Faculty of

Science and Technology

SCE5381
Project Management

End-of-Semester Examination
Semester Two 2018/19

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Date : 20 May 2019

Time : 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
1. Answer ALL questions in Part A
and any ONE (1) question Part B Time
: 3 hours
and any ONE (1) question in Part Allowed
C.

2. All questions in Part B and Part C

carry EQUAL marks.

3. This question paper contains

TEN (10) pages.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE OVER

UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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Part A: Answer ALL questions (60 marks)

A1.

(b) Proper delegation of power to subordinates is important for the

success of the team as well as individuals. Describe briefly any
Four (4) levels of delegation of power in Project Management.
(8 marks)

(c) What are the Five (5) basic functions of management?

(5 marks)

A2. (a) Explain the role of Project Manager in Risk Management.

(6 marks)

(c) State and describe the attitude(s) that one will perform in facing
different types of risks.
(6 marks)

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Part B: Answer any One (1) question (20 marks)

B1. Answer all parts in this question.

As a contractor you have recently won a construction project. From the

past experience, the project manager provided you an estimation of
the following activities:
DURATION (Months)
ACTIVITY PREDECESSOR MOST
OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC
LIKELY
A -- 9 12 15
B -- 5 9 13
C A 8 10 12
D B 7 9 17
E B 18 23 34
F A 9 9 15
G C 30 35 40
H D 35 39 49
I A 12 15 18
J E,G,H 3 3 9
K F,I,J 7 9 11

(a) Compute the expected time for each of the listed activities.
(4 marks)

(b) Draw a precedence diagram (i.e. activity-on-node diagram) for the

above project. Determine the earliest start time (ES), latest start
time (LS), earliest finish time (EF), latest finish time (EF) and the
float (F) for each of the listed activities.
(9 marks)

(c) Identify the critical path and minimum time to complete the project.
(2 marks)

(d) What is the probability of completing the path in less than 75

months?
(5 marks)

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Part C: Answer any One (1) question (20 marks)

C1. Answer all parts in this question.

(b) With the aid of a diagram, explain the application of “life-cycle-

costing” at various stages of a building life cycle.
(13 marks)

Answer all parts in this question.

C2. (a) Discuss in brief the activities need to be completed and things need
to be done in the detailed design stage.
(5 marks)

(b) What is value management?

(3 marks)

(c) Describe and discuss the factors that will affect the success of a
value management study.
(12 marks)

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 Appendix I

Present value interest factor of an annuity of $1 per period at i % for n period

Period 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%

1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909

2 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 1.859 1.833 1.808 1.783 1.759 1.736

3 2.941 2.884 2.829 2.775 2.723 2.673 2.624 2.577 2.531 2.487

4 3.902 3.808 3.717 3.630 3.546 3.465 3.387 3.312 3.240 3.170

5 4.853 4.713 4.580 4.452 4.329 4.212 4.100 3.993 3.890 3.791

6 5.795 5.601 5.417 5.242 5.076 4.917 4.767 4.623 4.486 4.355

7 6.728 6.472 6.230 6.002 5.786 5.582 5.389 5.206 5.033 4.868

8 7.652 7.325 7.020 6.733 6.463 6.210 5.971 5.747 5.535 5.335

9 8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108 6.802 6.515 6.247 5.995 5.759

