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1
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Name the the main members of the project team.

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Owner, Contractor, Consultant

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Who is responsible for: Purchases and maintains liability insurance, and furnishes performance and payment bonds?

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Contractor

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Who is responsible for: Installs, maintains and supervises safety?

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Contractor

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Who is responsible for: Represents the owner?

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Consultant

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Who is responsible for: Observes the project, and determines the progress and quality of the work through site reviews.

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Consultant

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6
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Who is responsible for: submits itemized application for payment

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Contractor

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7
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Who is responsible for: recommends amounts due and certifies payment.

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Consultant

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8
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Who is responsible for: interprets construction documents

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Consultant

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Who is responsible for: reviews work verifies compliance

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Consultant

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10
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Purchases and maintains liability insurance?

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Contractor 1.1.1.1

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11
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Who does the owner expect to be fair when pricing changes in the work?

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Contractor

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12
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A budget is how much money is available to spend? T or F

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True

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13
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Describe the difference between a project budget and a construction budget:

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CB. = sum available for construction
PB = entire project incl CB land costs professional fees include legal right of way etc..

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14
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List the four principal methods for estimating project costs:

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Order of magnitude, square foot/ meter cubic foot meter, system estimates, unit price estimates.

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15
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The construction phase is when the method of project delivery is determined? T or F

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False

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16
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The commissioning phase begins when?

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Early in the construction process.

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17
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The construction phase is when project systems and assemblies are tested to ensure they meet design intent?

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Operations phase

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18
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Why addendum should not be issued to close to the bid closing date?

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Enough time to respond.

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19
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Where should the conditions for disqualification of the bidder be included?

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Instructions to bidders.

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20
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What type of information should be included in the instructions to bidders?

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Where call bids, method for bids, address or email; time / date; other instructions; conditions affecting award of contract; bid security requirements; cobtractvexec req

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21
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Define the project manual?

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Written / bound document information for bidding and negotiation + constructing and completing the project. Not the drawings.

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22
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The general conditions of a contract define the administrative, temporary and procedural req of a project.

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False. The answer is general requirements. GC is from CCDC (defines relationships, rights and responsibilities)

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23
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The relationship between spec and drawings is ?

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Complementary

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24
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What is a spec

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Written description of materials and methods.

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25
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Master Format is divided into what 5 subcategories?

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1 general req; 2 facility construction; facility services; site and infrastructure; process equipment.

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26
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Master format is used to define the scope of work of trades

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False

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27
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Explain the difference between a prescriptive and performance spec

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Pre recipe Finnish work
Perform detailed result

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28
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Referencing a performance standard is a good way to ensure high quality products

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False, not all standards are good

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29
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What is the main reason for using a proprietary spec

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Control product selection, ensure exact results

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30
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How is a consensus standard incorporated into a spec

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Reference to a number, title and other designation

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31
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Explain why it is important to date when referencing a consensus standard

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Allows the contractor to determine what design conditions were in force when the project manual was issued. Unfair not to.

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32
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What preferred grammatical mood for structuring specification sentences

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Imperative

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33
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When writing a number less than one in a specification, a zero hound be placed to the left of the decimal point

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True

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34
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Explain why “Consultant” might be capitalized in the project manual?

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Defined terms in GC

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35
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Explain why the recommendations for language and style are important

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Accuracy, brevity and clarity - easy to understand

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36
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Describe the process a specification writer should use if he or she wants to reuse an old specification section for a new project.

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Research and check details, make sure the section is written correctly and coordinated with other parts.

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37
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Explain why a master specification needs to be edited before it can be used in a project.

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Lots of choices; materials, methods and practices. To meet the projects requirements you need to delete unnecessary info, only relevant information is included.

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38
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Drawings and specifications should use the same ________ terms for the same products.

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Generic

39
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A technical rep can use SD design docs to:
A - prep a bid to supply material to GC
B - offer advise on prelim costing and available products or systems.
C - produce shop submittals
D - review constructed work

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B - offer advice cost and avail

40
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Who determines the completeness of closeout submittals
A - the contractor
B - the building operator
C - the AHJ
D - the contract administrator

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D - the contract admistrator

41
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The primary users of the drawings are the owner, the consultant and the contractor. List three others.

A

AHJ, tenants, facility managers

42
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Describe three ways in which a spec writer uses project technology docs

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Increase and enhance the spec requirements for docs
Expand the listing of product manufacturers
Review install methods / adjust office master spec

43
Q

Subgroup within MasterFormat that includes mechanical and electrical subject matter.

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Facility services

44
Q

Group G in uniformat

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Sitework

45
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Type of spec where end result is specified

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Performance

46
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This type of specification similar to a recipe

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Prescriptive

47
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Type of spec to control product selection

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Proprietary

48
Q

Abbreviation for doc produced during schematic design that accompanies the drawings

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PPD - ? Preliminary Project Documents

49
Q

Organizational document used to format cost estimates

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Uniformat

50
Q

How GC of Contract are modified

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Supplementary conditions

51
Q

Group A in uniformat

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Substructure

52
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Type of standard incorporated in a project manual by reference to number, title and date

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Consensus standard

53
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Document used to organize the project manual

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MasterFormat

54
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Document used to organize information within a work result

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Sectionformat

55
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Name of Division 27

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Communications

56
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The relationship between project manual and the drawings

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Complementary

57
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Name part 3 of sectionformat

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Execution

58
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Number digits most section numbers

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6

59
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Name part 1 of section-format

A

General

60
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Number of distinct parts in a specification section

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3

61
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Explain fast-tracking

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The process of overlapping activities to permit parts of construction to start before design is done.

