Questions Directory. Chapter 3, Production process improvement. Chapter 4, Planning techniques. Chapter 5, Workforce motivation

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1 Questions Directory Chapter 3, Production process improvement 1. Method study exercise Time study exercise Time study and activity sampling comparison Site layout exercise Activity sampling of crane operations Activity sampling of labour 460 Chapter 4, Planning techniques 7. Crashed activities Networks Planning exercise Resource smoothing Resource allocation Resource allocation Line of balance Line of balance Line of balance PERT Mass haul problem 497 Chapter 5, Workforce motivation 22. Hours-saved incentive scheme Bonus scheme with plant Gang bonus payments 478 Chapter 6, Project cost control 25. Control of project costs 478 Modern Construction Management, Seventh Edition. Frank Harris and Ronald McCaffer with Francis Edum-Fotwe John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 1

2 2 Self-learning exercises Chapter 7, Management of equipment 49. Analysis of plant purchase Setting a hire rate for plant Plant workshop budget Sales variance on plant hire Variances on a plant item 494 Chapter 9, Estimating 17. Estimating the cost of a formwork panel Estimating the cost of reinforcement Estimating the cost of placing concrete in foundations Estimating cost of placing concrete operational estimating Estimating cost of laying a 300 mm concrete pipe 475 Chapter 11, Company budgetary control 26. Budgetary control 480 Chapter 12, Cash f low and interim valuations 27. Cash flow Cash flow Cash flow Cash flow Cash flow 484 Chapter 13, Economic assessments 32. Present worth comparison Present worth comparison Equivalent annual cost comparison Discounted cash flow yield Dual rate of return Corporation tax and development grants Corporation tax and different allowances Replacement age Replacement age DCF yield and inflation DCF yield and inflation Present worth with increasing annual costs 490

3 Questions Directory Present worth with increasing annual costs and inflation Valuation of a plant item Valuation of a plant item with longer life Valuation of a plant item whose life is in perpetuity Selection of mutually exclusive projects using incremental analysis Effects of a lease on development budget 498 Chapter 18, Financial management 54. Capital gearing Working capital Balance sheet Financial ratios Interpretation of the balance sheet Development budget 498 Questions construction management 1. Method study exercise Time study exercise Time study and activity sampling comparison Site layout exercise Activity sampling of crane operations Activity sampling of labour Crashed activities Networks Planning exercise Resource smoothing Resource allocation Resource allocation Line of balance Line of balance Line of balance PERT Estimating the cost of a formwork panel Estimating the cost of reinforcement Estimating the cost of placing concrete in foundations Estimating cost of placing concrete operational estimating Estimating cost of laying a 300 mm concrete pipe Hours-saved incentive scheme Bonus scheme with plant Gang bonus payments Control of project costs Budgetary control Cash flow 481

4 4 Self-learning exercises 28. Cash flow Cash flow Cash flow Cash flow Present worth comparison Present worth comparison Equivalent annual cost comparison Discounted cash flow yield Dual rate of return Corporation tax and development grants Corporation tax and different allowances Replacement age Replacement age DCF yield and inflation DCF yield and inflation Present worth with increasing annual costs Present worth with increasing annual costs and inflation Valuation of a plant item Valuation of a plant item with longer life Valuation of a plant item whose life is in perpetuity Selection of mutually exclusive projects using incremental analysis Analysis of plant purchase Setting a hire rate for plant Plant workshop budget Sales variance on plant hire Variances on a plant item Capital gearing Working capital Balance sheet Financial ratios Interpretation of the balance sheet Mass haul problem Development budget Effects of a lease on development budget 498 Questions operational research 1. Linear programming illustrating maximisation Linear programming illustrating minimising Simplex method constraints: all equal to or less than Simplex method constraints: greater than or equal to Simplex method constraints: greater than or equal to Integer linear programming Binary integer linear programming Transportation problem Assignment problem 503

5 Questions Directory Assignment when number of agents and tasks differ Goal programming Non-linear programming Quadratic assignment problem Dynamic programming batch processing Resources routeing knapsack problem Decision tree problem Utility Markov processes Queuing Simulation Stock control simple case Stock control continuous usage Stock control shortages Stock control discounts Inventory under uncertainty Theory of games 510 Questions Six Sigma 1. One-tail left test Two-tail t-test Paired samples one-tail right t-test Two-sample two-tail Z test Two sample one-tail t-test F test Binomial distribution Two-sample two-tail proportion test Poisson distribution probability of success Chi squared goodness-of-fit test Correlation analysis Linear univariate regression analysis Time series One-way ANOVA Two-way ANOVA (two factors) Two-way ANOVA (interaction of the variables) Bayes theorem or law 531

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