Construction Management
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Course Introduction
Construction Management is a multidisciplinary course that focuses on the planning, coordination, and control of construction projects from inception to completion. It covers a wide range of topics including project management methodologies, construction law and contracts, risk management, estimating and cost control, scheduling, and quality assurance. Students learn about the roles and responsibilities of construction managers, resource allocation, site safety, and effective communication with stakeholders. The course also emphasizes the use of modern technologies and software in the management of construction processes, preparing students to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
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Project Management A Managerial Approach 10th Edition by Jack R. Meredith
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Chapter 1: Projects in Contemporary Organizations
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Q1) Individuals or groups with a special interest in a project are called __________.
A)stakeholders
B)project managers
C)leaders
D)directors
Answer: A
Q2) The largest amount of effort applied to a project is during its __________
A)conception
B)planning,scheduling,monitoring,and control
C)selection
D)evaluation and termination
Answer: B
Q3) The foundational basis for education for project managers is the __________.
A)PMBOK Guidebook
B)Triple Play
C)PMI Guidebook
D)Project Management Rulebook
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Strategic Management and Project Selection
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Q1) A project selection criteria that focuses on how well new products would fit the firm's existing product line would be
A)sustainability
B)comparative benefit model
C)production line extension
D)operating necessity
Answer: C
Q2) Real options seek to reduce which of the following risks in projects?
A)political
B)environmental
C)technological and commercial
D)sociological
Answer: C
Q3) Wheelwright identified four separate categories of projects.Which of the following are not one of those categories?
A)Sacred cow projects
B)Platform projects
C)Breakthrough projects
D)R&D projects
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Project Manager
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Q1) The structure of a society is determined by its __________.
A)institutions
B)wages
C)jobs
D)enemies
Answer: A
Q2) Compare and contrast the analytic and systems approaches.As part of your answer,be sure to indicate which part of project leadership is likely to use each approach.
Answer: The analytic method focuses on breaking the components of a system into smaller and smaller elements.Functional managers use the analytic approach.The systems approach maintains that to understand a component,we must understand the system of which the component is a part.And to understand the system,we must understand the environment (or larger system)of which it is a part.Adoption of the systems approach is crucial for the project manager.
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Chapter 4: Managing Conflict and the Art of Negotiation
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Q1) When dealing with conflict between parties,it is recommended that one __________ in order to avoid the conflict becoming interpersonal.
A)avoid the situation
B)define the substantive problem
C)leisurely discuss the issue
D)focus on interests
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the four points of principled negotiation?
A)Insist on using objective criteria
B)Focus on interest not positions
C)Invent options for mutual gain before trying to reach an agreement
D)Separate people from the problem
Q3) During the main program phases of the project lifecycle,the conflict intensity is the greatest with respect to __________.
A)cost
B)schedules
C)scope
D)quality
Q4) Thomas and Kilmann identified five strategies people use to deal with conflict.List and briefly describe these.
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Chapter 5: The Project in the Organizational Structure
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Q1) Subletting tasks out to smaller contractors is known as __________.
A)contract management
B)subcontracting
C)contract avoidance
D)contract leasing
Q2) In a _____ organization,the firm's administrative support groups (HR,Legal,Finance, Controller,and so on)report to the President or CEO as staff units.
A)matrix
B)dual-matrix
C)functional
D)projectized
Q3) In which organizational structure does the project manager have ownership of the project budget?
A)Functional
B)Weak matrix
C)Balanced matrix
D)Projectized
Q4) Identify the major reasons for the rapid growth of project-oriented organizations.
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Chapter 6: Activity Planning: Traditional and Agile
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Q1) This element of the project plan contains a brief description of the procedure to be followed in monitoring,collecting,storing,and evaluating the history of the project.
A)Schedule
B)Resources
C)Personnel
D)Evaluation methods
Q2) This project plan element should include profit and competitive goals as well as technical goals.
A)Overview
B)Objectives
C)General approach
D)Contractual aspects
Q3) Identify two objections commonly raised by marketing organizations against the early participation by engineering and manufacturing in the selling process to external customers.Explain how you would counter these objections.
Q4) Identify four important outcomes associated with the project launch meeting.
Q5) Describe the general steps recommended by the authors for designing and using the WBS.
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Chapter 7: Budgeting and Risk Management
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Q1) Explain why senior managers view the bottom-up budgeting process as being risky.
