Transportation Project Management Flashcards

Under North Carolina's Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) law, how is available funding split among the three categories?

Answer: 40% Statewide Mobility, 30% Regional Impact, 30% Division Needs

The 2013 STI law allocates 40% to Statewide Mobility, 30% to Regional Impact, and 30% to Division Needs.

In NCDOT's project numbering, a project ID beginning with "B-" (for example, B-5678) usually means what type of project?

Answer: Bridge replacement or rehabilitation

NCDOT uses the "B" prefix in its STIP numbering for bridge projects.

A project manager sees that an activity has zero total float in the CPM schedule. What does this mean?

Answer: The activity is on the critical path, so any delay pushes back project completion

Zero total float puts an activity on the critical path, so any delay pushes back the completion date.

In earned value management, a project with a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of 0.85 is in which situation?

Answer: Over budget, getting about $0.85 of work for each dollar spent

CPI = EV/AC, so a value under 1.0 means the project is over budget.

In the NEPA/Section 404 Merger process used in North Carolina, what is decided at Concurrence Point 1?

Answer: Purpose and Need for the project and the study area

Concurrence Point 1 is where Merger team agencies agree on the project's Purpose and Need and the study area.

What is the main purpose of a project risk register in transportation project delivery?

Answer: To identify, rank, assign owners for, and track responses to risks that could affect scope, schedule, or cost

A risk register records risks, how likely and severe they are, who owns them, and how they will be handled over the project's life.

Which NCDOT body adopts the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)?

Answer: The North Carolina Board of Transportation

The NC Board of Transportation adopts the STIP, and FHWA/FTA then approve the federally required part.