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Course Introduction
Construction Project Management introduces students to the essential principles and practices required to effectively oversee construction projects from inception through completion. The course covers topics such as project planning and scheduling, contract administration, cost estimation, resource allocation, risk management, quality control, and safety regulations. Emphasis is placed on the integration of project management tools and techniques to ensure successful delivery within time, budget, and scope constraints. Through case studies and practical applications, students develop the skills needed to manage personnel, coordinate with stakeholders, and navigate the challenges unique to the construction industry.
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Project Management Process Technology and Practice 1st Edition by Ganesh Vaidyanathan
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Chapter 1: Projects and Project Management
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Q1) An investigation of available resources is undertaken during the A)planning phase.
B)design phase.
C)conceptualization phase.
D)implementation phase.
Answer: C
Q2) List the six project life span phases.For each phase,identify one task completed during that phase.
Answer: Conceptualization,planning,design,implementation,closure,and post-implementation are the six phases.Respectively,the tasks are developing a project proposal,establishing a SOW,executing a project plan,monitoring scope,conducting a project audit,and soliciting feedback from stakeholders.Additional examples are provided in Table 1-6.
Q3) Projects relying on mature technologies for all industries to have equal access are classified as
A)Type A projects.
B)Type B projects.
C)Type C projects.
D)Type D projects.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Process and Methods
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Q1) At which CMMI level are software processes documented,standardized,and integrated into a standard "to-be" practiced process for an organization?
A)Level 7
B)Level 0
C)Level 1
D)Level 3
Answer: D
Q2) Identify five benefits of process improvements.
Answer: Benefits include improvements in project quality,increase in internal and external customer satisfaction,increase in project value,better customer satisfaction,and improvement in productivity.Additional benefits are provided in the textbook.
Q3) PMBOK knowledge areas include
A)project quality management.
B)project communication management.
C)project procurement management.
D)all of the above.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Project Management Tools
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Q1) Affinity diagram procedures include each of the following <b>except</b>
A)make sure that the problem statement is a full sentence and unambiguous to team members.
B)construct the affinity questionnaire and interview customers.
C)brainstorm an exhaustive list of ideas or issues.
D)sort ideas or issues into as many natural groups as possible.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following Kano Model requirements suggests that the customer will be extremely dissatisfied if the basic project requirements are not fulfilled?
A)must-be requirements
B)one-dimensional requirements
C)attractive requirements
D)indifferent requirements
Answer: A
Q3) According to the Kano model,there is no feeling of dissatisfaction if the attractive requirements are not met.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Project Initiation
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Q1) Assuming a discount rate of 8 percent,what is the present value of $800,000 three years from now?
A)635,065.79
B)685,871.06
C)740,740.74
D)None of the above is correct.
Q2) Stakeholder analysis does not include the ability to help mitigate the project risks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following reviews various points where two or more systems interact with each other?
A)prototyping
B)mind maps
C)interface analysis
D)use case analysis
Q4) Generally speaking,the IRR should be lower than the hurdle rate.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify five objectives that must be achieved for a project.
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Chapter 5: Project Planning
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Q1) The WBS is created by decomposing a project into smaller pieces of manageable work.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The structure of the WBS should consider and reflect A)project scope.
B)quality and other performance criteria.
C)reporting and other communication methods.
D)all of the above.
Q3) When using a lifespan-based structure,the highest-level entries in the WBS correspond to the major phases of the lifespan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Decisions made at the beginning stage of a project life cycle have less influence than those made at later stages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is a contract? List six types of contracts.
Q6) What are the five stages in a procurement cycle?
Q7) What is the WBS dictionary? What does it contain?
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Chapter 6: Risk Management
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Q1) The likelihood that an event will occur times the impact of that occurrence best defines
A)risk score.
B)risk percentage.
C)threat level.
D)weakness assessment measure.
Q2) What are the outputs of risk monitoring and control?
Q3) Risk factor refers to the overall risk or exposure of the project at a particular timeframe.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Quantitative risk assessment methods include
A)quantitative risk analysis.
