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SOP - Time Management Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most prevalent CPM network process used today?

  • AOA
  • ADM
  • PDM
  • PERT
A

PDM
(Precedence Diagram Method)

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What are the objectives of CPM scheduling?

  • Manage time, safety, and cost; integrate multiple parties; eliminate change orders; resolve disputes
  • Manage time, resources, and cost; integrate multiple parties; evaluate options; resolve disputes
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Manage time, resources, and cost; integrate multiple parties; evaluate options; resolve disputes

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What are the four essential ingredients of the CPM schedule?

  • Critical Path, Float, Constraints, Actions
  • Activities, Early Start, Late Start, Float
  • Logic Relationships, Activities, Constraints, Float
  • Activities, Durations, Logic Relationships, Constraints
A

Activities, Durations, Logic Relationships, Constraints

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CPM schedule includes the four main ingredients:

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Activities
Durations
Logic Relationships
Constraints

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5
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Which of these is not a type of constraint?

  • Date
  • Cost
  • Duration
  • Float
A

Cost

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6
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Constraint types include date, duration and ________.

A

Float

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7
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What does the forward pass calculate?

  • Early start/finish dates
  • Start/finish dates
  • Float
  • Late start/finish dates
A

Early start/finish dates

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Total Float =

  • Early start – Late finish
  • Late finish – Early finish
  • Early finish – Late start
  • Late finish – Early start
A

Late finish – Early finish

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9
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Late finish – Early finish = ___________

A

Total Float

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Define the critical path.

  • The critical path is the shortest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
  • The critical path is the longest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
  • The critical path is the most efficient path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
  • The critical path is the most cost-effective path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
A

The critical path is the longest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.

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The critical path is the ________________________ that controls the completion of the project

A

longest continuous path of activities

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12
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What specifications are needed related to schedule requirements?

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  • Software, acceptance of contractor’s schedule
  • Requirements for time-impact analysis, early completion
  • Who owns float, weather delays, liquidated damages
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13
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What are the characteristics of a good schedule?

  • Realistic, sufficient time, specialty work
  • Open ended activities included, inflated durations as needed
  • CPM activities indicate an early completion
  • Schedule includes open ended activities
A

Realistic, sufficient time, specialty work

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14
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Who typically gets the benefit of the float?

  • The owner
  • The contractor
  • The CM
  • Whoever uses it first
A

Whoever uses it first

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15
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What type of delay is caused by unusually severe weather?

  • Non-excusable delay
  • Non-compensable delay
  • Excusable delay
  • Compensable delay
A

Non-compensable delay

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16
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The ___________ is the longest sequence of activities that controls the completion of the project.

A

Critical Path

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17
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During the _______________ phase, it is important to develop language for the construction specifications related to the schedule requirements.

A

Procurement

18
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Which term means the number of days that an activity can be delayed without delaying the end date of the project?

A. Forward pass
B. Total Float
C. Free Float
D. Late Finish

A

Total Float

19
Q

A concept schedule should be developed in the ___________ phase.

A

Pre-Design

20
Q

During the Pre-Design phase a ________ schedule should be developed.

A

concept schedule

21
Q

The CPM schedule can be used as a tool to resolve _________.

A

disputes

22
Q

An activity’s duration can be based on:

A
  • Rate of work
  • Professional judgment
  • Experience
23
Q

What CPM Scheduling graphical format is most often used with today’s computer software?

A. Precedence Diagram Method (PDM)
B. Performance Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
C. Activity-on-Arrow Diagram Method (AOA)

A

Precedence Diagram Method (PDM)

24
Q

A project schedule shows that a sub-contractor can start painting the exterior of a building after the stucco has been finished. What type of activity relationship is this an example of?

A. Finish to Start
B. Start to Start
C. Finish to Finish
D. Start to Finish

A

Finish to Start

25
Q

A good construction schedule is __________________________; and has consideration for specialty work and sufficient time to complete work.

A

detailed, complete, realistic, reasonable and manageable

26
Q

A good construction schedule is detailed, complete, realistic, reasonable, and manageable; and has consideration for _______________.

A

specialty work and sufficient time to complete work

27
Q

The overuse of ______________ in a CPM schedule can diminish its overall value.

A

constraints

28
Q

An activity that must be completed by a certain date will have this type of date constraint in the schedule.

A. Start no earlier than
B. Start no later than
C. Finish no earlier than
D. Finish no later than

A

Finish no later than

29
Q

During Post-Construction, a(n) ________ schedule should be developed that contains all actual start and finish dates.

A. As-Built
B. Concept
C. Master-Level
D. Time Impact

A

As-Built

30
Q

The stucco needs to dry for a week before the painter can start painting the exterior. What type of activity relationship is this an example of?

A. Finish to Finish with Lag
B. Finish to Finish with Negative Lag
C. Finish to Start with Lag
D. Finish to Start with Negative Lag

A

Finish to Start with Lag

31
Q

Having an accurate schedule at the beginning of a project and ongoing schedule maintenance helps to:

A
  • Avoid claims
  • Deliver the project on time
  • Provide a solid basis for quantifying time impact
32
Q

Having an accurate schedule at the beginning of a project and ongoing schedule maintenance helps to avoid claims, deliver the project on time and ____________.

A

Provide a solid basis for quantifying time impact

33
Q

The essential elements of a CPM schedule are:

A. Activities, durations, logical relationships, and cost
B. Activities, durations, logical relationships, and constraints
C. Activities, durations, and cost
D. Activities, durations, and constraints

A

Activities, durations, logical relationships, and constraints

34
Q

Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to:

A. Determine the logical relationship between activities
B. Substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms
C. Document unplanned delays that were not the GC’s responsibility
D. B and C above
E. All of the above

A
  • Substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms
  • Document unplanned delays that were not the GC’s responsibility
35
Q

Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to substantiate ______________ of contractual terms and document ______________ that were not the GC’s responsibility

A

equitable time adjustment,
unplanned delays

36
Q

Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms and document unplanned delays that were _________ the GC’s responsibility

A

not the GC’s responsibility

37
Q

Which term means the amount of time an activity can slip without impacting the early start of its successor?

A. Forward pass
B. Total Float
C. Free Float
D. Late Finish

A

Free Float

38
Q

Factors that should be considered when developing a concept schedule include:

A

owner’s objectives,
funding sources,
contract type,
site location,
government regulations

39
Q

Factors that should be considered when developing a ___________ include the owner’s objectives, funding sources, contract type, site location, and government regulations.

A

concept schedule

40
Q

How is a CPM schedule different from the traditional bar or Gantt chart?

A. The CPM schedule shows project activity graphically
B. The CPM schedule shows activity durations
C. The CPM schedule shows logical relationships between activities

A

The CPM schedule shows logical relationships between activities

41
Q

T/F
The contractor is automatically entitled to additional compensation if it is determined he/she is awarded an equitable time extension

A

False
(the Contractor submits a claim)

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