62
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Which construction delivery method generally precludes fast tracking

A

Design bid build

63
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Identify and explain each of the three contractual methods of payment.

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Stipulated price: amount set forth as total payment for the performance of the work.
Unit price: the amount payable for a single unit of work
Cost plus fee: reimburse actual cost plus fee

64
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Project delivery method: design build finance operate maintain?

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Design build finance maintain + p3’s

65
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Which is an advantage to use standard contract.
A. Time saved not read non standard contract
B. Owner knows proj cost certainty
C. Stand contract = fast tracking
D. Scope / quality known construction begins

A

A i guess

66
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Describe the purpose of supplementary conditions

A

Amend or supplement preprinted general conditions

67
Q

The term for water-efficient choices in planting and irrigation design.
A. Zeroscaping
B. Xeroscaping
C. Xeriscaping
D. Drought tolerant landscaping

A

C. Xeriscaping

68
Q

A specification writer concerned about VOC’s from a new carpet would specify compliance with..
A. Carpet and Rug institute green label program
B. Carpet and Rug Low VOC program
C. Carpet and Rug Institute Green Seal Program
D. Carpet and Rug Institute Green Globes Program

A

A. Page 184.

69
Q

List two ways the CABC promotes sustainable building.

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Advocates for green buildings / change industry standards

70
Q

Which non Canadian standard is NOT listed in the NBC
A. ASTM
B. Factory Mutual
C. ISO
D. NFPS
E. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

A

E. OSHA

71
Q

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of referencing consensus standards in a project manual.
A. Faster, easier and avoids duplication
B. Easy to keep up to date
C. Saves task of writing elaborate text
D. Reduces the volume of the project manual

A

B. Easy to keep up to date.

72
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How would a lawyer define liability.

A

The legal concept of responsibility of one person to another.

73
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Name four Hazards, threats, unwanted events, unforeseen conditions, or other failures that might occur during a project.

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1) Accidents to personnel, 2) unforeseen conditions, 3) significant design inadequacies, 4) inadequate operating procedures

74
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What are three requirements for a contract to be considered valid.

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Offer, acceptance of the offer and consideration

75
Q

Effective management of risk relies on the ability to reduce what two factors

A

Proposal Risks and Performance Risks

76
Q

Which of the following is a primary benefit of risk analysis?
A. Reduction in project costs
B. Overall reduction in project risk
C. Transfer of project risk
D. Decreased liability

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B. Overall reduction in project risk

77
Q

What are the two aims of tort law?

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Compensate for injury to person or property, deter others from doing the same

78
Q

Describe the difference between standard of care and duty of care.

A

Standard of care same as the average.

Duty of care obligation that others are not harmed.

79
Q

Under tort law, the nature of the conduct of the person who caused the harm is irrelevant.
A. True
B. False

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B. False

80
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What is consideration in the context of formation of a contract.

A

Something exchanged for something else. A promise must be exchanged for adequate consideration.

81
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Which of the following is Not an essential requirement when communicating acceptance of an offer, in order to create a valid contract? The acceptance must be:
A. Clear, B. Certain, C. Agreeable, D. Unconditional, E. Made by the person to whom the offer is intended.

A

C. Agreeable

82
Q

An effective rainscreen system should help prevent moisture from being driven into a wall by vapour pressure.
T or F

A

F

83
Q

Describe 2 strategic objectives to start the process for selection of building materials

A

What is required, what is available

84
Q

List two resources that are useful in seeking material information

A

ULC, 4 Specs

85
Q

It is generally acceptable to use the terms “equal, similar”, or “equivalent” in the technical specification of a Project Manual. T or F

A

F

86
Q

Life cycle assessment groups product life into four primary phases. Which of the following is Not on of those primary phases.
Raw material acquisition, manufacturing, transportation / distribution, use/reuse, recycle / waste management

A

Transportation / distribution

87
Q

List two parties who may perform site reviews of a project during construction?

A

Contract administrator, contractor

88
Q

Which part of the construction contract describes the procedural requirement for submitting and certifying the contractors payment applications.

A

General conditions

89
Q

The consultant generally takes the role of the contract administrator
a. True
b. False

A

True

90
Q

Explain what a CA needs to know about standards in construction contracts

A

Be aware of why the standard is being called for and it is appropriate. How to research standards being quoted and how the choices selected apply or affect construction.

91
Q

Work breakdown and organization structures to define scope and responsibilities are developed at which of the following stages in time management?
A. Detailed scheduling
B. Monitoring and control
C. Planning and definition
D. Organizing

A

Planning and definition

92
Q

Which of the following does Not apply to a bar chart schedule.
A. Could be a Gantt chart
B. Is a graphic display of schedule related information
C. Uses horizontal bars to show activity duration
D. Uses critical path logic

A

D. Uses critical path logic.

93
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Explain float in terms of scheduling:

A

The amount of time that an activity may be delayed without delaying the project finish date.

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