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 What are the objectives of a Schedule? (5) - Correct answer Determine project completion time  Determine Critical Activities - CP  Identify which activities can be delayed  Used as a tool to manage a project  What is a TEMPORARY endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, Construction Project Management (COSC

service, or result? - Correct answer Project  When is the end of a project reached? - Correct answer When the project objectives have been achieved, or the project is terminated.  Project success is one that meets or exceeds the expectations of your _________? - Correct answer Stakeholders  What requires the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project Construction Project Management (COSC

requirements? - Correct answer Project Management  What sets the standard for ethics and professionalism in the construction industry? - Correct answer AIC Code of Ethics  What does AIC stand for? - Correct answer American Institute of Constructors  What is the second-largest employer in the United States? - Correct answer The Construction Industry Construction Project Management (COSC

 How many construction companies existed in the U.S. by 2009? - Correct answer 880,  How many people were employed by the construction industry in 2009? - Correct answer 7.3 Million  The idea is defined by the ______, developed by the _______, and produced by the ________, who then turns it over to the _________. - Correct answer Owner; Designer; Constructor; Owner Construction Project Management (COSC

 Homeowners and Developers are considered ________ owners? - Correct answer Private  What are some examples of Owner Representatives? - Correct answer Facility Managers, Outside Consultants, Building Committee, etc.  What are the three categories of Owners? - Correct answer Private, Public, and Owner Representatives  What are the two main categories of Design Professionals? - Correct answer Architects and Engineers Construction Project Management (COSC

 Which Design Professional identifies the important elements of the design? (Physical Context, Activities, Unique Image) - Correct answer Architect  Which Design Professional uses identifiable components and questions to be answered? - Correct answer Engineers  Who is a professional responsible for all construction activities, whether they work as a General Contractor, or a Construction Manager? - Correct answer Constructor Construction Project Management (COSC

 Who prepares a complete list of all job costs? - Correct answer Estimators  Who monitors job progress, coordinates subcontractors, analyzes changes and the impact of delays, and is a problem-solver? - Correct answer Scheduler  Who buys subcontracts once the job is won? They negotiate to get the best price while ensuring all contract requirements are met. - Correct answer Purchasing Agents Construction Project Management (COSC

 Who is typically hired by and works for the General Contractor? - Correct answer Subcontractors  Who do builders hire to do all trade work? - Correct answer Specialty Subcontractors  Why do Contractors bid out work to Subcontractors? - Correct answer To reduce financial risk  Why has the number of Trades increased recently? - Correct answer More complex building Construction Project Management (COSC

 T__________ form the core of the construction industry. - Correct answer Trades  Who supplies materials and building components to the project? - Correct answer Materials Suppliers  What does ANSI stand for? - Correct answer American National Standards Institute  Who supplies equipment for sale and rent to a project? - Correct answer Equipment Suppliers Construction Project Management (COSC

 What is a formal way of requesting information of various kinds from different suppliers?  It's normally a document containing a description on why the information is requested and a specification to what information is actually requested. - Correct answer RFI  What is a request to really get a proposal on how the supplier would like to design or choose a component or create a service for you? - Correct answer RFP  What entails the planning, scheduling, evaluation, and controlling Construction Project Management (COSC

of construction tasks or activities to accomplish specific objectives? - Correct answer Construction Management  What does CMAA stand for? - Correct answer Construction Management Association of America  What are the four industry sectors in construction? - Correct answer Residential, Commercial, Infrastructure & Heavy Highway; Industrial  Which industry sectors are/can be publicly funded? - Correct answer Commercial; Industrial & Heavy Highway Construction Project Management (COSC

 Which of the following categories of projects is often publicly funded and called infrastructure? - Correct answer Heavy Engineering  What describes when participants are organized to interact, transforming the owner's project goals and objectives into a finished reality? - Correct answer Project Delivery System  Who are the three major players in Project Delivery? - Correct answer Owner, Designer, Contractor Construction Project Management (COSC

 What are the three project delivery methods mentioned in class? - Correct answer DBB, CM, DB  Who wins a project in a Design-Bid- Build Bid? - Correct answer The lowest bidder  Which project delivery method is linear in nature? - Correct answer Design-Bid-Build  Is there a legal agreement between the Contractor and the Designer in Design-Bid-Build? - Correct answer No Construction Project Management (COSC

