Practice Exam - Planning, Design, and Construction Flashcards
Prior to modifying the façade of a facility that is listed on the National Register, it is required to have the facility reviewed by what organization?
a. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
b. American Historical Association (AHA)
c. APPA
d. Historic Buildings Association (HBA)
a. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
The impacts of capital expansion on facilities
operations should be assessed for:
a. Best practices of peer institutions
b. Punch list, commissioning, and warranty
responsibilities
c. Quality control inspections of construction
d. Maintenance and operating budgets, staffing, and life cycle costs
d. Maintenance and operating budgets, staffing, and life cycle costs
A campus signage and way finding standard should include all of the following types of signage except:
a. Directional and way finding
b. Building identification
c. Regulatory and warning information
d. Student elections, events, and temporary
postings
d. Student elections, events, and temporary
postings
The focus on space planning and management is a smart strategy given the current tough and unpredictable times because:
a. Of the rising cost of space
b. Space is poorly managed
c. Academic space is not very well used
d. Space analysis and management provide a
framework for decision-making and utilization
d. Space analysis and management provide a
framework for decision-making and utilization
Non-standard signage and exterior graphics can be the single most significant item creating a _______ on campus
a. Sense of artistic display
b. Sense of visual clutter
c. Sense of freedom from regulation
d. Sense of eclecticism
b. Sense of visual clutter
A Request for Proposal (RFP) for construction work refers to a submittal based on:
a. A past working relationship
b. Specific products and services
c. Qualifications, experience, and cost
d. The lowest price
c. Qualifications, experience, and cost
A typical delivery method for facilities construction includes:
a. Just in Time (JIT)
b. Cost to Benefit Method (CBM)
c. Design/Build/Multi-prime (DBM)
d. Construction Management at Risk (CMAR)
d. Construction Management at Risk (CMAR)
Construction contracts typically require issuing a notice to proceed, a schedule of values, a contractor’s schedule, and:
a. Pre-construction meetings
b. Notification to the local labor pool
c. Consumer price index
d. Inflation index
a. Pre-construction meetings
Which of the following is not considered desirable for use with plans and specifications?
a. Construction Institute specifications
b. AIA (American Institute of Architects) drawing standards
c. Master Specification
d. Government specifications
d. Government specifications
An effective campus master plan should incorporate the institution’s utility, landscape, and sustainability plans as well as the:
a. Academic strategic plan
b. Water conservation plan
c. Future building plan
d. City or county expansion plan
a. Academic strategic plan
Programming, inspections, scheduling, and punch lists are typical duties for:
a. Construction Managers (CM)
b. Project Managers (PM)
c. Design architects
d. Trade supervisors
b. Project Managers (PM)
Compliance and code enforcement are critical campus elements that should be effectively addressed by what typical campus department:
a. Security/police
b. Incident Commander
c. Risk Management/Environmental Health and Safety
d. Emergency Operations
c. Risk Management/Environmental Health and Safety
Reduction of change orders on construction
contracts can be better managed by use of:
a. Schedule of Values analysis
b. Construction Management at Risk delivery method
c. Careful review of the As-Built drawings
d. None of the above
b. Construction Management at Risk delivery method
Some institutions are allowed to use other
construction and delivery methods besides
traditional design/bid/build. Select one such method that can save time:
a. Just in Time
b. Quick Build
c. Design-Build
d. Job order contracting
c. Design-Build
Space planning standards are effective and incorporate academic space types that are referred to as:
a. CEPT codes
b. NEC codes
c. ICC codes
d. HEGIS codes
d. HEGIS codes
