CM 7207 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
A commercial project requires the installation of 127 square yards of carpet. Using a
productivity rate of 0.108 labor hours per square yard and a productivity factor of 1.05,
determine the number of labor hours required to install the carpet. - Answers - 15 lhr
It is estimated that it will take 217 labor hours to construct a block wall. Using a
burdened hourly rate of $38.75 per labor hour, what is the labor cost to construct the
wall? - Answers - 217*38.75=$8409
During the construction of a recent residence, your company's finish carpentry crew
installed 14 interior doors in 18 labor hours. Determine productivity rate in labor hours
per door for installing doors on this project? - Answers - =18 lhr/door
Which of the following needs to be included in the cost of the materials? - Answers - All
of the above (Freight, storage, transportation)
When loose materials are placed and compacted (as fill) on a project, it will be
compressed into a smaller volume than when it was loose, with the exception of solid
rock. - Answers - True
Where would you look to find a written description of materials, construction systems,
and workmanship? - Answers - Technical Specifications
Which of the following should not be included in the home office overhead? - Answers -
Rent of the projects office
The Davis-Bacon Act requires that prevailing wages be paid on jobs with Federal
funding. - Answers - True
The cost of tires is depreciated over the useful life of the ___________ and the cost of
the repairs taken as a percentage of the __________, based on past experience. -
Answers - tires, tire depreciation
Which of the following is NOT a factor when calculating the depreciation and interest? -
Answers - Insurance Cost
Ownership costs are those costs that the contractor incurs whether the equipment is
used on a job or not? - Answers - True
A general contractor has stopped paying the subcontractors, the owner can resort to a
________to pay the subcontractors. - Answers - Payment Bond
The use of overtime does not affect labor productivity - Answers - False
A commercial project requires the installation of 127 square yards of carpet. Using a
productivity rate of 0.108 labor hours per square yard and a productivity factor of 1.05,
determine the number of labor hours required to install the carpet. - Answers - 15 lhr
It is estimated that it will take 217 labor hours to construct a block wall. Using a
burdened hourly rate of $38.75 per labor hour, what is the labor cost to construct the
wall? - Answers - 217*38.75=$8409
During the construction of a recent residence, your company's finish carpentry crew
installed 14 interior doors in 18 labor hours. Determine productivity rate in labor hours
per door for installing doors on this project? - Answers - =18 lhr/door
Which of the following needs to be included in the cost of the materials? - Answers - All
of the above (Freight, storage, transportation)
When loose materials are placed and compacted (as fill) on a project, it will be
compressed into a smaller volume than when it was loose, with the exception of solid
rock. - Answers - True
Where would you look to find a written description of materials, construction systems,
and workmanship? - Answers - Technical Specifications
Which of the following should not be included in the home office overhead? - Answers -
Rent of the projects office
The Davis-Bacon Act requires that prevailing wages be paid on jobs with Federal
funding. - Answers - True
The cost of tires is depreciated over the useful life of the ___________ and the cost of
the repairs taken as a percentage of the __________, based on past experience. -
Answers - tires, tire depreciation
Which of the following is NOT a factor when calculating the depreciation and interest? -
Answers - Insurance Cost
Ownership costs are those costs that the contractor incurs whether the equipment is
used on a job or not? - Answers - True
A general contractor has stopped paying the subcontractors, the owner can resort to a
________to pay the subcontractors. - Answers - Payment Bond
The use of overtime does not affect labor productivity - Answers - False
