URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and Architecture

2nd Semester, A.Y. 2019 – 2020

Name: John Patrick R. Garcia Date: June 6, 2020

FINAL EXAM IN
SPECIALIZATION 3

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Select the correct answers. No erasures allowed. 2 points each
FROM: PROJECT MONITORING
1. Management of a project to ensure that construction costs do not exceed the budgeted
amount.
a COST CONTROL b. BUDGET CONTROL þ   
c. EXPENDITURE CONTROL d. INVENTORY CONTROL A B C D

2. …… are primarily intended to identify deviations from the project plan rather than to suggest
possible areas for cost savings. This characteristic reflects the advanced stage at which project
control becomes important.
a. PROJECT EXPEDITING PROCEDURES b PROJECT CONTROL PROCEDURES  þ  
c. PROJECT CRASHING PROCEDURE d. PROJECT MONITORING PROCEDURES A B C D

3. The inspection, testing, and other relevant actions taken (often by an owner or his
representative) to ensure that the desired level of quality is in accordance with the applicable
standards or specifications for the product or work.
a QUALITY ASSURANCE b. SAFETY ASSURANCE þ   
A B C D
c. QUALITY PRACTICE d. NONE OF THE THREE

4. The following are responsibilities with concomitant RISKS except

a. FORCE MAJEURE b. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS   þ
c. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES d DEFECTIVE BOOM TRUCK A B C D

5. …… activities involve (i) the monitoring of actual project progress as compared to the

planned project progress and the collection of key progress metrics such as risks, issues,
changes and dependencies, and (ii) the reporting of project status, costs and outputs and other
relevant information, at a summary level, to the management.
a. VALUE MONITORING b PROJECT MONITORING  þ  
c. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING d. none of the three A B C D

6. …… is derived from the detailed cost estimate prepared at the start of the project.
a BUDGETED COST b. ESTIMATED COST þ   
c. ALLOCATED COST d. none of the three A B C D

7. …… is a commitment to quality expressed in all parts of an organization and typically

involves many elements. Design reviews to insure safe and effective construction procedures
are a major element. Other elements include extensive training for personnel, shifting the
responsibility for detecting defects from quality control inspectors to workers,
and continually maintaining equipment.
a. CONTINGENCY DISPUTE RESOLUTION b TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL  þ  
c. EXIGENCY CONFLICT RESOLUTION d. QUARREL RESOLUTION MEASURE A B C D

8. accounts payable journal is intended to provide records of bills rece ived from vendors,
material suppliers, subcontractors and other outside parties. Invoices of charges are recorded in
this system as are checks issued in payment. Charges to individual cost accounts are relayed or
posted to the General Ledger.
a ACCOUNTS PAYABLE b. ACCRUED ACCOUNTS þ   
A B C D
c. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE d. ACCOUNTS ALLOWABLE

9. Under this method, actual costs are reported on the income statement plus a proportion of all
project revenues (or billings) equal to the proportion of work completed during the period. The
proportion of work completed is computed as the ratio of costs incurred to date and the total
estimated cost of the project.
a. PERCENTAGE OF CONFORMANCE METHOD b. PERCENTAGE OF COMPLIANCE METHOD    þ
A B C D
c. PERCENTAGE OF CONSENSUS METHOD d PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION METHOD
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10. In this type of alternative dispute reslution, the third party may make a decision which is
binding on the participants. In mediation and conciliation, the third party serves only as a
facilitator to help the participants reach a mutually acceptable resolution. Like negotiation, these
procedures can be informal and unstructured.
a. CONCILLATION b ARBITRATION c. MEDIATION d. NEGOTIATION  þ  
A B C D
FROM: PROJECT CONTROL
11. …… represent a group of five to fifteen workers who meet on a frequent basis to identify,
discuss and solve productivity and quality problems. A leader acts as liason between th e
workers in the group and upper levels of management.
a. SPECIALTY COMPTROLLER b. GENERAL CONTRACTOR  þ  
c. QUALITY CIRCLES. d. INSPECTOR CIRCLES A B C D

