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CM questions 12011-03-08Construction Management I - Review Questions1 The construction industry1.1 Describe some typical features about your own building industry and itsimportance in the overall economy.1.2 Describe the three biggest construction companies in your country?1.3 Describe the two most important facts that have an impact on your own buildingindustry during the last 2 years. What needs to be done and what are the biggestplans for the future?1.4 How much % of the GDP is approximately represented by the constructionindustry in some European countries? What does GDP Mean?

CM questions 22011-03-082 Procurements and contracts2.1 Describe in general the whole construction process. Name the main phases of theconstruction process and give a short explanation of the main targets of eachphase.2.2 Define Stakeholder management and the two main groups of stakeholders.2.3 Describe the Stakeholder Power/Interest matrix and the parameters analysed.2.4 Which are the principal procurement methods? Which different forms of contractexist?2.5 What are the main tasks and responsibilities of a Project Manager?2.6 Describe the two principle methods Design-bid-Build and Design & Build(turnkey). Which method leads to the shortest project duration? What are thereasons for this assumption?2.7 Make a drawing that shows how the involved parties are connected in the designbid-buildmethod?2.8 Which factors can lead to lower and which to higher costs in case of “design-bidbuild”instead of “design & build”?2.9 Mention 5 advantages of D&B (Design & Build) from the client point of view.2.10 Why is it hard to make cost estimation when it comes to turnkey method?2.11 What kind of condition makes it beneficial to choose lump-sum contract?2.12 Provide two major reasons why a cost-plus contract payment is chosen.2.13 Mention three procurement factors to be considered by the client.2.14 Why is subcontracting used in the construction industry?2.15 What is CM and what does it stands for? What are the advantages compared totraditional procurement?2.16 Describe the two types of partnering arrangement.2.17 Mention at least two advantages and disadvantages with partnering.

CM questions 32011-03-082.18 What is significant for the cooperation in a partnering project (partneringculture)?2.19 What is a quantity surveyor?

CM questions 42011-03-083 Management and organisation3.1 Which are the seven principles of management? Give short description of each.3.2 Mention and describe the two different leadership styles.3.3 How can you motivate your personnel?3.4 Describe McGregor’s theory X and theory Y3.5 Define three necessary processes for a manager who is applied ‘process approach’to his/her management.3.6 What are the types of communication?3.7 Name the four basic decision styles and what factors that affect these.3.8 What are the roles of a leader?3.9 Why is teambuilding becoming more and more important?3.10 Name at least four methods of grouping arrangement for a large firm.3.11 Sketch up the organisation structure for a medium-sized company.3.12 What levels of planning is there and who is responsible for these?3.13 Name four types of risks.3.14 Name typical responses to risks3.15 Make a simple sketch on how of probability and consequence in risk assessment.

CM questions 52011-03-084 Programming techniques4.1 Describe the use of WBS, what does WBS stand for?4.2 In WBS there are two rules: the 80 hour rule and the 100% rule. What do theystand for?4.3 Define four steps in building a network model?4.4 Make a small sketch of a precedence diagram!4.5 What is the main disadvantage of the precedence diagram?4.6 Name four different types of connections between two activities!4.7 Describe “duration” of an activity?4.8 Describe what you calculate in a precedence diagram. What do EST, EFT, LST,LFT, TF and FF stand for?4.9 What is the Critical Path? What is float?4.10 Bar charts have a few disadvantages, explain the key disadvantage. Name twoadvantages?4.11 When you’re talking about bar charts you may find a common expression,‘morning glory complex’, what does it mean?4.12 State the ways of presenting networks within programming techniques.4.13 What’s the concept of “Time-chainage”- diagrams? and “Line-of-Balance”-technique?4.14 When is it favourable to use ”Time-chainage”/“Line-of-Balance”- technique?4.15 Which is the ideal “Line-of-Balance” display? When must adjustments be madein the LOB chart?4.16 Why is Line of Balance Chart a good choice when you are planning a housingproject consisting of houses where the same types of work are undertaken?4.17 Describe 4 examples of resources in a construction project.4.18 Describe two approaches to Resource allocation.

