COSC 475 Final Exam 2025
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Critical Thinking Pathway - ✔✔1) Problem Identification- visualization & fact finding
2) Creative Thinking- green light thinking & brainstorming
3) Logical Analysis- red light thinking & reasoning
4) Decision Making- gain consensus & decision matrixes
5) Coordination- Plan Implementation & control stress
Planning vs Scheduling - ✔✔-planning is about the who, what, where, and how
-scheduling is the when
Stakeholders in planning - ✔✔-Owner
-Design Team
-Builders
-Agencies (inspectors, AHJ, gov.)
-Providers (utilities)
Stakeholders in Scheduling - ✔✔"practitioners are needed"
-Builders
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, -Owners Representative
Work days vs Calendar Days - ✔✔-Work days are any day that you preform work on,
typically during the week
-Calendar days is every day in the year
**Non-working days, whenever you don't preform work, typically holidays and the
weekends
Notice to Proceed - ✔✔implies that the site id free of encumbrances and the contractor
can occupy the site
Date of the NTP establishes the reference date from which the beginning of the project
is calculated
Substantial Completion - ✔✔date provided in the contract and represents the earliest
day that the owner can use the facility "for its intended purpose"
this date specifies when liquidated damages will begin
Liquidated Damages - ✔✔an assessment against the contractor for late completion
-the two dates that control the initiation of LD are the NTP and sub comp.
Activity/Task - ✔✔smaller components included in an overall schedule that are
identified for the purpose of planning, scheduling, monitoring, and controlling the
project
-are described in terms of time and will consume resources
milestone - ✔✔marks a significant point in time for reference or measurement
**has zero duration, often a single date
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Critical Thinking Pathway - ✔✔1) Problem Identification- visualization & fact finding
2) Creative Thinking- green light thinking & brainstorming
3) Logical Analysis- red light thinking & reasoning
4) Decision Making- gain consensus & decision matrixes
5) Coordination- Plan Implementation & control stress
Planning vs Scheduling - ✔✔-planning is about the who, what, where, and how
-scheduling is the when
Stakeholders in planning - ✔✔-Owner
-Design Team
-Builders
-Agencies (inspectors, AHJ, gov.)
-Providers (utilities)
Stakeholders in Scheduling - ✔✔"practitioners are needed"
-Builders
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, -Owners Representative
Work days vs Calendar Days - ✔✔-Work days are any day that you preform work on,
typically during the week
-Calendar days is every day in the year
**Non-working days, whenever you don't preform work, typically holidays and the
weekends
Notice to Proceed - ✔✔implies that the site id free of encumbrances and the contractor
can occupy the site
Date of the NTP establishes the reference date from which the beginning of the project
is calculated
Substantial Completion - ✔✔date provided in the contract and represents the earliest
day that the owner can use the facility "for its intended purpose"
this date specifies when liquidated damages will begin
Liquidated Damages - ✔✔an assessment against the contractor for late completion
-the two dates that control the initiation of LD are the NTP and sub comp.
Activity/Task - ✔✔smaller components included in an overall schedule that are
identified for the purpose of planning, scheduling, monitoring, and controlling the
project
-are described in terms of time and will consume resources
milestone - ✔✔marks a significant point in time for reference or measurement
**has zero duration, often a single date
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
