Examination Paper: Construction Management
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IIBM Institute of Business Management
IIBM Institute of Business Management
Examination Paper MM.100
Project Management in Construction
1. It included Manpower, material and machinery that is necessary to perform the work:
a. Scope
b. Quality
c. Resources
d. Completion time
2. In this analysis a project is formulated and appraised based on the estimates generated from past
data, experience & analysis.
a. Risk analysis
b. Sensitivity analysis
c. Probability analysis
d. Economic analysis
3. It is a verbal written or on-line document that shows the up-to-date performance status of a task
that has been entrusted to a responsibility/accounting centre.
a. Trends Forecasting
b. Reporting Performance
c. Performance Variance Analysis
d. Recording Performance
....
9. This enables the electronic transfer of a complete file from one computer to another:
a. Internet
b. Intranets
c. telnet
d. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
10. It is an assurance to the owner that selected the contractor will actually proceed with the contract
at the bid price:
a. performance Bonds
b. Bid Bonds
c. Claim Bonds
d. Contract Bonds
Part Two:
1. What are the main causes of a Project Failure?
2. What is Responsibility assignment Matrix (RAM) chart?
3. Define Professional Construction Management (PCM) approach.
4. Differentiate between Project Management & General Management.
...
Caselet 1
Huge Electronics Company (HEC) is a designer and manufacturer of electronics equipment that is sold
primarily to government/military customers. Located in the Western United States, HEC grew rapidly in
the 1970s to become one of the nation’s largest government contractors with employees in excess of
50,000. Partly because of HEC’s rapid growth, the company organization chart was constantly in a state
of flux. Despite the changes, the engineering divisions remained fairly stable in a classic project
management structure. The manufacturing division was structured in a matrix organization because of the
large investments in manufacturing equipment necessary. Duplicating these equipment purchases for
every project would not be cost effective.
Naturally, the project managers in the engineering division’s wieded a great deal of power to set policy
and make decisions. The manufacturing project managers did not possess the total authority shared by
their engineering counterparts; they did, however, have a strong say in controlling the destiny of their
projects, i...
direct manager of the wire project engineer who is in favour of off-loading. His advice to the MPM is: “I
know the department is near capacity right now, but some months from now when the Tiger project
comes down the pike, we will be ready to handle it. We will deliver quality cables to meet your schedules.
Questions:
You are the project manager: you know how important project is for, both, the company and your career.
1. Should you go with a department that has been chronically delaying when the contract has a large
incentive/penalty clause for on-time delivery?
2. Can you risk sending out a design to a supplier when the design is to be proved?
Caselet 2
In mid-1998, the personal products divisions of HLL launched campaign called ‘Project Bharat’ to be
carried out by the end of 1999. ‘Project Bharat’ was a direct marketing exercise undertaking to address
the issues of awareness, attitudes and habits of rural consumers and increase the penetration level of HLL
products. It was the first and the largest rural home-to-home operation to have ever been taken up by any
company carried out its direct marketing operations ... Self-Help
Groups (SHG). SGHs operated like direct-to home distributors wherein groups of 15-20 villagers who are
the poverty line (those people whose monthly income was less than Rs. 750 per month) were provided
with an opportunity to take micro-credit from banks. Using this money, villagers could buy HLL’s
products and sell them to consumers, thereby, generating income as well as employment for themselves.
This activity also helped the company increase the reach of its products.
Questions:
1. What are the significant features of HLL’s ad campaign ‘Project Bharat’?
2. How has HLL identified itself with India’s Economic Development?
1. Who is a Project Manager? Describe the Role of a Project Manager.
2. What is PMIS Report? Explain the benefits of establishing PMIS.
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IIBM Institute of Business Management
IIBM Institute of Business Management
Examination Paper MM.100
Project Management in Construction
1. It included Manpower, material and machinery that is necessary to perform the work:
a. Scope
b. Quality
c. Resources
d. Completion time
2. In this analysis a project is formulated and appraised based on the estimates generated from past
data, experience & analysis.
a. Risk analysis
b. Sensitivity analysis
c. Probability analysis
d. Economic analysis
3. It is a verbal written or on-line document that shows the up-to-date performance status of a task
that has been entrusted to a responsibility/accounting centre.
a. Trends Forecasting
b. Reporting Performance
c. Performance Variance Analysis
d. Recording Performance
....
9. This enables the electronic transfer of a complete file from one computer to another:
a. Internet
b. Intranets
c. telnet
d. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
10. It is an assurance to the owner that selected the contractor will actually proceed with the contract
at the bid price:
a. performance Bonds
b. Bid Bonds
c. Claim Bonds
d. Contract Bonds
Part Two:
1. What are the main causes of a Project Failure?
2. What is Responsibility assignment Matrix (RAM) chart?
3. Define Professional Construction Management (PCM) approach.
4. Differentiate between Project Management & General Management.
...
Caselet 1
Huge Electronics Company (HEC) is a designer and manufacturer of electronics equipment that is sold
primarily to government/military customers. Located in the Western United States, HEC grew rapidly in
the 1970s to become one of the nation’s largest government contractors with employees in excess of
50,000. Partly because of HEC’s rapid growth, the company organization chart was constantly in a state
of flux. Despite the changes, the engineering divisions remained fairly stable in a classic project
management structure. The manufacturing division was structured in a matrix organization because of the
large investments in manufacturing equipment necessary. Duplicating these equipment purchases for
every project would not be cost effective.
Naturally, the project managers in the engineering division’s wieded a great deal of power to set policy
and make decisions. The manufacturing project managers did not possess the total authority shared by
their engineering counterparts; they did, however, have a strong say in controlling the destiny of their
projects, i...
direct manager of the wire project engineer who is in favour of off-loading. His advice to the MPM is: “I
know the department is near capacity right now, but some months from now when the Tiger project
comes down the pike, we will be ready to handle it. We will deliver quality cables to meet your schedules.
Questions:
You are the project manager: you know how important project is for, both, the company and your career.
1. Should you go with a department that has been chronically delaying when the contract has a large
incentive/penalty clause for on-time delivery?
2. Can you risk sending out a design to a supplier when the design is to be proved?
Caselet 2
In mid-1998, the personal products divisions of HLL launched campaign called ‘Project Bharat’ to be
carried out by the end of 1999. ‘Project Bharat’ was a direct marketing exercise undertaking to address
the issues of awareness, attitudes and habits of rural consumers and increase the penetration level of HLL
products. It was the first and the largest rural home-to-home operation to have ever been taken up by any
company carried out its direct marketing operations ... Self-Help
Groups (SHG). SGHs operated like direct-to home distributors wherein groups of 15-20 villagers who are
the poverty line (those people whose monthly income was less than Rs. 750 per month) were provided
with an opportunity to take micro-credit from banks. Using this money, villagers could buy HLL’s
products and sell them to consumers, thereby, generating income as well as employment for themselves.
This activity also helped the company increase the reach of its products.
Questions:
1. What are the significant features of HLL’s ad campaign ‘Project Bharat’?
2. How has HLL identified itself with India’s Economic Development?
1. Who is a Project Manager? Describe the Role of a Project Manager.
2. What is PMIS Report? Explain the benefits of establishing PMIS.
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