10 9.471 8.983 8.530 8.111 7.722 7.360 7.024 6.710 6.418 6.145

11 10.368 9.787 9.253 8.760 8.306 7.887 7.499 7.139 6.805 6.495

12 11.255 10.575 9.954 9.385 8.863 8.384 7.943 7.536 7.161 6.814

13 12.134 11.348 10.635 9.986 9.394 8.853 8.358 7.904 7.487 7.103

14 13.004 12.106 11.296 10.563 9.899 9.295 8.745 8.244 7.786 7.367

15 13.865 12.849 11.938 11.118 10.380 9.712 9.108 8.559 8.061 7.606

16 14.718 13.578 12.561 11.652 10.838 10.106 9.447 8.851 8.313 7.824

17 15.562 14.292 13.166 12.166 11.274 10.477 9.763 9.122 8.544 8.022

18 16.398 14.992 13.754 12.659 11.690 10.828 10.059 9.372 8.756 8.201

19 17.226 15.678 14.324 13.134 12.085 11.158 10.336 9.604 8.950 8.365

20 18.046 16.351 14.877 13.590 12.462 11.470 10.594 9.818 9.129 8.514

25 22.023 19.523 17.413 15.622 14.094 12.783 11.654 10.675 9.823 9.077

30 25.808 22.396 19.600 17.292 15.372 13.765 12.409 11.258 10.274 9.427

35 29.409 24.999 21.487 18.665 16.374 14.498 12.948 11.655 10.567 9.644

40 32.835 27.355 23.115 19.793 17.159 15.046 13.332 11.925 10.757 9.779

45 36.095 29.490 24.519 20.720 17.774 15.456 13.606 12.108 10.881 9.863

50 39.196 31.424 25.730 21.482 18.256 15.762 13.801 12.233 10.962 9.915

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 Appendix II

Present value interest factor of $1 per period at i % for n periods

Period 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%

1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909

2 0.980 0.961 0.943 0.925 0.907 0.890 0.873 0.857 0.842 0.826

3 0.971 0.942 0.915 0.889 0.864 0.840 0.816 0.794 0.772 0.751

4 0.961 0.924 0.888 0.855 0.823 0.792 0.763 0.735 0.708 0.683

5 0.951 0.906 0.863 0.822 0.784 0.747 0.713 0.681 0.650 0.621

6 0.942 0.888 0.837 0.790 0.746 0.705 0.666 0.630 0.596 0.564

7 0.933 0.871 0.813 0.760 0.711 0.665 0.623 0.583 0.547 0.513

8 0.923 0.853 0.789 0.731 0.677 0.627 0.582 0.540 0.502 0.467

9 0.914 0.837 0.766 0.703 0.645 0.592 0.544 0.500 0.460 0.424

10 0.905 0.820 0.744 0.676 0.614 0.558 0.508 0.463 0.422 0.386

11 0.896 0.804 0.722 0.650 0.585 0.527 0.475 0.429 0.388 0.350

12 0.887 0.788 0.701 0.625 0.557 0.497 0.444 0.397 0.356 0.319

13 0.879 0.773 0.681 0.601 0.530 0.469 0.415 0.368 0.326 0.290

14 0.870 0.758 0.661 0.577 0.505 0.442 0.388 0.340 0.299 0.263

15 0.861 0.743 0.642 0.555 0.481 0.417 0.362 0.315 0.275 0.239

16 0.853 0.728 0.623 0.534 0.458 0.394 0.339 0.292 0.252 0.218

17 0.844 0.714 0.605 0.513 0.436 0.371 0.317 0.270 0.231 0.198

18 0.836 0.700 0.587 0.494 0.416 0.350 0.296 0.250 0.212 0.180

19 0.828 0.686 0.570 0.475 0.396 0.331 0.277 0.232 0.194 0.164

20 0.820 0.673 0.554 0.456 0.377 0.312 0.258 0.215 0.178 0.149

25 0.780 0.610 0.478 0.375 0.295 0.233 0.184 0.146 0.116 0.092

30 0.742 0.552 0.412 0.308 0.231 0.174 0.131 0.099 0.075 0.057

35 0.706 0.500 0.355 0.253 0.181 0.130 0.094 0.068 0.049 0.036

40 0.672 0.453 0.307 0.208 0.142 0.097 0.067 0.046 0.032 0.022

45 0.639 0.410 0.264 0.171 0.111 0.073 0.048 0.031 0.021 0.014

50 0.608 0.372 0.228 0.141 0.087 0.054 0.034 0.021 0.013 0.009

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 Appendix III

Areas of Standard Normal Distribution Table

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