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CHI MAN VINCENT LEE

November 12, 2023 20:29

All,

I would love to hear how you guys would answer this and why. I came across this question from another source, but I don't understand why the model answer as it suggested came down to the 3rd week of JAN instead of the fourth week of JAN which I had answered. 

The construction start time is at the beginning of the 3rd week of FEB, so as I count backward 2 weeks for permit review, and one week per the client's request. I could only see the submission to be by the beginning of 4th week in JAN. In order to get to the model answer, the only logical way to answer this would be to see the construction start time as "the end of 2nd week in FEB" instead of "the beginning of 3rd week". I don't want to overthink too much if the question was not asking it correct, or it was intentionally put in way to trick us. But I would like to learn the proper way of how it should be commonly seen by the industry standard. 

 

Appreciate someone can shed light on. So i can move on.  See below snippet. THX 

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  Victoria Adomkaitis November 12, 2023 21:38

  The way I read the question is that they are asking in which week the plans should be submitted.  If only submitted in the 4th week of January (no matter how early), that still would not provide for a full three (business) weeks as requested in the description.

  I can see why you answered it the way you did because I caught myself at first thinking the same way.  But the plans would need to be in the hands of the municipality before the 4th week of Jan. starts to allow for a true 3 week buffer.

  Just my interpretation though!

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  Derrick Payne Payne November 13, 2023 14:43

  These exams are written by smart people but in an academia style of language not as if in the real world and so the question is supposed to be simple. I sometimes wonder if the people that assemble the questions actually have real world experience.

  The question requires you to work backwards from date of construction which puts you in February. Having worked in this profession for 30 years I can tell you this never happens as is suggested in the question. Unfortunately you need to dumb down and not rely on your real world experience or you end up putting too much logic into the question.

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