Q2) Suppose that a person requires 60 minutes to complete a work element on the first attempt.On the second attempt,the work element is completed in 48 minutes.The learning rate for this person is __________% for this work element.
A)60
B)70
C)80
D)120
Q3) __________ is a plan for allocating resources.The allocation of resources indicates the degree to which different activities of an organization are supported fully.
A)A budget
B)Direct cost
C)A management plan
D)An allocation effort
Q4) Which cost should the project manager completely ignore in managing a project?
A)Labor
B)Material
C)Overhead and G&A
D)Project manager should not ignore any costs
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Chapter 8: Scheduling
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Q1) Project task E has the following estimates: (1)optimistic time - 10 days (2)Pessimistic time - 20 days,and (3)Most likely time - 12 Days.The expected time using the beta statistical distribution is __________ days.
A)9
B)13
C)15
D)22
Q2) In AON diagrams,a(n)__________ is a point where one or more lines (arrows)begin or terminate,commonly used for depicting an event or activity.
A)activity
B)path
C)node
D)arc
Q3) Explain the meaning of slack in a network.
Q4) In the AOA network,arrows depict ________.
A)networks
B)events
C)activities
D)dummy activities
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Chapter 9: Resource Allocation
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Q1) In CPM,__________ are specified.
A)exact levels of uncertainty associated with activities
B)an expected time,a crash time,and the standard deviation time
C)three costs
D)two activity times and two costs
Q2) Using Goldratt's meaning of the word "dependent," the activities of a project can be ordered into paths based on their resource dependencies as well as on their technological precedence requirements.The longest of these paths of sequentially time-dependent activities is known as the ______________.
A)priority chain
B)critical chain
C)dependency path
D)heuristic path
Q3) __________ times result from an attempt to expedite the activity by the application of additional resources.
A)Leveling
B)Crash
C)Post
D)Constraint
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Chapter 10: Monitoring and Information Systems
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Q1) The most common mistake made when monitoring data is to gather information that is clearly related to project performance but __________.
A)is so volatile that trends cannot be detected
B)has little or no probability of changing significantly between collection periods
C)is too unusual to use
D)cannot be captured in the mechanized PMIS
Q2) Identify some of the benefits when timely reports are delivered to the proper people by the project management information system.
Q3) For project management,there are three distinct types of reports.Which of the following would be used in response to a special problem?
A)Daily
B)Routine
C)Exception
D)Special analysis
Q4) Describe the three common difficulties in designing project reports.
Q5) List and describe five telltale signs of project trouble it is wise to monitor.
Q6) List the four conventions used to aid in estimating percent completion.
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Chapter 11: Project Control
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Q1) A majority of uncertainty has its source in systems that lie outside the project,in its
A)environment
B)stakeholder area
C)sourcing model
D)control zone
Q2) Identify the item that is not one of the three types of control processes described by the authors.
A)cybernetic control
B)robotic control
C)go / no-go control
D)postcontrol
Q3) Control is focused on three elements of a project.They are __________.
A)scope,quality,and customer satisfaction
B)performance,delivery,and cost
C)scope,cost,and time
D)cost,time,and customer satisfaction
Q4) Identify some of the factors that can cause a project to require control of performance.
Q5) What are the two fundamental objectives of control?
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Chapter 12: Project Auditing
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Q1) The key rule of engagement for the project auditor is to gain __________ to enter the system.
A)acceptance
B)weight
C)permission
D)money
Q2) Project evaluation often makes recommendations that relate to the ancillary objectives of the parent organization.List some of these potential ancillary benefits of project evaluation.
Q3) Project morale may suffer if the project audit report is not written with a(n)__________.
A)honest tone
B)complete story
C)stakeholder's perspective
D)constructive tone
Q4) Managerial audits look at __________ and their use.
A)managerial systems
B)subordinate systems
C)manual systems
D)ethical policies
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Chapter 13: Project Closure and Benefits Realization
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Q1) The __________ of the final project report contains comments regarding how the organizational structure aided or impeded the progress of the project
A)project performance
B)administrative performance
C)organizational structure
D)personnel suggestions
Q2) If a project is a major success and it is terminated,by institutionalizing it as a formal part of the parent organization,this is an example of closure by __________.
A)closure by integration
B)closure by addition
C)termination by murder
D)closure by starvation
Q3) Special __________ managers are sometimes useful in completing the long and involved process of shutting down the project.
A)close-out
B)starvation
C)shut-down
D)closure
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