PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2026 EXAM
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
◉Progression. Answer: Projects build up slowly as workers and
equipment are brought to the project and mobilized. Early on only a
few activities may occur, but once mobilization is complete work
proceeds at a rapid pace until the end, when production slows down
and the last remaining items are wrapped up. S-curve reflects this.
Line represents cash flow and project completion
Three curves: actual, expected, and initial
◉Engineering. Answer: Heavy or horizontal construction
Highway, railroad, bridges, utility, dams
◉Industrial. Answer: emphasis on production
project requires a unique team to plan, design, construct and
maintain the project
,◉By use. Answer: -Residential building construction
-Commercial and institutional construction
-Infrastructure and heavy construction
-Industrial construction
-Environmental construction
◉Categories of construction projects. Answer: By size: by
ownership, by scope
◉Residential construction. Answer: Includes single family houses
and apartment building complexes
Privately funded by individual owners or developers
Developers serve as surrogate owners and take charge, making
contractual agreements for design and constructors and financing
the sale of the completed structures
Designs performed by architects and engineers
Construction executed by builders who hire subcontractors for the
structural, mechanical, electrical and other specialty work
,◉Industrial Projects. Answer: Involve large scale projects with a
high degree of technological complexity such as oil refineries, steel
mills, chemical processing plants and coal-fired or nuclear power
plants
Owners are deeply involved in development
Prefer to work with designers-builders such that the total time for
the completion of the project can be shortened
◉Commercial Buildings. Answer: Schools, universities, medical
clinics, hospitals, sports stadiums, shopping centers, warehouses,
offices, hotels
Privately funded, though some projects like schools, courthouses
and city offices are publicly funded
Owner may or may not be familiar with construction industry
practices but they're usually able to select competent professional
consultants and arrange the financing of the constructed facilities
themselves
Specialty architects and engineers engaged for designing a specific
building,
Builders/contractors my also be specialized only in that building
, ◉Infrastructure and heavy construction. Answer: Include highways,
mass transit systems, tunnels, bridges, pipelines, drainage systems
and sewage treatment plants
Publicly owned and therefore are sensitive to governmental policy
Characterized by a high degree of mechanization which has
gradually replaced some labor intensive operations
Designed principally by civil engineers and built by heavy
construction contractors having engineering backgrounds or
support
◉Environmental construction. Answer: dealing with projects that
improve the environment
includes sanitary sewers, waste management and clean water
◉Management Process. Answer: 1. Clear goals
2. Problem solving: investigations to come to solutions. constant
communication
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
◉Progression. Answer: Projects build up slowly as workers and
equipment are brought to the project and mobilized. Early on only a
few activities may occur, but once mobilization is complete work
proceeds at a rapid pace until the end, when production slows down
and the last remaining items are wrapped up. S-curve reflects this.
Line represents cash flow and project completion
Three curves: actual, expected, and initial
◉Engineering. Answer: Heavy or horizontal construction
Highway, railroad, bridges, utility, dams
◉Industrial. Answer: emphasis on production
project requires a unique team to plan, design, construct and
maintain the project
,◉By use. Answer: -Residential building construction
-Commercial and institutional construction
-Infrastructure and heavy construction
-Industrial construction
-Environmental construction
◉Categories of construction projects. Answer: By size: by
ownership, by scope
◉Residential construction. Answer: Includes single family houses
and apartment building complexes
Privately funded by individual owners or developers
Developers serve as surrogate owners and take charge, making
contractual agreements for design and constructors and financing
the sale of the completed structures
Designs performed by architects and engineers
Construction executed by builders who hire subcontractors for the
structural, mechanical, electrical and other specialty work
,◉Industrial Projects. Answer: Involve large scale projects with a
high degree of technological complexity such as oil refineries, steel
mills, chemical processing plants and coal-fired or nuclear power
plants
Owners are deeply involved in development
Prefer to work with designers-builders such that the total time for
the completion of the project can be shortened
◉Commercial Buildings. Answer: Schools, universities, medical
clinics, hospitals, sports stadiums, shopping centers, warehouses,
offices, hotels
Privately funded, though some projects like schools, courthouses
and city offices are publicly funded
Owner may or may not be familiar with construction industry
practices but they're usually able to select competent professional
consultants and arrange the financing of the constructed facilities
themselves
Specialty architects and engineers engaged for designing a specific
building,
Builders/contractors my also be specialized only in that building
, ◉Infrastructure and heavy construction. Answer: Include highways,
mass transit systems, tunnels, bridges, pipelines, drainage systems
and sewage treatment plants
Publicly owned and therefore are sensitive to governmental policy
Characterized by a high degree of mechanization which has
gradually replaced some labor intensive operations
Designed principally by civil engineers and built by heavy
construction contractors having engineering backgrounds or
support
◉Environmental construction. Answer: dealing with projects that
improve the environment
includes sanitary sewers, waste management and clean water
◉Management Process. Answer: 1. Clear goals
2. Problem solving: investigations to come to solutions. constant
communication
