CM 4101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
(ESi)
(EFi)
(LFi)
(LSi)
(Ti)
(TFi)
(FFi) - Answers -Early Activity Start
Early Activity Finish
Late Activity Finish
Late Activity Start
Duration
Total Float
Free Float
Why Plan, Schedule and Control? (6) - Answers --Complexity of construction projects
-To control resource consumption
-To communicate the construction plan
-To establish production goals
-To monitor and measure project progress
-To manage changes
What is a primary means that general contractors use to communicate the construction
plan to other parties. - Answers -A Schedule
The construction schedule provides a baseline that allows what to be compared? -
Answers -current status of a project to the scheduled plan. It determine if the
construction is ahead or behind schedule.
Planning answers what questions? (4) - Answers -who?, what?, where?, and how?
Scheduling answers the question? - Answers -when
What is used to determine when activities need to be started and completed. - Answers
-A Schedule
What is a time-based arrangement of activities planned to take place in order to
efficiently complete a project - Answers -A schedule
What is an organized method of presenting information on when activities need to be
started, how long activities are planned to take, and when activities are planned to be
completed. It may also convey the logical relationships between activities - Answers -a
schedule
, What is an active process to monitor and update the construction plan and the
schedule. - Answers -Project Control
Bar charts are ________ and ________ presentations that show how major work
activities are scheduled. - Answers -simple : time-scaled
What is an advantage of a bar chart? - Answers -Simple and ease to use
What are the disadvantages of bar charts? (4) - Answers --Project status cannot be
determined.
-Needs for schedule adjustments cannot be determined.
-Activities for possible project acceleration cannot be determined.
-It relies on extra links to show logical relationships between activities. Otherwise, the
logical relationships between activities cannot be determined.
For bar charts the Length of Activity is represented by what stated in days? - Answers -
the length of the open bar
For bar charts The Activity Restraint (interrelationship) is shown using a? - Answers -
heavy vertical line with an arrow head.
For bar charts The Activity Description is placed on the? - Answers -top of each bar.
For bar charts The Duration is in Days. It is placed at the - Answers -bottom left hand
portion of each activity, or inside the bar.
For bar charts The Free Float is shown as a - Answers -horizontal dotted line between
each activity.
What are graphic representations using nodes and links. - Answers -Networks
What is a discrete part of a project that can be identified for planning, scheduling,
monitoring, and controlling the construction project. - Answers -Activity
What is the point in time or an instant at which the status of completion of a project or
an activity can be defined. - Answers -Event
What is the period of time that will be consumed in completing a task. - Answers -
duration
What are included in schedules to mark a particular point in time for reference or
measurement. - Answers -Milestones
What use network presentations to represent activities, sequences/logic, times and
durations. (2) - Answers -Arrow Diagrams and Precedence Diagrams
(ESi)
(EFi)
(LFi)
(LSi)
(Ti)
(TFi)
(FFi) - Answers -Early Activity Start
Early Activity Finish
Late Activity Finish
Late Activity Start
Duration
Total Float
Free Float
Why Plan, Schedule and Control? (6) - Answers --Complexity of construction projects
-To control resource consumption
-To communicate the construction plan
-To establish production goals
-To monitor and measure project progress
-To manage changes
What is a primary means that general contractors use to communicate the construction
plan to other parties. - Answers -A Schedule
The construction schedule provides a baseline that allows what to be compared? -
Answers -current status of a project to the scheduled plan. It determine if the
construction is ahead or behind schedule.
Planning answers what questions? (4) - Answers -who?, what?, where?, and how?
Scheduling answers the question? - Answers -when
What is used to determine when activities need to be started and completed. - Answers
-A Schedule
What is a time-based arrangement of activities planned to take place in order to
efficiently complete a project - Answers -A schedule
What is an organized method of presenting information on when activities need to be
started, how long activities are planned to take, and when activities are planned to be
completed. It may also convey the logical relationships between activities - Answers -a
schedule
, What is an active process to monitor and update the construction plan and the
schedule. - Answers -Project Control
Bar charts are ________ and ________ presentations that show how major work
activities are scheduled. - Answers -simple : time-scaled
What is an advantage of a bar chart? - Answers -Simple and ease to use
What are the disadvantages of bar charts? (4) - Answers --Project status cannot be
determined.
-Needs for schedule adjustments cannot be determined.
-Activities for possible project acceleration cannot be determined.
-It relies on extra links to show logical relationships between activities. Otherwise, the
logical relationships between activities cannot be determined.
For bar charts the Length of Activity is represented by what stated in days? - Answers -
the length of the open bar
For bar charts The Activity Restraint (interrelationship) is shown using a? - Answers -
heavy vertical line with an arrow head.
For bar charts The Activity Description is placed on the? - Answers -top of each bar.
For bar charts The Duration is in Days. It is placed at the - Answers -bottom left hand
portion of each activity, or inside the bar.
For bar charts The Free Float is shown as a - Answers -horizontal dotted line between
each activity.
What are graphic representations using nodes and links. - Answers -Networks
What is a discrete part of a project that can be identified for planning, scheduling,
monitoring, and controlling the construction project. - Answers -Activity
What is the point in time or an instant at which the status of completion of a project or
an activity can be defined. - Answers -Event
What is the period of time that will be consumed in completing a task. - Answers -
duration
What are included in schedules to mark a particular point in time for reference or
measurement. - Answers -Milestones
What use network presentations to represent activities, sequences/logic, times and
durations. (2) - Answers -Arrow Diagrams and Precedence Diagrams
