Solution Key

California State University Northridge Department of

Civil Engineering & Construction Management Prof.
Ananian: CE315 - Mid Term Exam #la
Spring 2018 (1 hour and 30 minute exam, no questions
allowed, closed book and notes)
Problem 1

20.
A. In the Earned Value Analysis
we found:
BCWP = $56,500; BCWS = $62,500; ACWP = $65,000 (Circle the
best result that applies)
CPI =
PT BCUP $56,500 Behind Schedule
and Over-Budget
PI
ACU
P
$65,00
0
b.
Behind Schedule and Under-
Budget

Ahead of Schedule and Over-

Budget

Ahead of Schedule and Under-

Budget
 [Show calculations to prove your
results]
Lover
-Buokea
BOP 656, SDO
<1.0
BCLS 462,500 [ Bethno-Seiteoute]

B. Free float represents:

a.
The portion of total float where it is not influenced by
preceding activities.
The portion of total float where it does not influence following activities.

Both a. & b.

d.
None of the above.

C. Where there is a 5-day lag between the end of activity A and the
start of activity of B,
then:

Activity B has to wait exactly 5 days after the completion of activity A

before it can start.

Activity B has to wait at least 5 days after the completion of activity A before it
can start

Activity B has to wait at most 5 days after the

completion of activity A before it can start.
d.
Activity B cannot take more than 5 days in
 duration.
D. Your critical path is 59 days long. The next longest
path is 56 days.
If you extend the longest path by 5 days, the entire project's duration will increase by 5
days. (True or false?

If you reduce the longest path by 5 days, the entire project's duration will decrease by 4
days. True or false?

If you reduce the longest path by 3 days, the entire project's

duration will decrease by 3 days. True or false.

E. Activity A has 8 days of total float and 4 days of free float:

Which statement is correct:
If activity A is delayed 4 days, the project will finish 2
days late. If activity A is delayed 4 days, nothing
will be impacted.
If activity A is delayed 4 days, the completion date of the project will not be
impacted but the succeeding activity(s) will be impacted. Activity
A can be delayed a total of 12 days (8+4) before it delays the
completion of the project.
d.

E. Resource leveling is done in construction projects to make sure each activity obtains the
required resource. True or
false

G. The G.C. who performs work by his own forces is more likely to do
resource leveling to
his CPM schedule than the G.C. who sub-contracts most of the work. (True or false.
 H. If you remove a non-driving relationship, the project's calculated finish date will
move
earlier. True or(false

I. You can find out the project's critical path after performing the
forward pass only.
True or(false)

J. You can find out the project's estimated completion date after
performing the forward
pass only. (True or false.

1. Problem 2
Problem 2

For the given schedule compression problem, indirect cost is

at $200 per day:
Your task is to evaluate the total cost at cycles 1 thru 5. Identify at what cycle is
the normal (NC,ND), least (LC, LCD), and the crash (CC, CD)
within the (5) cycles of crash provided in the following template:

Days Shortened per

Cycle
Cost/ADays

200 100 400

50

|
5
500
150
50
Dur. (Days) Cost $ A A Activity Norm Crash Norm Crash Cost Days
A l 1 1 80080000 i 7 41000 1600 600 3
6 4 300 500 2002
400
800 400 100 200 100 2
800 300 2 1200
1400 200 350 600 250 700 850 150
12 3 / 2 500 1000 5001 | 54 | 450 800 350 1
Days Cut Proj. Duration Increased Direct Cost
Direct Cost Indirect Cost
Total Cost Completely Crashed
250

75
500
350
2 1 1 2 23 | 22 | 20
2 18
1 17
25

TOTAL DURATION
CYCLES OF CRASH #1 #2 #3 #4
PATHS:
#5
N

LU.
23 22 20 23 22 20 23 22 20 22 22 20 22 22 20 20 20 20
@ 000
18 18 18 18 18 18
17 17 17 17 17 17
N
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[Fill in the blanks of given schedule compression crash template as required to yield
results for analysis]
N

