CMGT Final Exam Review Study Guide, Practice Questions and Complete
Revision 2026
architect - ✔✔Which of the following profession derives its name from the Greek, meaning;
"master-builder"?
Construction Manager - ✔✔Which project participant may be defined as, "a person who
coordinates the construction process on behalf of the owner"?
The main advantage of PLAs is that the unions agree not to strike for the project's duration. The
main disadvantage is that non-union contractors experience problems during the bidding
process because, by law, a PLA has no impact on a contractor's existing employees, only on
hiring new employees. After all, the basic agreement is that contractors must hire workers only
through the union hiring halls at that point. The unions are actively pushing government
agencies to require PLAs on their projects. - ✔✔What are the advantages and disadvantages of
project labor agreements? What is causing their increased use.
The Building Official
The Zoning Administrator - ✔✔The term "Authority Having Jurisdiction" refers to which of the
following stakeholders (select all that apply):
The Building Official
The Zoning Administrator
The Owner
The Architect
The Contractor
Caisson foundations
Safe elevators
Steel framing
,Fireproofing - ✔✔What four things were necessary before the first real skyscraper could be
constructed? (select 4)
Steel reinforcing
Caisson foundations
Safe elevators
Heat pumps
Glass Curtain Walls
Steel framing
Seismic dampers
Fireproofing
Linking model objects with scheduled activities
Simulating construction
Communicating in a visual environment - ✔✔Four-D visualization enables engineers to
improve the construction process in three specific ways. Name these three process
improvements. (Select 3)
Model-based life-cycle phasing
Linking model objects with scheduled activities
Virtual prototyping
Simulating construction
Communicating in a visual environment
System interface interference
Holographic storage
Proactive computing
Tacit knowledge extraction
Audit agents
, Non-monolith documents
Nanotechnology
Artificial life schedule optimization - ✔✔Which of the following are emerging technologies that
could significantly impact how the construction industry conducts business? (select all that
apply)
Holographic storage
Radio-frequency indentification
Proactive computing
Active beacon systems
Tacit knowledge extraction
Audit agents
Simulation technologies
Non-monolith documents
Nanotechnology
Performance-related specifications
Artificial life schedule optimization
Global positioning systems
Owner - ✔✔Whose responsibility is scope definition?
Schedule, Budget, What kind of project it is - ✔✔What types of questions must be answered in
the process of scope definition?
In charge of the whole project - ✔✔What is the function of a Project Manager?
coordinate fieldwork and supervise foremen - ✔✔What is the function of a Project
Superintendent?
Revision 2026
architect - ✔✔Which of the following profession derives its name from the Greek, meaning;
"master-builder"?
Construction Manager - ✔✔Which project participant may be defined as, "a person who
coordinates the construction process on behalf of the owner"?
The main advantage of PLAs is that the unions agree not to strike for the project's duration. The
main disadvantage is that non-union contractors experience problems during the bidding
process because, by law, a PLA has no impact on a contractor's existing employees, only on
hiring new employees. After all, the basic agreement is that contractors must hire workers only
through the union hiring halls at that point. The unions are actively pushing government
agencies to require PLAs on their projects. - ✔✔What are the advantages and disadvantages of
project labor agreements? What is causing their increased use.
The Building Official
The Zoning Administrator - ✔✔The term "Authority Having Jurisdiction" refers to which of the
following stakeholders (select all that apply):
The Building Official
The Zoning Administrator
The Owner
The Architect
The Contractor
Caisson foundations
Safe elevators
Steel framing
,Fireproofing - ✔✔What four things were necessary before the first real skyscraper could be
constructed? (select 4)
Steel reinforcing
Caisson foundations
Safe elevators
Heat pumps
Glass Curtain Walls
Steel framing
Seismic dampers
Fireproofing
Linking model objects with scheduled activities
Simulating construction
Communicating in a visual environment - ✔✔Four-D visualization enables engineers to
improve the construction process in three specific ways. Name these three process
improvements. (Select 3)
Model-based life-cycle phasing
Linking model objects with scheduled activities
Virtual prototyping
Simulating construction
Communicating in a visual environment
System interface interference
Holographic storage
Proactive computing
Tacit knowledge extraction
Audit agents
, Non-monolith documents
Nanotechnology
Artificial life schedule optimization - ✔✔Which of the following are emerging technologies that
could significantly impact how the construction industry conducts business? (select all that
apply)
Holographic storage
Radio-frequency indentification
Proactive computing
Active beacon systems
Tacit knowledge extraction
Audit agents
Simulation technologies
Non-monolith documents
Nanotechnology
Performance-related specifications
Artificial life schedule optimization
Global positioning systems
Owner - ✔✔Whose responsibility is scope definition?
Schedule, Budget, What kind of project it is - ✔✔What types of questions must be answered in
the process of scope definition?
In charge of the whole project - ✔✔What is the function of a Project Manager?
coordinate fieldwork and supervise foremen - ✔✔What is the function of a Project
Superintendent?