 What is the only thing the contractor is responsible for in a Design-Bid-Build method? - Correct answer Carrying out the work  Which method of project delivery gives the owner a high degree of control? - Correct answer Design-Bid- Build  Who defines the goals and objectives for a Design-Bid-Build method? - Correct answer Owner  What is an agency that is a fee-based service that offers advice, does not Construction Project Management (COSC

perform construction work, and is not financially responsible for work? - Correct answer Agency CM  What is the delivery of a project for GMP, where the Construction Manager acts as a consultant to the owner, performs the construction work, and is financially responsible for the work? - Correct answer At-Risk CM  Which method of project delivery comes from a single source? - Correct answer Design/Build Bid Construction Project Management (COSC

 Is a legal entity set up during a Design/Build Bid? - Correct answer No  What is the most prevalent form of Design/Build Bid? - Correct answer Contractor-Led  Which project delivery system requires no excuses and more trust? Both design professionals and construction professionals work for the same firm. - Correct answer Design/Build Bid Construction Project Management (COSC

 Public or Private? Which of the two has an open bid? - Correct answer Public  Public or Private? Which of the two has an closed bid and requires an invitation to bid? - Correct answer Private  What three bonds are required in public projects? - Correct answer Bid Bond, Performance Bond, Labor and Materials Payment Bond  What is an unethical practice in which a Contractor Discloses the Bid Construction Project Management (COSC

Price of One Subcontractor to Another in an Attempt to obtain a Lower Bid Price? - Correct answer Bid Shopping  What unethical practice is when the Subcontractor waits to the submit bid just before the due-time? (The Contractor is unable to check for discrepancies and errors that may lead to increased costs, disputes over scope, and general inefficient prosecution of work.) - Correct answer Pre-Award Bid Shopping  What unethical practice is when the Contractor seeks to obtain a lower price from a second subcontractor after Construction Project Management (COSC

having already been awarded the prime contract through the original subcontractor's bid? - Correct answer Post-Award Bid Shopping  What is it called when the Subcontractor offers to Undercut the Known Bid of Another Subcontractor? - Correct answer Bid Peddling  Who begins with a result and must synthesize the steps required to yield the results? (4) - Correct answer Planner Construction Project Management (COSC

 F_______, C_________, and G_______. You can only have two. (4) - Correct answer Fast; Cheap; Good  What are the steps of planning a project? (4) - Correct answer Review Historical Data  Review Contract  Choice of Technology  Definition of Work Tasks  Define Precedence Relationships Among Activities  Duration of Individual Tasks  Estimation of Required Resources  Communication Construction Project Management (COSC

 __________ + ____________ =

Schedule (4) - Correct answer Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS) + Organizational Breakdown Schedule (OBS)  What does WBS stand for? (4) - Correct answer Work Breakdown Schedule  What does OBS stand for? (4) - Correct answer Organizational Breakdown Schedule  What is a tool used for expressing the scope of a project in simple Construction Project Management (COSC

graphical terms? (4) - Correct answer WBS  The WBS was developed by what two organizations? (4) - Correct answer US Defense Department (Late 50s) and NASA ( Early 60s)  What is an activity that is required to start or finish before the next activities proceed? (4) - Correct answer Predecessor  What is an activity that must start or finish after the previous activity can finish? (4) - Correct answer Successor Construction Project Management (COSC

 A __________ __________

_________ calculates the shortest path of planned activities to the end of the project. (4) - Correct answer Critical Path Method  What is it called when you perform more activities in parallel? (4) - Correct answer Fast Tracking  What is it called when you shorten the duration of critical path activities by adding resources? (4) - Correct answer Crashing the Critical Path Construction Project Management (COSC

 What does the project control begin with? What does it end with? (4) - Correct answer Identification of the Owner's Objectives; Those Objectives being met  What is defined as a "roadmap" to allow the project team to constantly monitor and make corrections as necessary? (4) - Correct answer Project Control  Standards are ________ and provide ________ to the project. (4) - Correct answer Measurable; Direction Construction Project Management (COSC

 Standards include three categories. State them. (4) - Correct answer Cost  Schedule  Quality  What measures actual project progress? (4) - Correct answer Actuals  What is a series of tasks or activities arranged in a logical order, depicting a start time, activity duration, and indicates a completion time? (5) - Correct answer Schedule  Abandoning a project schedule results in an increased likelihood of Construction Project Management (COSC