COSC 475 Exam 2 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If you are running a company and you have a limited number of labor resources but multiple
different projects, would distance between the two projects impact your resource leveling options
between the two projects? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown
Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a bulldozer and a crew of 4
at essentially the same time, each with a duration of about 3 weeks. The bulldozer helps
accomplish essentially the first 3 weeks of work onsite. Would you share resources between
these two projects when both projects have a fixed hard end date? - CORRECT
ANSWER - No
If you build the same project 10 times in a row, same building but different locations, do you
always choose the same material management strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER - No
The leveling of resources looks at the overall fluctuations in day to day resource usage
throughout a project, labor and equipment, and attempts to do what to those fluctuations? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Minimize
When pertaining to labor, hourly workers are hired to perform which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Are resource driven schedules and manpower loaded schedules the same thing? Meaning, are the
schedules both driven by the activities in the same way/manner? - CORRECT ANSWER -
No
Which of the following is not a method used to reduce fluctuations the resource profile when
resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fast tracking activities
, The main idea of resource leveling is to increase the efficiency of the project and minimize the
overall costs. Leveling which of the following really does not assist in these cost reduction and
efficiency improvement efforts. - CORRECT ANSWER - Materials
Utilizing extreme theories like the inventory buffer theory, is it economical to have all materials
on-site before starting a project to achieve the lowest cost option project (Cost driven, not
schedule driven)? One clue, when referencing just all material being on-site before construction
starts, is that I would refer to this as "The Dream Project" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Uneconomical
If you are GC and have multiple large subcontractors that have labor resources in many states
and multiple crafts, should you bother to resource load your master schedule? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Yes
The assignment of resources required to complete a given activity, or work item, in the required
amount and timing is known as what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resource allocation
When dealing with work space and the ever changing nature of the work during the life cycle of
a project, which of the following is not considered a work space consideration for planning and
resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above should be considered
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown
Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a safety manager at
essentially the same time, each for a duration of about 6 weeks. Would you share resources
between these two projects when both projects have a flexible end date? The client on each
project has stated that a safety manager will be on-site each day for at least half the days work
duration when crews are on-site. - CORRECT ANSWER - No
We often talk about the backward pass when looking at schedule logic; is there a similar step that
can be done with resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
When working with our schedules, we are dealing specifically with crews in our resource
calendar. When utilizing a manpower loaded schedule, as we are for HW6 and the semester
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If you are running a company and you have a limited number of labor resources but multiple
different projects, would distance between the two projects impact your resource leveling options
between the two projects? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown
Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a bulldozer and a crew of 4
at essentially the same time, each with a duration of about 3 weeks. The bulldozer helps
accomplish essentially the first 3 weeks of work onsite. Would you share resources between
these two projects when both projects have a fixed hard end date? - CORRECT
ANSWER - No
If you build the same project 10 times in a row, same building but different locations, do you
always choose the same material management strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER - No
The leveling of resources looks at the overall fluctuations in day to day resource usage
throughout a project, labor and equipment, and attempts to do what to those fluctuations? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Minimize
When pertaining to labor, hourly workers are hired to perform which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
Are resource driven schedules and manpower loaded schedules the same thing? Meaning, are the
schedules both driven by the activities in the same way/manner? - CORRECT ANSWER -
No
Which of the following is not a method used to reduce fluctuations the resource profile when
resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fast tracking activities
, The main idea of resource leveling is to increase the efficiency of the project and minimize the
overall costs. Leveling which of the following really does not assist in these cost reduction and
efficiency improvement efforts. - CORRECT ANSWER - Materials
Utilizing extreme theories like the inventory buffer theory, is it economical to have all materials
on-site before starting a project to achieve the lowest cost option project (Cost driven, not
schedule driven)? One clue, when referencing just all material being on-site before construction
starts, is that I would refer to this as "The Dream Project" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Uneconomical
If you are GC and have multiple large subcontractors that have labor resources in many states
and multiple crafts, should you bother to resource load your master schedule? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Yes
The assignment of resources required to complete a given activity, or work item, in the required
amount and timing is known as what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resource allocation
When dealing with work space and the ever changing nature of the work during the life cycle of
a project, which of the following is not considered a work space consideration for planning and
resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above should be considered
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown
Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a safety manager at
essentially the same time, each for a duration of about 6 weeks. Would you share resources
between these two projects when both projects have a flexible end date? The client on each
project has stated that a safety manager will be on-site each day for at least half the days work
duration when crews are on-site. - CORRECT ANSWER - No
We often talk about the backward pass when looking at schedule logic; is there a similar step that
can be done with resource leveling? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
When working with our schedules, we are dealing specifically with crews in our resource
calendar. When utilizing a manpower loaded schedule, as we are for HW6 and the semester