12. ……is a project management technique based on adding more resources of the initially

planned in a project in order to accelerate the project timing. It is something which can be
utilized to attempt to get the most value out of a project assignment.
a. CRASHING. b. COST DIVING c. EXPENDITURE d. EXPEDITING  þ  
A B C D

13. . …… is a more practical approach to developing the project schedule. In it, the availability

of resources is taken into consideration while drawing the network diagram. Here you use
buffers instead of float. …… looks at the schedule and then includes resource availability to see
how that will affect the activities and project completion. 
a. CRITICAL PATH b. CRITICAL CHAIN. c. CRITAL WORK d. CRITICAL LINK þ  
A B C D

14. ……in construction typically involves insuring compliance with minimum standardsof material
and workmanship in order to insure the performance of the facility according to the design.
These minimum standards are contained in the specifications described in the previous section.
a. QUALITY ASSURANCE b. QUALITY CONTROL. þ   
c. QUALITY MANAGEMENT d. CONTROL MANAGEMENT A B C D

15……. an organized approach in identifying unnecessary costs in design and construction and
in soliciting or proposing alternative design or construction technology to reduce costs without
sacrificing quality or performance requirements. It usually involves the steps of gathering
pertinent information, searching for creative ideas, evaluating the promising alternatives, and
proposing a more cost effective alternative. This approach is usually applied at the beginning of
the construction phase of the project life cycle.
a. VALUE ENGINEERING. b. MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING þ   
A B C D
c. QUALITY SURVEY ENGINEERING d. none of the three

FROM: PURCHASING EXPEDITING and RECEIVING

16. …… is issued for material on which no labor is expected to be performed in the field.
a. CHANGE ORDERS b. REQUISITION ORDERS  þ  
c. PURCHASE ORDERS. d. none of ther three A B C D

17. these are materials manufactured to standards and are purchased in quantity. They are
bought in standard length or lot quantities. Examples of such materials include pipes, wiring,
and cables. These are those dry materials which are powdery, granular or lumpy in nature, and
þ
are stored in heaps. Other examples are minerals, ores, coal, cereals, woodchips, sand, gravel,  þ 
clay, cement. A B C D
a. OFF THE CABINET MATERIAL b. BULK MATERIAL.
c. ON SITE MATERIAL d. PRE FAB MATERIAL

18……. is the unit purchase price from an external source including transportation and freight
costs. For construction materials, it is common to receive discounts for bulk purchases, so the
unit purchase cost declines as quantity increases. These reductions may reflect manufacturers'
marketing policies, economies of scale in the material
production, or scale economies in transportation.
a. ACTUAL COST b. ESTIMATED COST c. PURCHASE COST. d. LUMP SUM COST   þ 
A B C D
19. ….. refers to the process of ordering, storing and using a company's inventory: raw
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materials, components and finished products.  is a systematic approach to sourcing, storing,
and selling inventory—both raw materials (components) and finished goods (products). In
business terms, inventory management means the right stock, at the right levels, in the right
place, at the right time, and at the right cost as well as price.
a. STOCKS MANAGEMENT b. SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT   þ 
c. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. d. none of the three A B C D

20……. are primarily the res ult of capital costs, handling, storage, obsolescence, shrinkage and
deterioration. Capital cost results from the opportunity cost or financial expense of capital tied
up in inventory.
a. DELIVERY COST b. STORAGE COST   þ 
A B C D
c. HOLDING COST. d. HANDLING COST
FROM: PROJECT COMPLETION and CLOSE OUT
21. The clearing of site and mobilization of workers when construction work is nearing
completion before final inspection is conducted.
a. CLOSING b. CLOSE OUT. c. COMPLETION d. CLEARING    þ
A B C D

22. The transfer of a building’s possesion after it has been awarded certificate of completion.
a. TURNOVER. b. TURNKEY c. TRANSMITTAL d. none of the three   þ 
A B C D

23. A document given upon the completion of a building’s construction signifying that the
building is inspected and is ready for turnover and occupancy.   þ 
a. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE b. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY A B C D
c. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. d. CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY

