on a given work activity can be difficult to measure, some
managers use rules to measure progress. These rules used per class materials would
include all of the following except __________ - Answer-100/100 rule - assume 100%
completion at activity start
Concerning the contractors accounting system, the area that would have the most detail
an most management information would be ___________ - Answer-work item cost
accounting and control
CORRECT ANSWERS
The situation that best describes a situation that justifies a change order would be
_______. - Answer-the client authorized the addition of 1,200 more sir ft of floor area to
facility
The set of costs that would be considered a direct cost is _________. - Answer-
concrete, reinforcing steel, masonry, and pumping sub
In terms of potential financial risks being analyzed by the project management team for
a project, the area with the largest potential risk is _______. - Answer-labor
The fair standards acts (FLSA) covered employees relating to all of the following except
_______. - Answer-prevailing wages
The ______ of an activity is found by subtracting its early finish time from the earliest
start time of the activities directly following. *by subtracting its EF (upper right) from the
smallest of the ES values (upper left) of those activities immediately following* -
Answer-free float
The ______-h determines the overall project duration, the only way in which the project
duration can be shortened is to reduce the length of the ________, either by revising
the job logic or by shortening some of the individual critical activities, or perhaps both -
Answer-CRITICAL PATH
A concrete contractor may decide to have two firms, a union firm to go after typical
union projects such as public work with concrete construction and a non-union firm to
go after typical non-union projects such as the concrete work for single-family
residential and multi family apartments. This concrete contractor with the two operations
would be referred to as a _____________________ employer. - Answer-dual-shop
A local union is bargaining for a new contract with a multi-employer group ( the local
contractors' association). Per Federal labor law both the union and multi-employer
group have the obligation to bargain in good faith over wages, hours, and other terms
and conditions of employment. The phrase "wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment" would include all of the following except ______________. -
, Answer-all of these are included in this "wages, hours, and other terms and conditions
of employment"
The employee who is the elected representative which is done at the start of the job in
an election by the first group of employees (by craft) on the jobsite or is appointed by
the union local, and is there to protect the rights of union members (by craft) is called
the ______________. - Answer-union steward
Construction accidents have both direct-cost components and indirect-cost
components. Examples of indirect-cost components would include all of the following
except ____________. - Answer-management time involved in accident investigation
Concerning OSHA requirements, if there is a safety hazard on a jobsite, OSHA would
first, in order of priority, have the contractor implement ________________. - Answer-
engineering controls
Concerning safety discipline on a project, all of the following statements are correct
except ______________. - Answer-all of these are correct
An SDS gives information about ______________. - Answer-hazardous chemicals
A matrix schedule would most commonly be utilized on _________ - Answer-tract
housing projects
Which of the following is a true statement regarding planning vs. scheduling? - Answer-
planning defines the scope, responsibilities, and priorities
Based on the CPM diagram with activities A, B, C, D, E, and F, the total float of Activity
B on this diagram is __________ - Answer-0
On a project we are planning to make a look-ahead schedule. This look-ahead schedule
could be made by filtering one of the below sets of information - Answer-Project CPM
schedule; or SIP schedule; or outcome of pull planning.
From the contractors estimate resulting in a successful bid, the next step is
____________ - Answer-cost budgeting
Since percent complete on a given work activity can be difficult to measure, some
managers use rules to measure progress. These rules used per class materials would
include all of the following except __________ - Answer-100/100 rule - assume 100%
completion at activity start
Concerning the contractors accounting system, the area that would have the most detail
an most management information would be ___________ - Answer-work item cost
accounting and control
