CMCA FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔Before the commencement of any services and repairs, the association should:
a. survey the owners/tenants to see if services are necessary
b. ask the board to suggest what to do next
c. raise assessments to pay for work
d. compare three or more bids - ✔✔D
✔✔All of the following are true with respect to cumulative voting except:
a. Many people perceive it as ballot box stuffing
b. it allows owners to cast all of their available votes for one person
c. the association can amend the governing documents to prohibit it
d. it helps establish a quorum - ✔✔D
✔✔Preparing for a board meeting includes an agenda with:
a. the vice president's report
b. minutes of the previous meeting
c. items to be addressed and voted on
d. introductions of the board and manager - ✔✔C
✔✔Which contract covers the costs of all labor and materials?
a. cost and fees
b. repair service
c. lump sum
d. time and materials - ✔✔D
✔✔Your community association should have established dismissal policies and
procedures in its:
a. performance evaluation program
b. interview process
c. employee handbook
d. employment records and files - ✔✔C
✔✔A community association wants to develop a RFP to repair or replace roofs of
properties that were damaged in a recent storm. Who should prepare the extensive
specifications for the job?
a. board members
b. association manager
c. third-party expert
d. possible contractor - ✔✔C
✔✔Annual meetings are intended to prove a forum:
a. in which owners expand their power
, b. for all business, elections and reports stated
c. for owners to decide special issues
d. to allow the board to take action at a special meeting - ✔✔B
✔✔A job description should include:
a. required duties of the position
b. a list of paydays and holidays
c. salary and benefits
d. reporting relationships - ✔✔A
✔✔When an organization is interested in receiving proposals for a particular project,
what should it develop?
a. bid specification
b. bid request
c. bid qualifications sheet
d. bid statement of work - ✔✔B
✔✔Who is entitled to vote when more than one person owns a unit or lot?
a. all owners are entitled and their vote is split
b. all owners are entitled and each gets a vote
c. neither owner is entitled and they must have a proxy in order to vote
d. owners should vote in concert, with one owner designated to cast the vote - ✔✔D
✔✔The process of reviewing the extent to which a person has met established goals
and standards is called:
a. progressive planning and enhancement
b. performance evaluation
c. improvement programing
d. the ten steps of highly effective people - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following are detailed instructions about the products or services
requested from a contractor?
a. warranties
b. bid specifications
c. qualifications sheet
d. payment bonds - ✔✔B
✔✔More and more associations are employing which professional to attend annual or
special meetings and to rule on all procedural questions?
a. certified lawyers
b. professional parliamentarians
c. certified negotiators
d. professional arbitrators - ✔✔B
GRADED A+
✔✔Before the commencement of any services and repairs, the association should:
a. survey the owners/tenants to see if services are necessary
b. ask the board to suggest what to do next
c. raise assessments to pay for work
d. compare three or more bids - ✔✔D
✔✔All of the following are true with respect to cumulative voting except:
a. Many people perceive it as ballot box stuffing
b. it allows owners to cast all of their available votes for one person
c. the association can amend the governing documents to prohibit it
d. it helps establish a quorum - ✔✔D
✔✔Preparing for a board meeting includes an agenda with:
a. the vice president's report
b. minutes of the previous meeting
c. items to be addressed and voted on
d. introductions of the board and manager - ✔✔C
✔✔Which contract covers the costs of all labor and materials?
a. cost and fees
b. repair service
c. lump sum
d. time and materials - ✔✔D
✔✔Your community association should have established dismissal policies and
procedures in its:
a. performance evaluation program
b. interview process
c. employee handbook
d. employment records and files - ✔✔C
✔✔A community association wants to develop a RFP to repair or replace roofs of
properties that were damaged in a recent storm. Who should prepare the extensive
specifications for the job?
a. board members
b. association manager
c. third-party expert
d. possible contractor - ✔✔C
✔✔Annual meetings are intended to prove a forum:
a. in which owners expand their power
, b. for all business, elections and reports stated
c. for owners to decide special issues
d. to allow the board to take action at a special meeting - ✔✔B
✔✔A job description should include:
a. required duties of the position
b. a list of paydays and holidays
c. salary and benefits
d. reporting relationships - ✔✔A
✔✔When an organization is interested in receiving proposals for a particular project,
what should it develop?
a. bid specification
b. bid request
c. bid qualifications sheet
d. bid statement of work - ✔✔B
✔✔Who is entitled to vote when more than one person owns a unit or lot?
a. all owners are entitled and their vote is split
b. all owners are entitled and each gets a vote
c. neither owner is entitled and they must have a proxy in order to vote
d. owners should vote in concert, with one owner designated to cast the vote - ✔✔D
✔✔The process of reviewing the extent to which a person has met established goals
and standards is called:
a. progressive planning and enhancement
b. performance evaluation
c. improvement programing
d. the ten steps of highly effective people - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following are detailed instructions about the products or services
requested from a contractor?
a. warranties
b. bid specifications
c. qualifications sheet
d. payment bonds - ✔✔B
✔✔More and more associations are employing which professional to attend annual or
special meetings and to rule on all procedural questions?
a. certified lawyers
b. professional parliamentarians
c. certified negotiators
d. professional arbitrators - ✔✔B