17

Days
Cut
21 221 Proj. Duration (loys) 25 23 22 | 20 | 18
| 17 Increased Direct Cost (%) - liso 200 400 900
| 350 0 Direct Cost (#) 6,300 6,4506,6507,050
7.750 8,109 | © Indirect Cost () 5,000 14,600 4,400
4,000 3,600 | 3,400 3 Total Cost (# ) 1,300 1,050 ,
050 1,050 11,350 1,500
NO,
NO
LED, LC | CD, CC O
Preet GC2 = 800 +1000+ 300 + 400 +10o + Soo +1200+ 350 +
700+...
-- 500+ 450 =
#6,300 ☺ Indirect Cost = 25x200 =
$5,000 (
B ar) (Indirecho Cook Day)

3
Tot
 al
Cos
t
=
Diree
t
lost
+ Indreet
Cos
t
Problem 3

Draw the following network

diagram:

Activity
Duration
IPA
Type
Rel.
Lag

5
SS

0700 0 0
SS

00000000
FF

FF

51351
313 313 120 illis 19 | 158
19 13 2119 21 oo
13
119
2
E,F

DENOTES RELATIONSHIP IS FINISH

START AND LAG IS ZERO

[Show the node network diagram with all total floats and free
floats, and lags per activity – Use Attached Template to transfer
results from Node Network]

2,9
E

& TF (ResTacres Fute

Care)
B
IS19
19.21
10,17
2
5,13
14,21
13,19

Di2=0 if may (EF-LS-Dur, o) - une = win (is-es), (F-EP) SRF =

abs((Es-es) - LiF-EF)) TF
= Setung+D2F
9,13

10

3,13
Problem 4

Draw the node network for the project below. Do the CPM calculations based on the most
 likely durations. What paths are the critical paths if activity D were lagged
by 6 days:
(a) Calculate the Expected Duration and Standard Deviations for the
chosen Critical Path's
Activities, using 90% confidence.

37.
(b) Determine the Level of Confidence if the longest path
that yielded a higher certainty date
were to be performed in 50 days
(Ts).

Expected Duration Standard Deviation Variance

Activity
IPA
Duration Optimistic
Most Likely
Pessimistic

6.323
0.667

0.833
10.444
0.694
10. Soo

19.333
4.000
16.000
4.333
1.000
1.000
 9.167
0.833
0,694

17.667
1.000
1.000

2.500
0.833
10.69
4

[Show the node network diagram with all total floats and free
floats per activity]

[cPn: A-C-D-F-G|
TF-FF0
30,34
14,24
D
52.5
6,24

en su The = 8, FF-8)
30,34

TE-L, FF-1126
52,54
6,24
E

a
25,34
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 Solutions EXAM #la
SP 18
ANANIAN
Pab. #4a
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Te = 2 Tej + LAG

= 6.333 +19.333
+4.32
) +17-667
+2.500
- 19.138
-> TE = 56.167-days; Teava Ves
5 6.167-4.375
1.2317
(a)
Is = Je & Pe Z97
Ts = 61,774-d)

(b) . Ts - Te
-
so
56.167
Z=
Th
 e
so - 56. 167 or [100% - LOC
» Z= -1.4096
= LOC true
Strue.

al

40
1. 406

LOC -0.9192
0.9207
0.9192
0.01

Loc' = 0.9192 + 0.96

(0.0015)
→ LOC' = 0.9206

LOCtme =
1-0.9206
= 0.0794

> LOC true = 17.94%

(a) Z97 - 1.28
0.90 -0.3997
0.9015-0,8997
→ Z902 = 1.2817
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0.5

