Practice Test: Question Set - 05
1. The construction manager uses the estimate of the project
- (A) To
tell the owner of the project to take his/her financial decision
- (B) To control
the project during its construction
- (C) To develop
bids on the project
- (D) All of these
2. A construction estimate is used
- (A) To
judge tentatively or approximate value of the project
- (B) To
produce a statement of the approximate cost
- (C) To
decide an approximation of the value of the project and not the exact cost
- (D) None of
these
3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The
financial ratio summarizes some aspect of the firm's financial condition at the
time of preparing a balance sheet
- (B) Both
the numerator and denominator of financial ratios come directly from the
balance sheet
- (C) Income
statement ratios compare a flow item from the income statement to another flow
item form the income statement
- (D) All
of these
4. The annuity which refers to a debt payment for recovering the initial amount or capital in equal periodical payments, is known as;
- (A) Present
Worth Annuity
- (B) Sinking fund
annuity
- (C) Compound
annuity
- (D) Capital
recovery annuity
5. The owner of the construction company makes use of the estimate:
- (A) To determine
the capital investment costs
- (B) To assist in
financial arrangements
- (C) To
determine economic feasibility of the project
- (D) All of these
6. Annuities involve:
- (A) A series of
payments
- (B) All payments
of equal amount
- (C) Payment at
equal time intervals
- (D) All of these
7. The estimate based on a detailed quantity survey and furnishes the most accurate and reliable estimate possible is known as
- (A) Conceptual
estimate
- (B) Definitive
estimate
- (C) Probabilistic
estimate
- (D) None of
these
8. Pick up the correct statement regarding financial statement analysis from the following.
- (A) Final
analysis always involves the use of various financial statements i.e., balance
sheet and income statement
- (B) The balance
sheet is the summary of assets, liabilities and owner's equity of business at a
point in time
- (C) The income
statement is the summary of revenues and expenses of a firm over a particular
period of time
- (D) All the
above
9. Probabilistic estimating of a construction project includes:
- (A) Labour
- (B) Productivity
- (C) Wage scale
- (D) All of these
10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The capital
required to get a project started, is called first cost
- (B) The costs
associated with a new or existing project that remain unaffected by the changes
in activity level over the normal range of operation of the project, are called
fixed costs
- (C) The group of
costs that vary proportionately to the changes in the activity level of a new
or existing project are called variable costs
- (D) All of these
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