CEM 100 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A situation in which 1) worker output is lower eight new, unfamiliar work processes, 2)
productivity increases as the worker completes the work processes more times, 3) as
proficiency increases output a steady state describes ________. - Answer- Learning
Curve
Research studies the impact of overtime on productivity has shown that a 60-hour work
week compared to a standard 40-hour work week that after ten weeks, productivity has
declined to a ______ level. - Answer- 65%
Under federal las, Title VII prohibits employers from treating applicants or employees
differently because of membership in a protected class. The central issue is whether the
employers actions were motivated by discriminatory intent, which may be proved by all
of the following except ______. - Answer- all of these are correct
Under current federal labor law, unions such as carpenters can go on strike but a
contractor employer can replace the striking union carpenter with permeant
replacements if the contractors decides to. - Answer- true
A construction site accident takes place to XYZ construction's employee when the
employee, with no authorization, uses AAA's construction forklift and tips it over injuring
the XYZ employee who was operating the Forklift. 4 subsequent investigations by
OSHA, the forklift manufactures, 2 contractors, respectively find that there are no issues
with forklift and the subjects accident was due too the unsafe operation by XYZ
employee. In this case, under workers comp, the XYZ employee would ________. -
Answer- be covered under workers comp since it is a "no-fault" insurance
Your superintendent for XYZ general construction, the general constructor for large
office building, the one and the architect on project have just issues XYZ a time and
material change order for additional construction work relating to additional sheet metal
cabinets on job. You assign work to carpenters union members from ABC sub as they
are the carpenters employer on job site since they are the trade that installs cabinets
when they are made of wood. However, the sheet metal workers hears of this trade
work assignment and threatens to strike since the work for MNO subs covers everything
to do with sheet metal. This type of dispute between the two trade groups is considered
to be a ________. - Answer- jurisdictional dispute
Separate activities are identified and defined, the sequential relationships among them
are determined. This is referred to as _______ - Answer- job logic
, _______ depicts each activity as a rectangular box, connected to other activities
(boxes) with arrows - Answer- precedence notation
_________ are practical limitations of one sort or another that can influence or control
the start of certain activities - Answer- Restraints
Each activity box (referred to as a _______ in scheduling vocabulary) - Answer- node
________ of an activity is the earliest time the activity can possibly start, allowing for the
times required to complete the preceding activities. - Answer- "early start" or "earliest
start" (ES)
_________ of an activity is the earliest possible time by which it can be completed and
is determined by adding that activity's duration to its early start time - Answer- "early
finish" or "earliest finish" (EF)
________ of an activity is the latest possible time it can be started if the project target
completion date is to be met and is obtained by subtracting the activity's duration from
its latest finish time. - Answer- late start" or "latest start" (LS)
________ means that the start of the project is customarily taken to be at time zero. -
Answer- expired working days
The early time computations proceed from project start to project finish, from left to
right, this process being referred to as the "_______." - Answer- forward pass
A concrete contractor may decide to have two firms, a union firm to go after typical
union projects such as public work with concrete construction and a non-union firm to
go after typical non-union projects such as the concrete work for single-family
residential and multi family apartments. This concrete contractor with the two operations
would be referred to as a _____________________ employer. - Answer- dual-shop
A local union is bargaining for a new contract with a multi-employer group ( the local
contractors' association). Per Federal labor law both the union and multi-employer
group have the obligation to bargain in good faith over wages, hours, and other terms
and conditions of employment. The phrase "wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment" would include all of the following except ______________. -
Answer- all of these are included in this "wages, hours, and other terms and conditions
of employment"
The employee who is the elected representative which is done at the start of the job in
an election by the first group of employees (by craft) on the jobsite or is appointed by
the union local, and is there to protect the rights of union members (by craft) is called
the ______________. - Answer- union steward
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A situation in which 1) worker output is lower eight new, unfamiliar work processes, 2)
productivity increases as the worker completes the work processes more times, 3) as
proficiency increases output a steady state describes ________. - Answer- Learning
Curve
Research studies the impact of overtime on productivity has shown that a 60-hour work
week compared to a standard 40-hour work week that after ten weeks, productivity has
declined to a ______ level. - Answer- 65%
Under federal las, Title VII prohibits employers from treating applicants or employees
differently because of membership in a protected class. The central issue is whether the
employers actions were motivated by discriminatory intent, which may be proved by all
of the following except ______. - Answer- all of these are correct
Under current federal labor law, unions such as carpenters can go on strike but a
contractor employer can replace the striking union carpenter with permeant
replacements if the contractors decides to. - Answer- true
A construction site accident takes place to XYZ construction's employee when the
employee, with no authorization, uses AAA's construction forklift and tips it over injuring
the XYZ employee who was operating the Forklift. 4 subsequent investigations by
OSHA, the forklift manufactures, 2 contractors, respectively find that there are no issues
with forklift and the subjects accident was due too the unsafe operation by XYZ
employee. In this case, under workers comp, the XYZ employee would ________. -
Answer- be covered under workers comp since it is a "no-fault" insurance
Your superintendent for XYZ general construction, the general constructor for large
office building, the one and the architect on project have just issues XYZ a time and
material change order for additional construction work relating to additional sheet metal
cabinets on job. You assign work to carpenters union members from ABC sub as they
are the carpenters employer on job site since they are the trade that installs cabinets
when they are made of wood. However, the sheet metal workers hears of this trade
work assignment and threatens to strike since the work for MNO subs covers everything
to do with sheet metal. This type of dispute between the two trade groups is considered
to be a ________. - Answer- jurisdictional dispute
Separate activities are identified and defined, the sequential relationships among them
are determined. This is referred to as _______ - Answer- job logic
, _______ depicts each activity as a rectangular box, connected to other activities
(boxes) with arrows - Answer- precedence notation
_________ are practical limitations of one sort or another that can influence or control
the start of certain activities - Answer- Restraints
Each activity box (referred to as a _______ in scheduling vocabulary) - Answer- node
________ of an activity is the earliest time the activity can possibly start, allowing for the
times required to complete the preceding activities. - Answer- "early start" or "earliest
start" (ES)
_________ of an activity is the earliest possible time by which it can be completed and
is determined by adding that activity's duration to its early start time - Answer- "early
finish" or "earliest finish" (EF)
________ of an activity is the latest possible time it can be started if the project target
completion date is to be met and is obtained by subtracting the activity's duration from
its latest finish time. - Answer- late start" or "latest start" (LS)
________ means that the start of the project is customarily taken to be at time zero. -
Answer- expired working days
The early time computations proceed from project start to project finish, from left to
right, this process being referred to as the "_______." - Answer- forward pass
A concrete contractor may decide to have two firms, a union firm to go after typical
union projects such as public work with concrete construction and a non-union firm to
go after typical non-union projects such as the concrete work for single-family
residential and multi family apartments. This concrete contractor with the two operations
would be referred to as a _____________________ employer. - Answer- dual-shop
A local union is bargaining for a new contract with a multi-employer group ( the local
contractors' association). Per Federal labor law both the union and multi-employer
group have the obligation to bargain in good faith over wages, hours, and other terms
and conditions of employment. The phrase "wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment" would include all of the following except ______________. -
Answer- all of these are included in this "wages, hours, and other terms and conditions
of employment"
The employee who is the elected representative which is done at the start of the job in
an election by the first group of employees (by craft) on the jobsite or is appointed by
the union local, and is there to protect the rights of union members (by craft) is called
the ______________. - Answer- union steward
