L14 M1

Question 1

Management by exception ?

Answer 1

handling project by identifying and focusing on the unusual aspects

Question 2

___ is a tool used to manage large number of job activities and complicated sequential relationships.

Answer 2

critical path method (CPM)

Question 3

CPM is a 3 phase procedure:
1
2
3

Answer 3

Planning
scheduling
time monitoring

Question 4

‘Beginning to end’ adds detail as the project progresses while ‘top down’ looks at the overall project and breaks it down into major components. true/false

Answer 4

true

Question 5

drawing networks:
arrow notation = activity on arrow (AOA)
precedence notation = activity on node (AON)
true/false

Answer 5

true

Question 6

One of the reasons why it is good for construction project managers to have excellent people skills is that they are primarily managing people outside their own company.
true/false

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Regarding the ordering of job activities in a ‘network’, erecting formwork and placing rebar prior to pouring concrete is an example of a physical _______________.

Answer 7

restraint