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1. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is established to reflect the:

2. Before the work begins, the contractor considers crashing the schedule.

How much would the crashed general conditions have to be reduced to break even with the normal cost budget?

3. Which of the following is NOT required when performing weekly or monthly schedule updates?

4. Which activity is drawn in the incorrect position?

Refer to the time-scaled network diagram and other information to answer the following questions. Please consider this to be the entire network.

5. In the "normal" schedule, excluding Activity 1000, what activity(s) are concurrent with Activity 3001?

6. Which of the following is least likely to affect the criticality of resources in resource planning process?

7. What is the actual duration as of the status date or data date of Activity B?

Refer to the time-scaled network diagram and other information to answer the following questions. Please consider this to be the entire network.

8. Theoretically construct a summary activity for activities 2001 through 2004. Using the "normal" schedule, what is the cost of the hammock?

9. By subtracting a measured unit productivity rate during an impacted period from the unit productivity rate during an unimpacted period, the resulting value represents:

10. The characteristic of the precedence diagramming method that models construction projects differently than the arrow diagramming method is that it____________.

11. Which is NOT an industry-recognized methodology for quantifying critical delay?

12. The amount of time that an activity can be delayed from its early start date without delaying project completion is called:

13. Value engineering is:

14. Time-scaled logic diagrams are

15. You are providing construction management services for a small office building project. Your duties include reviewing and approving the contractor's baseline schedule. The contractor has submitted the first baseline schedule for the project.

The contractor has included codes for each activity that identify {1) the category of work and (2) the trade/subcontract performing the work.

What can this code information be used for?

16. Prior to the start of work, Management determined the need to make the Product available 10 workdays earlier than planned.

Which activities need to be expedited?

17. Total float is defined as the amount of time an activity can be delayed without impacting

18. Budgeted cost of work scheduled is _______________________.

19. Using one crane capable of 30 lifts per day. for 3 column pours requiring 28 lifts each, plus assorted work in the area requiring an additional 150 lifts, what are the lowest planned workdays for this work?

20. What is the primary difference between the arrow diagramming method (ADM) and the precedence diagramming method (PDM)?

21. In its simplest form, what is the main drawback of critical path method scheduling?

22. Scenario: You are providing construction management services for a small office building project. Your duties include reviewing and approving the contractor's baseline schedule. The contractor has submitted the first baseline schedule for the project.

The contractor subsequently submits a CPM schedule for its baseline schedule submittal. As part of your review, you look at the durations for each activity in the schedule.

How do you determine if a duration of 10 work days for drywall installation is accurate?

23. Using the "normal" schedule, and assuming you are billing on the last day of the month for previous month and for appropriate partial months, how many invoices will you have for this project?

24. Midway through the project you received an executed change order for this project, adding thirty-three days to the contract for weather delays.

In its simplest form, how would your next project update display the changed condition?

25. If all other work proceeds according to the Baseline plan, how many times will the critical path change?

26. Assuming activities 2001 through 2004 comprise the same WBS element, construct a WBS summary activity for activities 2001 through 2004.

Use the normal schedule, what is the cost of the activity?

27. Identify the minimum project duration.

28. The schedule or budget at completion less the estimate at completion is___________.

29. Which of the following documents is most likely to be of the LEAST value to a planner/scheduler when planning a contractor's baseline critical path schedule for the construction of a large high-clearance bridge located very near an airport? The contractor has been awarded the contract.

30. Select the most appropriate explanation for use of a winter/wet weather seasonal calendar for use in this project?

31. Each column must be poured in one day. Each column requires 2,000 cubic feet of concrete. The lift bucket has a capacity of 40 cubic feet.

How many lifts will be required per column pour?

32. Control Level Schedule activities are NOT one of the following:

33. Using the "crashed" schedule, if you start Activity 2002 on August 12, 2001, what is the finish date for Activity 2002?

34. Which of the following is NOT required when initially planning a project?

35. Determine the correct formula and date for the late finish for Activity 9004.

36. In the normal schedule, excluding Activity 1000. what activity(s) are concurrent with Activity 3001?

37. Constructability is NOT intended to:

38. Schedules are periodically updated to reflect progress.

What step should NOT occur before the update is considered complete?

39. Which of the following is NOT input data to the construction planning process?

40. Which of the following parties is NOT a stakeholder of the Spring Highway project?

41. Which of the following will NOT affect the total float calculation of a non-resource leveled schedule?

42. Based on the stated costs, what percentage of the total cost comes from the 2000 series of activities?

43. When using a detailed estimate as the basis for work package/activity durations, which element does. NOT need to be identified before the activity durations can be calculated?

44. Which statement is true?

45. Which of the following procedures is generally recognized as acceptable when updating a schedule?

46. Activity 2003 started during the current reporting period and proceeded as planned with the normal schedule.

If the remaining duration at the end of this period is ten workdays, then what is the earned value assignable to Activity 2003 in the pay estimate for this reporting period?

47. Constraints control events or activities that __________________.

48. What is the remaining work duration of Active D?

Refer to the time-scaled network diagram and other information to answer the following questions. Please consider this to be the entire network.

49. During the Bid Phase, do the planning and scheduling project documents impact the Bid pricing?

50. How much Total Float does drafting the product manual have?

51. What project cost elements would NOT normally be reflected in the Activity 1000?

52. How many entities/subcontractors should a scheduled activity cover?

53. Activity C is a

54. EBS is an acronym for:

55. In an earned value-based system, a schedule performance index of less than one for the project indicates the project is:

56. If drafting of the product manual overruns its planned duration by 5 days, how many days may the manufacturing be delayed without affecting release of the product?

57. What is a critical path method schedule?

58. Which of the following options is NOT a feasible method to reduce the overall completion time of the toll road program?

59. What owner action could have mitigated the late completion of the project?

60. Project delays are best analyzed

61. If a contractor has robust planning and scheduling processes, should those company processes supersede client contract specifications?

62. Using the "normal" schedule, what is the early finish date of activity 10002 and its total float?

63. Which of the following project planning situations is the most frequent contributor to cost overruns?

64. How many work days does it take to move the product from testing to sale?

65. What is the result of a forward pass calculation?