Deck 14: Landscape Calculations

Question 1

For tasks that are unfamiliar to the estimator, there may be no historical figures to draw on; therefore, she must be very cautious.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Attempting to standardize the estimating process would simply unnecessarily complicate the process.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Most calculations required for landscape take-off use algebra, geometry, and basic arithmetic.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

There is a standard industry-wide system for take-offs that is followed universally.

Question 5

Partial take-offs are sometimes done by landscape designers as the project develops as an attempt to stay within the budget.

Question 6

Because some units of measurement are less precise than others, they should be avoided when a more exacting unit is available.

Question 7

In some instances, approximate take-offs may be made by contractors to give estimates of the time frame and cost of a project.

Question 8

There are two methods of determining volume of soil removed from planting pits and contained within root balls: both are based on diameter and lengths of individual pits and root balls.

Question 9

Soil occupies different volumes of space, depending on whether it in its natural undisturbed form or has been loosened by digging.

Question 10

After take-off is completed, the estimator applies all costs, including overhead, to determine the cost to the company; next, the desired profit is added, and then the price is given to the client.

Question 11

The calculation of material quantities and time requirements needed to install or maintain an existing landscape is necessary so that the company can do what?

A) determine its cost
B) set the client price
C) schedule the project
D) both "determine its cost" and "set the client price"

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT typically a source of take-off data?

A) previous year's financial documents
B) drawings
C) specifications
D) record of previous performance capability of the crew

Question 13

More than a surface area calculation would be needed to determine which of the following quantities?

A) patio size to be paved
B) soil needed to fill a hole
C) lawn area to be sodded
D) amount of flagstone required for pathway

Question 14

What is the formula for the circumference of a circle?

A) C = ïr²
B) C = 2 ïd
C) C = 2 ïr
D) C = 2 ïr²

Question 15

What is the unit of measurement of time for landscape calculations?

A) minutes
B) work week
C) days
D) hours

Question 16

The area of a 12' by 12' flower bed is:

A) 24 SF
B) 144 SF
C) 48 SF
D) 36 SF

Question 17

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

A) A = 2 ïr²
B) A = 2 ïd
C) A = 2 ïr
D) A = ïr²

Question 18

What is the area of a flower bed placed in a 5' by 7' rectangle?

A) 12 SF
B) 35 SF
C) 17 SF
D) 24 SF

Question 19

A volume calculation requires how many different dimensions?

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) it varies

Question 20

In order to perform calculations, the data must share what in common?

A) source
B) cost
C) expiration date
D) unit of measurement

Question 21

The calculation of quantities, from plans and specifications, is called the ____________________.

Question 22

The individual assigned to do the landscape take-off is called the ____________________.

Question 23

To be included accurately into a cost estimate, material quantities must be in a form that is ____________________.

Question 24

If an object was measured as 3 LF wide, 4 LF long, and 23 inches deep, its volume could not be calculated until its ____________________ were converted to match.

Question 25

____________________ of technique ensures that the take-off is done the same way every time.

Question 26

The standard abbreviation for thousand square feet is ____________________.

Question 27

Given two ways of doing a calculation, the most accurate choice would be the one that involved the fewest ____________________ numbers.

Question 28

Soil that has been dug from an undisturbed state and later returned to the planting pit would be in a ____________________ state prior to being tamped and compacted.

Question 29

To calculate the amount of soil removed when a hedge is installed is made easier by using a ____________________ volume chart.

Question 30

To convert a quantity of minutes into hours would require the number of minutes to be divided by ____________________.