NAVEDTRA 14043A, BUILDER BASIC Chapter 4

Question 1

What is the process of determining requirements and devising and developing methods and action for construction a project? (Page 4-4)

Answer 1

Planning

Question 2

What is the process of determining the amount and type of work to be performed, quality and the quantities of material, equipment, and labor required? (Page 4-4)

Answer 2

Estimating

Question 3

Who is a person who evaluates the requirements of a task? (Page 4-4)

Answer 3

Estimator

Question 4

What is the process of determining when an action must be taken and when material, equipment, and manpower and required? (Page 4- 5)

Answer 4

Scheduling

Question 5

The four basic types of schedules include progress, material, equipment, and what else? (Page 4-5)

Answer 5

Manpower

Question 6

What are your main basis for defining the required activities for measuring the quantities of material? (Page 4-12)

Answer 6

Construction drawings

Question 7

What are used as a basis for purchasing materials, determining equipment, and determining manpower requirements? (Page 4-13)

Answer 7

Quantity estimates

Question 8

A typical NMCB project might have between fifteen and how many construction activities? (Page 4-15)

Answer 8

50

Question 9

What is a clearly definable quantity of work? (Page 4-20)

Answer 9

Activity

Question 10

What are used to procure construction material and to determine whether sufficient material is available to construct or complete a project? (Page 4-20)

Answer 10

Material estimates

Question 11

What percent of the posted speed limit does equipment speed usually average? (Page 4-24)

Answer 11

40-56%

Question 12

What part of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) contains specific information on the quantities and characteristics of construction equipment available to the NMCBs? (Page 4-27)

Answer 12

Table of Allowance (TOA)

Question 13

According to NAVFAC P-437 a man day is equivalent to a how many hour day for contingency operations? (Page 4-27)

Answer 13

10

Question 14

What is considered productive labor that does not contribute directly or indirectly to the product? (Page 4-27)

Answer 14

Overhead labor

Question 15

What are the two types of labor estimates? (Page 4-27)

Answer 15

Preliminary and Detailed

Question 16

A good preliminary estimate varies less than what percent from the detailed estimate? (Page 4-28)

Answer 16

15%

Question 17

What represents any sequencing of priorities amont activities that form a project? (Page 4-34)

Answer 17

Network

Question 18

What are intermediate goals within a network? (Page 4-35)

Answer 18

Milestones

Question 19

What is an activity within the network that has zero float time? (Page 4-35)

Answer 19

Critical activities

Question 20

What is the accumulative time span in which the completion of all activities may occur and not delay the termination date of the project referred to as? (Page 4-41)

Answer 20

Total float

Question 21

What is the time span in which the completion of an activity may occur and not delay the finish of the project or the start of a successor activity referred to as? (Page 4-41)

Answer 21

Free float

Question 22

What level of construction management is used at the Operations Officer’s (S3) or detail Officer in Charge’s (OIC’s) level? (Page 4- 45)

Answer 22

Level 1

Question 23

What level is level 2 construction management used at? (Page 4- 45)

Answer 23

Company

Question 24

What level is level 3 construction management used? (Page 4-45)

Answer 24

Crewleader’s

Question 25

What term means the process of determining requirements and developing methods and schemes of action for performing a task? (Page 4-45)

Answer 25

Planning

Question 26

What contain all the craft hand tools required by one four- member construction crew or fire team of a given rating to pursue their trade? (Page 4-48)

Answer 26

Tool kits

Question 27

How often must tool inventories be completed? (Page 4-48)

Answer 27

Bi-weekly

Question 28

What was developed to provide the organizational level with the tools to plan, schedule, and control planned maintenance effectively? (Page 4-51)

Answer 28

PMS

Question 29

What are the techniques used to evaluate the status of a project and compare the actual progress to the scheduled project called? (Page 4-52)

Answer 29

Project monitoring

Question 30

What are the most accurate way to record actual mandays on a construction project? (Page 4-52)

Answer 30

Time cards

Question 31

What type of labor includes all actual mandays expended directly on an assigned construction task, either in the field or in the shop, which contributes directly to the completion of the project? (Page 4- 53)

Answer 31

Direct

Question 32

What type of labor includes actual mandays expended to support construction operations but which does not produce an end product in itself? (Page 4-53)

Answer 32

Indirect

Question 33

How often must all project documents be updated? (Page 4-55)

Answer 33

Daily

Question 34

How often does the batallion send out a SITREP to higher headquarters to report on the progress of construction tasking? (Page 4-55)

Answer 34

Monthly

Question 35

How many different planes do successful crewleaders manage their project on? (Page 4-61)

Answer 35

3

Question 36

Who presides over the safety policy committee? (Page 4-64)

Answer 36

XO

Question 37

Who presides over the safety supervisors’ committee? (Page 4- 64)

Answer 37

Battalion safety officer

Question 38

Who is responsible for carrying out safe work working practices? (Page 4-66)

Answer 38

Crew leader

Question 39

All temporary power sources must be inspected, certified safe, and tagged with the inspector’s name, company, and date prior to first use. Re-certifications are required every how many weeks thereafter? (Page 4-68)

Answer 39

2 weeks

Question 40

What shall be used with all power tools, whether double insulated or not? (Page 4-68)

Answer 40

GFCI's

Question 41

GFCIs will be checked on what basis with a representative from CTR? (Page 4-68)

Answer 41

Monthly

Question 42

What will identify any hazards associated with exposure to a specific material? (Page 4-68)

Answer 42

MSDS

Question 43

What is a decision making tool used by people at all levels to increase operational effectiveness by anticipating hazards and reducing the potential for loss? (Page 4-73)

Answer 43

ORM

Question 44

What is the third step of the ORM process? (Page 4-73)

Answer 44

Make risk decisions

Question 45

What is the fourth step of the ORM process? (Page 4-73)

Answer 45

Implement controls

Question 46

What is the first step of the ORM process? (Page 4-73)

Answer 46

Identify Hazards

Question 47

What is the second step of the ORM process? (Page 4-73)

Answer 47

Assess hazards

Question 48

What is the last step of the ORM process? (Page 4-73)

Answer 48

Supervise

Question 49

What provides a consistent framework for evaluation and shows the relative perceived risk between hazards and prioritizes which hazards to control first? (Page 4-74)

Answer 49

Matrix

Question 50

Preventing discrepancies where the quality of workmanship and materials fail to match the requirements in the plans and specifications is the purpose of what program? (Page 4-76)

Answer 50

NCF QC Program

Question 51

What is an ongoing and continual system of planning future activities? (Page 4-76)

Answer 51

Control

Question 52

What is the process by which ongoing and completed work is examined? (Page 4-76)

Answer 52

Inspection

Question 53

How many phases is quality control accomplished in? (Page 4- 76)

Answer 53

Three