CH 5 - Project Approach Flashcards
Facilities manager Rachel understands that a customer requesting additional work stations.
a. is a result of her inattention to the project planning process.
b. is a management-driven request.
c. may impact other systems.
d. is more difficult to deal with on a daily basis.
c. May impact other systems
Risk analysis is comparing risk exposure to the:
a. source of the risk.
b. break-even point.
c. risk attitude (willingness to accept risk).
d. risk evaluation (measurement of loss/gain).
c. Risk attitude (willingness to accept risk)
Alberto will be assigning value to risk for his organization’s facility renovation project. Of the following criteria he would likely not assign values for the Project’s risk in terms of its.
a. frequency.
b. desirability.
c. probability.
d. severity.
b. Desirability
Which is the reason why a corporate facility manager or a project manager on a facility staff is best qualified to lead facilities projects?
a. high vested interest in the particular outcome of an individual project
b. role as liaison among top management, staff, and outside consultants/suppliers
c. ability to put project goals ahead of corporate goals
d. limited understanding of the long-term ramifications of decisions made on a project
b. Role as liaison among top management staff and outside Consultants or suppliers
Sharece knows that representing project requirements accurately is her obligation as a:
a. core team member.
b. customer representative.
c. member of corporate management.
d. design professional.
b. Customer representative
While a facilities project leader from any of the following types of firms may be the right fit with a particular project which source would most likely provide a professional with the closest affinity to in-house project management?
a. architecture, engineering, interiors, and space planning firms
b. real estate and property management firms
c. building operations firms
d. construction firms
a. Architecture engineering interiors and space planning firms
Which is the simplest form of project scheduling?
a. fast tracking
b. PERT (program evaluation and review technique) charting
c. CP (critical path) charting
d. Gantt charting
d. Gantt charting
Which project scheduling technique involves a simple bar chart displaying timelines, but does not show the interrelationships of individual tasks to each other?
a. Gantt charting
b. PERT (program evaluation and review technique) charting
c. CP (critical path) charting
d. fast tracking
a. Gantt charting
Which is the most reliable source of project cost data?
a. benchmarks with other companies
b. industry/trade references
c. architectural/design firm
d. recent in-house experience
d. Recent in-house experience
If a project legs in the area of completing all necessary legal documentation and the building opening is delayed the effect is:
a. mild if the building opens in the next six months.
b. severe if the building is delayed over a year.
c. unrecoverable loss of time.
d. can increase in project momentum.
c. Unrecoverable loss of time
Which of the following is true about core team members roles as communicators?
a. they are not expected to attend meetings frequently
b. they can send alternatives to meetings in their place
c. they are not tied to the chain of command
d. they should convey the interests oftheir team
d. They should convey the interests of their team
A good construction manager won’t work hard to find the best Construction Solutions these Solutions should positively impact quality time and:
a. design.
b. expectations.
c. marketing.
d. .cost.
d. Cost
What does PERT stand for?
a. program evaluation and revenue technique
b. peer evaluation and revenue tax
C. program evaluation and review technique
d. program evaluation and review tax
c. Program evaluation and review technique
Why does fast-tracking a project include a certain amount of risk?
a. more mistakes are made when working fast
b. it allows for communication breakdown
c. task dependencies are overridden
d. tasks are given on an individual basis
c. Task dependencies are overridden
In order to correctly use benchmarking you should note that:
a. materials will cost the same over the fiscal year.
b. no two facilities departments are exactly alike.
c. it does not account for cleaning and assembly.
d. it does not include many adjustments.
d. No two facilities departments are exactly alike
