CM 3111 EXAM 1 QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
During the construction of a recent office building, your company's framing crew
installed 515 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall in two days. The crew consisted
of two carpenters and one helper and worked eight hours per day. Determine
productivity rate in labor hours per foot of wall for installing metal-stud walls on this
project. - Answers - .093 Lahr/lft
During the construction of a recent office building, your company's framing crew
installed 515 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall in two days. The crew consisted
of two carpenters and one helper and worked eight hours per day. Determine the
number of labor hours to install 810 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall. If the crew
consisted of a carpenter and laborer, how many days would it take to frame the wall?
They work eight hours per day. - Answers - 4.7 days
A commercial project requires the installation of 1,856 square feet of acoustical ceiling.
Using a productivity rate of 0.013 labor hours per square foot and a productivity factor of
0.95, determine the number of adjusted labor hours required to install the ceiling. -
Answers - 23 lhr
An asphalt paving crew is used to pave a road 8,000 feet long. The road is 48 feet wide
and the paving machine can pave a 12-foot-wide strip of road during each pass. The
machine paves 13 lineal feet of 12-foot-wide road per minute. Two lifts of asphalt are
needed to pave the road. After completing a pass, it takes the crew 15 minutes to turn
the paving machine around and get ready for the next pass. The crew consists of a
foreperson, seven operators, and a laborer. Using a system efficiency of 45 minutes per
hour, determine the number of labor hours required to place 1 lineal foot of road 12 feet
wide. - Answers - 0.0157 Lahr/lft
Given the following information, determine the burdened hourly wage rate for a
carpenter. Assume the carpenters take full advantage of the retirement benefit.
Wage rate—$23.00 per hour
Hours worked—45 hours per week for 30 weeks, and 40 hours per week for 20 weeks
Vacation, holidays, and sick leave—Two weeks at 40 hours per week
Overtime—Time-and-a-half for any hours over 40 per week
Gas allowance—$150 per month
Annual bonus—$300
Social Security—6.2 percent on the first $127,200 of wages
Medicare—1.45 percent of all wages
FUTA—0.6 percent on the first $7,000 of wages
SUTA—5.8 percent on the first $10,000 of wages
Worker's compensation insurance—$12.25 per $100.00 of wages
ACCURATE ANSWERS
During the construction of a recent office building, your company's framing crew
installed 515 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall in two days. The crew consisted
of two carpenters and one helper and worked eight hours per day. Determine
productivity rate in labor hours per foot of wall for installing metal-stud walls on this
project. - Answers - .093 Lahr/lft
During the construction of a recent office building, your company's framing crew
installed 515 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall in two days. The crew consisted
of two carpenters and one helper and worked eight hours per day. Determine the
number of labor hours to install 810 lineal feet of 8-foot-high, metal-stud wall. If the crew
consisted of a carpenter and laborer, how many days would it take to frame the wall?
They work eight hours per day. - Answers - 4.7 days
A commercial project requires the installation of 1,856 square feet of acoustical ceiling.
Using a productivity rate of 0.013 labor hours per square foot and a productivity factor of
0.95, determine the number of adjusted labor hours required to install the ceiling. -
Answers - 23 lhr
An asphalt paving crew is used to pave a road 8,000 feet long. The road is 48 feet wide
and the paving machine can pave a 12-foot-wide strip of road during each pass. The
machine paves 13 lineal feet of 12-foot-wide road per minute. Two lifts of asphalt are
needed to pave the road. After completing a pass, it takes the crew 15 minutes to turn
the paving machine around and get ready for the next pass. The crew consists of a
foreperson, seven operators, and a laborer. Using a system efficiency of 45 minutes per
hour, determine the number of labor hours required to place 1 lineal foot of road 12 feet
wide. - Answers - 0.0157 Lahr/lft
Given the following information, determine the burdened hourly wage rate for a
carpenter. Assume the carpenters take full advantage of the retirement benefit.
Wage rate—$23.00 per hour
Hours worked—45 hours per week for 30 weeks, and 40 hours per week for 20 weeks
Vacation, holidays, and sick leave—Two weeks at 40 hours per week
Overtime—Time-and-a-half for any hours over 40 per week
Gas allowance—$150 per month
Annual bonus—$300
Social Security—6.2 percent on the first $127,200 of wages
Medicare—1.45 percent of all wages
FUTA—0.6 percent on the first $7,000 of wages
SUTA—5.8 percent on the first $10,000 of wages
Worker's compensation insurance—$12.25 per $100.00 of wages