0.8
0.9

1.4
z 0.00 0.0 0.5000 0.1 0.5398 0.2 0.5793 0.3 0.6179 0.4 0.6554

0.6915 0.6 0.7257 0.7 0.7580

0.7881
0.8159 1.0 | 0.8413
0.8643 1.2 0.8849 1.3 0.9032
0.9192
0.9332 1.6 0.9452
0.9554 1.8 0.9641
0.9713 2.0 | 0.9772 2.1 0.9821 2.2 0.9861 2.3 | 0.9893 2.4 0.9918
0.9938 2.6 0.9953 2.7 0.9965 2.8 0.9974
0.9981 3.0 | 0.9987
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0.01 0.02 0.03 0.5040 0.5080 0.5120 0.5438 0.5478 0.5517 0.5832 0.5871
0.5910 0.6217 0.6255 0.6293 0.6591 0.6628 0.6664 0.6950 0.6985 0.7019
0.7291 0.7324 0.7357 0.7611 0.7642 0.7673 0.7910 0.7939 0.7967 0.8186
0.8212 0.8238 0.8438 0.8461 0.8485 0.8665 0.8686 0.8708 0.8869 0.8888
0.8907 0.9049 0.9066 0.9082 0.9207) 0.9222 0.9236 0.9345 0.9357 0.9370
0.9463 0.9474 0.9484 0.9564 0.9573 0.9582 0.9649 0.9656 0.9664 0.9719
0.9726 0.9732 0.9778 0.9783 0.9788 0.9826 0.9830 0.9834 0.9864 0.9868
0.9871 0.9896 0.98980.9901 0.9920 0.9922 0.9925 0.9940 0.9941 0.9943 0.9955
0.9956 0.9957 0.9966 0.9967 0.9968 0.9975 0.9976 0.9977 0.99820.9982
0.9983 0.9987 0.9987 0.9988
0.04 0.5160 0.5557 0.5948 0.6331 0.6700 0.7054 0.7389 0.7704 0.7995
0.8264 0.8508 0.8729 0.8925 0.9099 0.9251 0.9382 0.9495 0.9591 0.9671
0.9738 0.9793 0.9838 0.9875 0.9904 0.9927 0.9945 0.9959 0.9969 0.9977
0.9984 0.9988
0.05 0.5199 0.5596 0.5987 0.6368 0.6736 0.7088 0.7422 0.7734 0.8023
0.8289 0.8531 0.8749 0.8944 0.9115 0.9265 0.9394 0.9505 0.9599 0.9678
0.9744 0.9798 0.9842 0.9878 0.9906 0.9929 0.9946 0.9960 0.9970 0.9978 0.9984
0.9989
0.06 0.5239 0.5636 0.6026 0.6406 0.6772 0.7123 0.7454 0.7764 0.8051
0.8315 0.8554 0.8770 0.8962 0.9131 0.9279 0.9406 0.9515 0.9608 0.9686
0.9750 0.9803 0.9846 0.9881 0.9909 0.9931 0.9948 0.9961 0.9971 0.9979 0.9985
0.9989
0.07 0.5279 0.5675 0.6064 0.6443 0.6808 0.7157 0.7486 0.7794 0.8078 0.8340
0.8577 0.8790 0.8980 0.9147 0.9292 0.9418 0.9525 0.9616 0.9693 0.9756
0.9808 0.9850 0.9884 0.9911 0.9932 0.9949 0.9962 0.9972 0.9979 0.9985
0.9989
0.08 0.5319 0.5714 0.6103 0.6480 0.5844 0.7190 0.7517 0.7823 0.8106
0.8365 0.8599 0.8810 0.8997 0.9162 0.9306 0.9429 0.9535 0.9625 0.9699
0.9761 0.9812 0.9854 0.9887 0.9913 0.9934 0.9951 0.9963 0.9973 0.9980
0.9986 0.9990
0.09 0.5359 0.5753 0.6141 0.6517 0.6879 0.7224 0.7549 0.7852 0.8133 0.8389
0.8621 0.8830 0.9015 0.9177 0.9319 0.9441 0.9545 0.9633 0.9706 0.9767
0.9817 0.9857 0.9890 0.9916 0.9936 0.9952 0.9964 0.9974 0.9981 0.9986 0.9990
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2.5

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