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1. The use of overtime does not affect labor productivity. True False2. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers pay _______ employees at least the current minimum wage established by the ______ government.

nonexempt, state
nonexempt, federal
exempt, federal
exempt, state

3. Which of the following cannot be used to meet the fringe benefit requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Pension
Paid holidays
Use of a vehicle
Health insurance
4. Operation costs include:

Tires
Fuel, lubricants, and filters
Repair reserves
All of the above

5. Which of the following is not a factor when calculating the depreciation and interest?
Insurance cost
Salvage value
Useful life
Purchase price
6. The cost of tires is depreciated over the useful life of the ____________ and the cost of repairs taken as a percentage of the ____________, based on past experience.

equipment, depreciation
tires, capital investment
tires, tire depreciation
none of the above

7. The advantages of leasing a piece of equipment include:
The leasing company takes the risk of finding another company to lease the equipment at the end of the lease
The contractor may have the option to change to a new piece of equipment or a different size of the end of the lease without having to sell the old piece of equipment
It is often easier to lease than obtaining financing to purchase a piece of equipment
It is usually less expensive
8. When loose materials are placed and compacted (as fill) on a project, it will be compressed into a smaller volume than when it was loose, including solid rock. True False9. Material in its natural state is measured in:
Bank cubic yards
Loose cubic yards
Compacted cubic yards
None of the above
10. When calculating the amount of excavation for a project, the estimator ____________ certain that the dimensions used are the measurements of the outside face of the ____________ and not those of the outside the ____________.

must be, footings, building
need not be, footings, building
must be, building, footings
none of the above

11. The first step in determining the volume using the average end area method is to ____________ at the station lines. Next, the ____________ for each of the profiles is calculated, and finally, the ____________ of two adjacent profiles is averaged and multiplied by the distance between the two stations to determine the cut and fill quantities between the stations.

draw a profile, cut and fill area, cut or fill area
calculate the area, length, cut or fill area
draw a profile, average height, length
none of the above