Deck 8: Construction and Closeout

Question 1

Which of the following terms best describes the norms or behavioral codes that govern the conduct of members of a profession?

A) Common law
B) Statute law
C) Morals
D) Ethics
E) Manners

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

The primary goal of partnering is to encourage people to see beyond traditional adversarial roles to cooperation and open communication.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A high-level decision maker looking for advice would feel that a person in a line position would have more advisory authority than a person in a staff position.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

As organizational hierarchy increases, filtering increases and decision making is slowed.

Question 5

A general contractor is engaged in???? when seeking lower-priced subcontracts by approaching subcontractors other than those whose quoted prices were used in the winning bid.

A) Bid peddling
B) Bid shopping
C) Contract negotiation
D) Mitigation
E) None of the above

Question 6

What is a punch list?

A) Items that must be completed prior to contract completion
B) A stencil for punching holes in steel
C) A system for collecting accurate field information for contract status reports
D) A form used for logging machine hours worked
E) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following tasks would the home office typically accomplish?

A) Obtain progress and record photographs
B) Manage and coordinate work
C) Maintain record drawings
D) Qualify bidders
E) All of the above

Question 8

Span of control refers to the ????

A) Number of workers assigned to staff a project
B) Distance between home and field office
C) Number of workers a manager must supervise
D) Time interval for issuing field reports
E) None of the above

Question 9

Ideally, projects should gradually build up the work force, have a level production period, and then gradually decrease the work force to zero.

Question 10

Partnerships by definition must have two people, but may have more.