COSC 475 Exam 2 Study Questions
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
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. -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
, Utilizing just in time material delivery for materials being delivered to the
work site: what would be your sites overarching, more than any other main
restriction that would drive you to this decision? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No or
very little available on site laydown space
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" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uneconomical
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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔All the above should be considered
The assignment of resources required to complete a given activity, or work
item, in the required amount and timing is known as what? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Resource allocation
If you are running a company and you have a limited number of labor
resources but multiple different projects, would distance between the two
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
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. -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
, Utilizing just in time material delivery for materials being delivered to the
work site: what would be your sites overarching, more than any other main
restriction that would drive you to this decision? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No or
very little available on site laydown space
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" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uneconomical
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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔All the above should be considered
The assignment of resources required to complete a given activity, or work
item, in the required amount and timing is known as what? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Resource allocation
If you are running a company and you have a limited number of labor
resources but multiple different projects, would distance between the two