B)data gathering and representation techniques.
C)expert judgment.
D)all of the above.
Q5) Accepting risk,transferring risk,and avoiding risks are ways of managing risk.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How can qualitative risk assessment be accomplished?
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Chapter 7: Quality, Performance and Value
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Q1) Which of the following types of reviews is conducted to evaluate the status of a project in order to understand and allocate resources?
A)formal reviews
B)walk-through reviews
C)management reviews
D)process reviews
Q2) A statistical method for identifying which factors influence specific variables of a product or process and which variable has the greatest effect best describes
A)process capability.
B)statistical control process.
C)design of experiments.
D)statistical sampling.
Q3) Crosby,Deming,and Juran suggest achieving outstanding quality requires A)quality leadership from senior management.
B)a customer focus.
C)continuous improvement based on rigorous analysis of processes.
D)all of the above.
Q4) Describe the process for peer reviews.
Q5) Identify five reasons why scope changes are forced into projects.
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Chapter 8: Project Scheduling
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Q1) In PDM,a project will have one start activity and at least two finish activities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The standard deviation of the critical path is computed by summing the standard deviations of the activities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In PDM,an activity can have successors with no predecessors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The amount of time that an activity in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to subsequent activities or project completion best defines A)restricted flow.
B)task obstruction.
C)capacity.
D)slack.
Q5) What is negative slack? Why does it occur?
Q6) Identify five benefits of networking project activities.
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Chapter 9: Resources, Costing, and Control
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Q1) If cost variance is positive,it means that performing the activity cost more than the planned or budgeted cost.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A method to flatten the schedule when resources are over-allocated with a general idea to prevent team members from becoming over extended best describes
A)fast tracking.
B)resource-leveling heuristic.
C)crashing.
D)thought process mapping.
Q3) Which of the following provides a rough estimate of what a project costs before the actual project has started?
A)AHE
B)ROME
C)DE
D)PARETO
Q4) Describe three common methods employed in estimating costs.
Q5) Identify five metrics for monitoring project cost and schedule.
Q6) Identify three opportunities created by embracing scope creep.
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Chapter 10: Project Closure
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Q1) Project audits help the organization to determine whether the project controls are functioning as expected and show the true status of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Epistemological barriers to learning from post-project reviews include
A)the inability to reflect.
B)difficult to generalize.
C)time constraints.
D)reluctance to blame.
Q3) The success of future projects depends not only on past successful projects,but also on how unsuccessful projects were treated by an organization and its stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following PMBOK knowledge areas are included in an audit?
A)risk management
B)procurement management
C)quality management
D)All of the above are included.
Q5) Identify five benefits of project audits.
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Chapter 11: Project Organizational Structures
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Q1) Which of the following roles asks for clarification of the values pertinent to what the team is undertaking or of values involved in a suggestion?
A)initiator-contributor
B)opinion seeker
C)elaborator
D)energizer
Q2) Under what conditions will the department structure work well?
Q3) Decentralized organizations have uniformity of policies,practices,and procedures and usually use area experts better.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An organizational structure where employees are grouped according to products,projects,customers,or geographic locations best defines
A)virtual structure.
B)matrix structure.
C)department structure.
D)functional structure.
Q5) Describe four ways that knowledge transfer occurs in virtual and global teams.
Q6) Identify nine reasons organizations outsource projects.
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Chapter 12: Project Success
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Q1) The type of power where the targeted persons comply to gain the project manager's approval is called A)referent power.
B)reward power.
C)legitimate power.
D)expert power.
Q2) When a listener moves closer to the speaker,this shows aggressiveness. A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify five success variables for a project manager.
Q4) An individual who is concerned about how work is completed and tries to get people to work together and perform better best describes A)customer.
B)leader.
C)manager. D)sponsor.
Q5) What is knowledge management? Identify five benefits of knowledge management.
Q6) Managers need to understand that technology makes projects successful. A)True B)False
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