Construction Management Final Exam
REVISED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Project - CORRECT ANSWER - An endeavor that is undertaken to produce the results
that are expected from the requesting party.
Scope, Budget, Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER - What three components must be well
defined to successfully be completed?
Owner, Architect/Engineer, Engineering Consultants, Construction Manager, and Prime
Contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - People involved in a construction project are: (name
the 5 most involved people)
Project Scope - CORRECT ANSWER - The work to be accomplished. Is the first task in
development, prior to actual development. (to meet the definition of the project) Define the work
that must be accomplished. identify the quantity, quality, and tasks that must be performed.
Project Budgeting - CORRECT ANSWER - Matches the project definition and scope.
Defines the owner's permissible financial requirements and determines direct, and indirect costs
plus contingencies.
Project Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - The strategy to accomplish work. Selecting and
assigning project staffing. Identifying the tasks required to accomplish the work.
Project scheduling - CORRECT ANSWER - The product of scope budgeting, and
planning. Arranging activities in a logical sequence. Link the costs and resources to a the
sequence of activities.
Project tracking - CORRECT ANSWER - To ensure the project is progressing as planned.
Measures work, time, and costs that are expended. Compares "actual" to "planned" work, time,
and cost.
, Project close out - CORRECT ANSWER - Final completion to ensure owner satisfaction.
Perform final testing and inspection, archive documents, and confirm payments. Turn over
project to owner.
Project manager - CORRECT ANSWER - This person maintains the organization of
construction and works closely with the design and construction of the project. They enter a
contract with the owner and can be responsible for professional advice and counsel to the owner,
coordinating contractors during construction phase, document review, and scheduling.
the project, however, the PM may be employed by the owner, designer, or contractor -
CORRECT ANSWER - Who does the Project Manager work for?
Functional management - CORRECT ANSWER - This type of management consists of the
following components:
prioritization, scheduling/planning, delegate, failure analysis, controlling system (system of
measures reporting, forecasting deviations from scope, budge, and schedule.
Project management - CORRECT ANSWER - This type of management involves the
coordination of one time work by a team of people who often have never previously worked
together. Requires a multi-discipline focus to coordinate overall needs of a project with reliance
on others to provide the technical expertise.
Discipline management - CORRECT ANSWER - Name this type of management.
How work is done. who will do it? quality of completion. single discipline focus (plumber,
electrician). Tends to be specialized/have a specialist approach.
Owner's team - CORRECT ANSWER - This team lead by a hired project manager. This
team consists of the design project manager and the construction project manager that all have an
individual contract from the owner. This team is responsible for administering design and
construction contracts and updating the project sponsor in the owner's organization.
REVISED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Project - CORRECT ANSWER - An endeavor that is undertaken to produce the results
that are expected from the requesting party.
Scope, Budget, Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER - What three components must be well
defined to successfully be completed?
Owner, Architect/Engineer, Engineering Consultants, Construction Manager, and Prime
Contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - People involved in a construction project are: (name
the 5 most involved people)
Project Scope - CORRECT ANSWER - The work to be accomplished. Is the first task in
development, prior to actual development. (to meet the definition of the project) Define the work
that must be accomplished. identify the quantity, quality, and tasks that must be performed.
Project Budgeting - CORRECT ANSWER - Matches the project definition and scope.
Defines the owner's permissible financial requirements and determines direct, and indirect costs
plus contingencies.
Project Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - The strategy to accomplish work. Selecting and
assigning project staffing. Identifying the tasks required to accomplish the work.
Project scheduling - CORRECT ANSWER - The product of scope budgeting, and
planning. Arranging activities in a logical sequence. Link the costs and resources to a the
sequence of activities.
Project tracking - CORRECT ANSWER - To ensure the project is progressing as planned.
Measures work, time, and costs that are expended. Compares "actual" to "planned" work, time,
and cost.
, Project close out - CORRECT ANSWER - Final completion to ensure owner satisfaction.
Perform final testing and inspection, archive documents, and confirm payments. Turn over
project to owner.
Project manager - CORRECT ANSWER - This person maintains the organization of
construction and works closely with the design and construction of the project. They enter a
contract with the owner and can be responsible for professional advice and counsel to the owner,
coordinating contractors during construction phase, document review, and scheduling.
the project, however, the PM may be employed by the owner, designer, or contractor -
CORRECT ANSWER - Who does the Project Manager work for?
Functional management - CORRECT ANSWER - This type of management consists of the
following components:
prioritization, scheduling/planning, delegate, failure analysis, controlling system (system of
measures reporting, forecasting deviations from scope, budge, and schedule.
Project management - CORRECT ANSWER - This type of management involves the
coordination of one time work by a team of people who often have never previously worked
together. Requires a multi-discipline focus to coordinate overall needs of a project with reliance
on others to provide the technical expertise.
Discipline management - CORRECT ANSWER - Name this type of management.
How work is done. who will do it? quality of completion. single discipline focus (plumber,
electrician). Tends to be specialized/have a specialist approach.
Owner's team - CORRECT ANSWER - This team lead by a hired project manager. This
team consists of the design project manager and the construction project manager that all have an
individual contract from the owner. This team is responsible for administering design and
construction contracts and updating the project sponsor in the owner's organization.
