construction planning and scheduling
final exam with complete solutions
Planning - correct answer ✔✔ The process of choosing the one method and order of work to be adopted
for a project from all the various ways and sequences in which it could be done; determination of what
tasks must be performed
Scheduling - correct answer ✔✔ The determination of the timing and sequence of operations in the
project and their assembly to give the overall completion time; provides a time frame in which the tasks
or activities are to take place
bar chart - correct answer ✔✔ Simplicity and ease of preparation and understanding
Difficult to add an activity for large projects and still accurately anticipate the impact of the change on
the entire schedule
precedence diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Insertion of an activity is a relatively simple matter; logic is
more readily apparent
Requires understanding of predecessors and successors
There are no two projects in construction that are identical (from the contractor's point of view). -
correct answer ✔✔ true
Every construction project needs a CPM schedule. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The maintenance of a large office building is considered a project. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The renovation of a large office building is considered a project. - correct answer ✔✔ true
, Project control deals only with the money aspect of the project. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The bar representing a 4-day activity is twice as long as a bar representing a 2-day activity in a bar chart.
- correct answer ✔✔ true
Bar charts lost their popularity with the introduction of the Critical Path Method. - correct answer ✔✔
false
Bars in a bar chart must be connected with relationship lines. - correct answer ✔✔ false
Bar charts and Gantt charts are two different methods of plotting construction projects' schedules. -
correct answer ✔✔ false
There is one standard way to break down the project into activities for the purpose of creating a bar
chart. - correct answer ✔✔ false
Node in an arrow diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an event of a start and/or finish of an activity
Arrow in an arrow diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an activity
Node in a node diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an activity
Line in a node diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents a logic relationship
A milestone is a term used by scheduling software to indicate an important event. - correct answer ✔✔
true
The length of the arrow in an arrow diagram is proportional to the length of the duration of that activity.
- correct answer ✔✔ false
final exam with complete solutions
Planning - correct answer ✔✔ The process of choosing the one method and order of work to be adopted
for a project from all the various ways and sequences in which it could be done; determination of what
tasks must be performed
Scheduling - correct answer ✔✔ The determination of the timing and sequence of operations in the
project and their assembly to give the overall completion time; provides a time frame in which the tasks
or activities are to take place
bar chart - correct answer ✔✔ Simplicity and ease of preparation and understanding
Difficult to add an activity for large projects and still accurately anticipate the impact of the change on
the entire schedule
precedence diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Insertion of an activity is a relatively simple matter; logic is
more readily apparent
Requires understanding of predecessors and successors
There are no two projects in construction that are identical (from the contractor's point of view). -
correct answer ✔✔ true
Every construction project needs a CPM schedule. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The maintenance of a large office building is considered a project. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The renovation of a large office building is considered a project. - correct answer ✔✔ true
, Project control deals only with the money aspect of the project. - correct answer ✔✔ false
The bar representing a 4-day activity is twice as long as a bar representing a 2-day activity in a bar chart.
- correct answer ✔✔ true
Bar charts lost their popularity with the introduction of the Critical Path Method. - correct answer ✔✔
false
Bars in a bar chart must be connected with relationship lines. - correct answer ✔✔ false
Bar charts and Gantt charts are two different methods of plotting construction projects' schedules. -
correct answer ✔✔ false
There is one standard way to break down the project into activities for the purpose of creating a bar
chart. - correct answer ✔✔ false
Node in an arrow diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an event of a start and/or finish of an activity
Arrow in an arrow diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an activity
Node in a node diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents an activity
Line in a node diagram - correct answer ✔✔ Represents a logic relationship
A milestone is a term used by scheduling software to indicate an important event. - correct answer ✔✔
true
The length of the arrow in an arrow diagram is proportional to the length of the duration of that activity.
- correct answer ✔✔ false
