ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH)

Department of Construction Technology and Management
Final Exam on Academic year: 2008/09
Performance Management [COTM 3301] Semester ;Summer
Instructors: Extension
Argaw Tarekegn and Teklebrehan Date: September7, 2009
Instructions:
Exam is closed book. Time Allowed: 2:30 Hours
Attempt all questions.

1. The probabilities for different delivery times of an item are given in the
table1below. Find the expected delivery date of the item. Also find the lead time
required to provide an expected delivery date one day less than the desired
delivery date. (6pts)
Table 1
t p(t) Pr{T t}

12 0.05 0.05
13 0.10 0.15
14 0.25 0.40
15 0.35 0.75
16 0.15 0.90
17 0.10 1.00

2. The potential labor hours available for a large energy complex were found to be
5.4 million hours. The non-productive activities expressed in thousands of labor
hours were:
1. 360 for holidays and strikes
2. 1,152 for absentees
3. 785 for temporary stoppage
4. 1,084 for indirect labor
Determine the productive labor yield after the above factors are taken into consideration.
(4pts)

3. Construct an activity-on-branch network from the precedence relationships of

activities in the project given in the table 2 below. (25pts)
Table 2 
Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
Predecessors --- A A --- B C,D C,D D H F E,J F G,I G,I L,N
Duration 6 7 1 14 5 8 9 3 5 3 4 12 6 2 7
After constructing the network determine:
a. The critical path and the completion time.
b. The Total, free and independent floats for the activities.
 4. Suppose that a sampling-by-attributes plan is specified in which ten samples of
the construction materials are taken at random from a large lot (N=100) and at
most one sample item is allowed to be defective for the lot to be acceptable.
(15pts)
a. If the actual percentage defective is five percent, what is the
probability of lot acceptance?
b. What is the consumer's risk if an acceptable quality level is fifteen
percent defective and the actual fraction defective is five percent?
c. What is the producer's risk with this sampling plan and an eight
percent defective percentage?

5. Given the following information for a construction project: (20pts)

A contract budget has been prepared and the monthly evaluation forecasts are as
indicated hereunder:
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Monthly Value (Birr) 9,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 10,000 8,000
The project was evaluated at end of month 3and the following performances were
measured:
 The actual cost incurred to date was Birr 40,000.
 The budget for executed work was Birr 35,000.
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
A. sketches the S- curve for the project.
B.Compute the cost and schedule performance indices (index).
C. Calculate the estimated cost of the project at completion.
D.Is there delays in this project? If yes, compute the delay time in months? If No, why?

6. Risk identification involves determining which risks might affect the project and
documenting their characteristics. Discuss at least three information gathering
techniques in risk identification. (10pts) = SWOT
= brain storming
= interview