24. This report lists the items once they are purchased and gives a continual update of delivery
dates, shop drawing and approval status, shipping information, and location of the material
when stored either on or off the site.
a. ESCALATION REPORT b. EXPEDITING/TRAFFIC REPORT. þ   
A B C D
c. PRIORITIZING REPORT d. NONE OF THE THREE

25……. are contracts under which an insurance company agrees to pay

the insured, or a third party on behalf of the insured, should certain contingencies
arise.
a. RISK INSURANCE b. INSURANCE POLICIES.  þ  
c. FORCE MAJEURE INSURANCE d. NONE OF THE THREE A B C D

II. DEFINITION OF TERMS. Identify the following. 10 pts.

1. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION =
is defined as a formal and productive procedure to measure an employee's work and results
based on their job responsibilities.
The primary goals of a performance evaluation system are to provide an equitable
measurement of an employee's contribution to the workforce, produce accurate

2. POST MORTEM ANALYSIS =

A project post-mortem is a process, usually performed at the conclusion of a project, to
determine and analyze elements of the project that were successful or unsuccessful. ...
Project post-mortem are intended to inform process improvements which mitigate future risks
and to promote iterative best practices.
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III. ESSAY. Answer the following as short and direct to the point as possible. Use extra sheet or
page if required.
1. From Project Monitoring:
Discuss the relationship of QUALITY + SAFETY

Designing and building structure aims give and provide aesthetic and functional,
providing the needs of the users. But one thing must always consider is the quality of the design
we must provide in the building. The Quality follows safety, achieving a quality design by
providing a good materials suitable for the structure. Quality always comes with good
workmanship done by skilled workers. Quality also acquire by following the guidelines and
standards that must be applied in the specific guidelines suited for the structure. In that way the
safety will follows, because of the quality provided. The structure can insure the safety for its
users.

2. From Project Learning:

Discuss the LIFE CYCLE OF A BUILDING

As the time goes by in this world, buildings have been part of the circle of life. Buildings
or structures has been with us ever since. As human progress the buildings progress as well.
Buildings have its own life cycle and story to tell. Every building mostly start in planning and
design of one person or more. The building starts to build first in the mind of designer it self.
After that it will take into an drawing output from sketches, to schemes, revisions and finalization
of output where it is a manual drawing out put or like in this modern days mostly we use digital
technology. Then, the building starts to Constitution it took months, years even a decade or
century. But the cycle will not end up like this, the time come after rising the building people use
it and became part of the society. Many years will pass, soon the building gets old and
changes its appearance and maybe its durability as well. Some buildings gets abandoned and
some gets wreck as time past by. And soon another building will replace this building. See the
cycle of building continuous happening as humans the creator progress.

3. From Project Completion and Closeout:

Discuss the CONSTRUCTION SITE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

The construction site and the community relate to each other by means of connecting
people and engaging into this matter. Like for example the construction and the building place in
that specific community will fulfil the needs of the users to that community, and even adopting
the community on how its flows and how it was been cycle, the building and the people works
as one.

4. From Project Control:

Give atleast one each on SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN CONSTRUCTION
and discuss.

Energy Efficiency, this concerns in construction have a big role to play in the
construction. Because we all know as of this days, most of equipment requires energy. Weather
it was came from electricity or maybe gasoline, batteries and other source of energy. When
there was no efficient source of energy the construction will not progress to its work. That is why
the energy efficiency is a big factor to consider.

Reduced Waste, in every construction we cannot avoid waste materials, but minimizing
and reducing it is on factor must consider in every construction. As a designer and builder we
must not just think of a good design but also thinking of our natural environment, specially when
in comes to a projects that merely disturb the environment. That is why this factor must be part
of our design and planning in construction.
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Date submitted: June 8, 2020

PREPARED: NOTED:

AR. ALBERT T. PASCUA AR. RUSSEL NIELS V. MEIMBAN

Instructor Chair, Department of Architecture

CHECKED: APPROVED:

ENGR. RHEALYN B. VALENZUELA, MSME NOEL G. GUEVARRA, Ph.D.

ANSWER
Dean, KEYof Engineering and Architecture
College Vice-President for Academic Affairs