CM questions 62011-03-084.19 Describe two methods of Resource leveling4.20 Name 4 steps of priority when doing resource leveling.4.21 Name 3 reasons why it is important to level the resource workers in a project.4.22 Describe resource leveling with a small drawing.4.23 When accelerating project the terms “crash time” and “crash cost” is used. Whatdo they stand for?4.24 Give examples of direct and indirect costs of a construction project.4.25 What is the principle for selection of activity to shorten the duration of a project?4.26 Name four general reasons for delays in construction projects. Give two examplesof excusable delays.4.27 What does CPM stand for?4.28 What is fast-tracking in CPM?4.29 How is the duration of a project calculated?4.30 Describe the main principles when working with a CPM Network.4.31 Which is the equation to calculate the mean time of the activity in Pert Calculation?4.32 Which is the equation to calculate the Standard deviation in Pert Calculation?4.33 What give you information about the probabilities associated with different numbers of standard deviations?4.34 Mention two common software’s for programming technique.4.35 What is the idea of "buffers" between the duration of activities in construction?4.36 Who started to use ”Earned Value Management” as we use it today, and when did it happen?4.37 Mention a limit very typical for EVM.4.38 Describe 4 examples of resources!4.39 Why is so important to estimate the amount of resources as good as possible?

CM questions 72011-03-085 Supply chain management5.1 What is the meaning of supply chain management SCM?5.2 What are the principal kinds of subcontractors?5.3 Mention three different problems with SCM?5.4 Describe the different levels that supply chain activities can be grouped into?5.5 Who are included in supply chain partners?5.6 Supply chain management has 6 different key elements?5.7 How does the Generic SCM methodology work?5.8 What is a site layout plan? Why is it important? What do you have to take intoconsideration when making one?5.9 What is normally included on a site layout plan?5.10 State the key features of a visualization system.5.11 What is the role of a 4D site management model?5.125.13 Mention 3 contractual obligations.5.145.15 What is lean construction about?5.16 When would you use lean construction?5.17 What are the Fast-track construction program benefits?

CM questions 82011-03-086 Budget, project costs, cash-flow and risk6.1 What is the use of estimating in a construction project?6.2 Name 3 types of estimates.6.3 What are the main categories of costs considered in an estimate?6.4 Mention 3 important things you need to know when doing an estimate.6.5 What is a budget and how is it expressed?6.6 Name 3 types of budgets.6.7 What is the aim of preparing a forecast?6.8 Name 5 points in the Control cycle of budgeting.6.9 Describe what is meant by a Cash flow6.10 When assessing the financial requirements of a project – which 3 questions areasked by the contractor?6.11 Describe the contractors’ cash flow for a construction project?6.12 Name 4 requirements for using EVM (Earned Value Management)6.13 Which are the three main-parameters in EVM? Describe them.6.14 What is schedule variance and cost variance in EVM?6.15 Just because you’ve spent more money than you expected in your budget, itdoesn’t mean bad news. The “extra” money you have spent can also be a resultfrom getting more work done. What can be the reason for this?6.16 A company charges a certain price consisting o 15.000€ material cost, 7.000€wages and 4.000€ administrative cost. What is the total earning value of thefinished project?6.17 Name 5 types of contractor risks.6.18 Name two economic risk factors that a contractor needs to consider beforesubmitting a bid?

CM questions 92011-03-086.19 Formal record for risk identification, assessment and control actions are normallydivided in three parts. Name them.6.20 Why must a contractor assess the accuracy of the quantities in the bills ofquantities at the tender stage?6.216.22 Mention two different kinds of dust that is dangerous and very common on theconstruction site?6.23 Mention different kinds of health risks at the construction site.6.24 Why is asbestos so dangerous?6.25 What is the common construction workers “dressing code”?6.26 Mention different kinds of high risk activities on construction sites.6.27 Why are scaffolding and demolition activities dangerous?6.28 Describe the material management in small, medium and large companies?6.29 Name three typical mismanagement of material.6.30 Define “waste stream”.6.31 Why has “waste streams” been prioritized?6.32 What is the responsibility of the site management to ensure regarding wastemanagement?6.33 What is the waste hierarchy? Explain!