Question 1

A construction professional is leading a major road construction project to ease traffic congestion in a metropolitan area. During project execution, the contractor, bound by contract to provide regular status reports and participate in progress evaluation meetings, abruptly ceased these obligations, claiming that these activities are excessively time-consuming. The project is at a critical phase with tight deadlines and high stakeholder expectations.

What should the construction professional do first?

Options :

A : Conduct a thorough assessment of the potential risks associated with the contractor's non-compliance and involve the owner for urgent issue resolution.

B : Reach out to the contractor, reminding them of their contractual commitments to attend meetings and submit reports as agreed upon.

C : Document the contractor's failure to fulfill contractual terms and check the formal claims process outlined in the contract.

D : Seek guidance from the organization's legal counsel to explore options for enforcing compliance such as issuing a formal demand letter urging the contractor to fulfill their obligations

Answer: B

Question 2

During the risk identification phase, the construction professional and their team identified more than 100 risks. The construction professional believes that developing a mitigation plan for each of these risks will take a lot of time, whereas not all of the identified risks are important enough to justify such a measure.

What should the construction professional do next?

Options :

A : Identify risk triggers, then develop a mitigation plan for risks that have no triggers.

B : Insert all risks in the risk register, monitor them, and develop a mitigation plan only for risks that are about to occur.

C : Use Monte Carlo analysis to evaluate the overall impact of the identified risks on the project completion date.

D : Conduct a risk assessment to prioritize risks by probability and impact, then develop a mitigation plan for high-priority risks.

Answer: D

Question 3

During the commissioning and startup of a built environment project, two interface stakeholders disagree about their involvement in a recent work incident, accusing each other of dodging responsibility. To avoid such an issue in the future, the construction professional decides to include a RACI matrix in the Interface Agreement (IA). RACI is an acronym for:

Options :

A : Responsible, Accountable, Confirm, Inform

B : Recommended, Accountable, Consulted, Inform

C : Responsible, Accountant, Consulted, Inform

D : Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Inform

Answer: D

Question 4

A senior construction professional works on a nuclear power plant which will be planned and executed using the Advanced work packaging (AWP) approach. After the definition of construction work areas (CWAs), the construction professional moved on to the preparation for the workface planning phase. One of the project planning team wondered about the relationship between the Engineering Work Packages (EWP), the Construction Work Packages (CWP), and the Installation Work Packages (IWP).

What should the construction professional’s answer be? (Select two)

Options :

A : EWP is a subset of CWP

B : EWP is a subset of IWP

C : CWP is a subset of EWP

D : IWP is a subset of EWP

Answer: A,D

Question 5

A construction professional is leading the construction of a new hospital. The project is halfway through its scheduled time frame. The construction professional monitors the scope along with other project constraints, and thinks that, overall, the project seems to be on track. However, some key stakeholders are concerned about potential cost overruns.

What can the construction professional do to address the stakeholders' concerns?

Options :

A : Apply Target Value Delivery (TVD) to identify potential cost variances

B : Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) to analyze project performance

C : Apply Value Engineering (VE) to reduce cost

D : Apply the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) tool to assess the completed scope and its related cost

Answer: B

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