CM 3111 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Productivity rate = - Answers - Labor hours / quantity
Labor hours = - Answers - Quantity take off * productivity rate
Adjusted labor hours = - Answers - Labor hours * productivity factor
What is the productivity factor when the condition slow the progress of work? - Answers
- Greater than one
What is the productivity factor when the conditions increase the speed up the work in
progress? - Answers - Less than one
The anticipated weather condition must be ________ than the average weather
condition for historical data. This causes productivity factor to? - Answers - Worse
Be greater than one
When working conditions are worse than average what is the productivity factor? -
Answers - Greater than one
Overtime has little effect on productivity if? - Answers - Occasional working a few extra
hours one day
Overtime as a detrimental effect on productivity if? - Answers - Extensive use of
overtime over an extended period
When workers on a project start working overtime what must be done? - Answers - The
entire system of the construction project must respond
A _______ hour workweek tends to have the highest ________ - Answers - 40
Productivity
Productivity rate=
(Cycle time analysis) - Answers - (average cycle time * productivity factor * crew size) /
(System efficiency * quantity per cycle)
Productivity rate=
(Linear work) - Answers - (((Quantity / rate of progress) + travel time) * crew size) / (
system efficiency * quantity)
, National data sources are less accurate than? - Answers - Historical data
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act? (FLSA) - Answers - Establishes the requirements
for payment of minimum wage and overtime
What does the FLSA define a work week as? - Answers - 168 hours in 7 days
Over time for salary - Answers - Base wage=($salary/hours worked that week)
(Base wage/2) * (hours worked - 40)
Davis-Bacon Act - Answers - Prevailing wages be paid on jobs with federal funding
Who has more flexibility in determining wage rates, benefits, and working conditions -
Answers - Open shop contractors and subcontractors
What is the downside of an open shop arrangement? - Answers - Contractor is
responsible for finding hiring and retaining trained craftsman
The wages paid to labor are known as? - Answers - Bear hourly wage rate
What are the costs associated with employing the labor? - Answers - Labor burden
Burden hourly labor rate= - Answers - (Wages + Benefits) / billable hours
Cash allowances are? - Answers - Funds paid to the employee to provide cash for his
own tools or the use of his personal vehicle
Reimbursements are? - Answers - Based on the actual cost of tools or the cost of using
a personal vehicle for business that they get piad back.
Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the employer should be? - Answers -
Included in the labor burden
Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the employer should be? - Answers -
Deducted from the wages and are not a cost to the employer
Worker compensation rates are lower than one represent? - Answers - A lower than
expected claim history
General liability insurance provides a company with protection from? - Answers -
Lawsuits arising from negligence of a company's employees
What classifies a labor burden? - Answers - Money that in employer must pay regarding
employees and insurance
ANSWERS
Productivity rate = - Answers - Labor hours / quantity
Labor hours = - Answers - Quantity take off * productivity rate
Adjusted labor hours = - Answers - Labor hours * productivity factor
What is the productivity factor when the condition slow the progress of work? - Answers
- Greater than one
What is the productivity factor when the conditions increase the speed up the work in
progress? - Answers - Less than one
The anticipated weather condition must be ________ than the average weather
condition for historical data. This causes productivity factor to? - Answers - Worse
Be greater than one
When working conditions are worse than average what is the productivity factor? -
Answers - Greater than one
Overtime has little effect on productivity if? - Answers - Occasional working a few extra
hours one day
Overtime as a detrimental effect on productivity if? - Answers - Extensive use of
overtime over an extended period
When workers on a project start working overtime what must be done? - Answers - The
entire system of the construction project must respond
A _______ hour workweek tends to have the highest ________ - Answers - 40
Productivity
Productivity rate=
(Cycle time analysis) - Answers - (average cycle time * productivity factor * crew size) /
(System efficiency * quantity per cycle)
Productivity rate=
(Linear work) - Answers - (((Quantity / rate of progress) + travel time) * crew size) / (
system efficiency * quantity)
, National data sources are less accurate than? - Answers - Historical data
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act? (FLSA) - Answers - Establishes the requirements
for payment of minimum wage and overtime
What does the FLSA define a work week as? - Answers - 168 hours in 7 days
Over time for salary - Answers - Base wage=($salary/hours worked that week)
(Base wage/2) * (hours worked - 40)
Davis-Bacon Act - Answers - Prevailing wages be paid on jobs with federal funding
Who has more flexibility in determining wage rates, benefits, and working conditions -
Answers - Open shop contractors and subcontractors
What is the downside of an open shop arrangement? - Answers - Contractor is
responsible for finding hiring and retaining trained craftsman
The wages paid to labor are known as? - Answers - Bear hourly wage rate
What are the costs associated with employing the labor? - Answers - Labor burden
Burden hourly labor rate= - Answers - (Wages + Benefits) / billable hours
Cash allowances are? - Answers - Funds paid to the employee to provide cash for his
own tools or the use of his personal vehicle
Reimbursements are? - Answers - Based on the actual cost of tools or the cost of using
a personal vehicle for business that they get piad back.
Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the employer should be? - Answers -
Included in the labor burden
Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the employer should be? - Answers -
Deducted from the wages and are not a cost to the employer
Worker compensation rates are lower than one represent? - Answers - A lower than
expected claim history
General liability insurance provides a company with protection from? - Answers -
Lawsuits arising from negligence of a company's employees
What classifies a labor burden? - Answers - Money that in employer must pay regarding
employees and insurance
