DBIA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Project Delivery System - ANS How team members are organized, establishes when parties
engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ANS how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price,
sole source)
contracting approach - ANS how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement,
target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ANS linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC
selected on low price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E acting in owner's
interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-established and understood
construction manager at risk - ANS similar org structure to DBB, construction manager
selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting
approach, open book estimating process, potential to fast track project, construction cost
determined before design completed, potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from
gmp design documents
Design-Build - ANS The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both
design and construction services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual relationship,
selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of contracting approaches and organizational
structures, single point responsibility, owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to
claims is significantly reduced
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, engineer procure construct (epc) - ANS similar to design build, in industrial and power
generation sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope, contractor will
typically perform engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need for single point
responsibility, contracts include plant and process performance guarantees, contract items
include performance and schedule liquidated damages and limitations of liability
Multiple Prime Contracting - ANS owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes
are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the work
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ANS multi-party agreement - all parties equal, QBS
procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited at this time), key:
owner's ability to accept risk
public-private partnership (p3) - ANS Instead of government building and maintaining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to
a private company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system
but its underlying approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement
and contracting approaches
shift left - ANS intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team
formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early, affect
project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-location and collaboration, and
compress time during concurrent design and construction
traditional design build - ANS typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum
contract; owner defines project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of
performance-based technical requirements with limited prescriptive specifications
progressive design build - ANS design and price are progressively developed after the design-
builder is under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part
of the selection process; two phases: preliminary services and final design and construction
services
criteria documents - ANS describe the end result
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Project Delivery System - ANS How team members are organized, establishes when parties
engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ANS how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price,
sole source)
contracting approach - ANS how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement,
target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ANS linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC
selected on low price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E acting in owner's
interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-established and understood
construction manager at risk - ANS similar org structure to DBB, construction manager
selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting
approach, open book estimating process, potential to fast track project, construction cost
determined before design completed, potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from
gmp design documents
Design-Build - ANS The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both
design and construction services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual relationship,
selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of contracting approaches and organizational
structures, single point responsibility, owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to
claims is significantly reduced
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, engineer procure construct (epc) - ANS similar to design build, in industrial and power
generation sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope, contractor will
typically perform engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need for single point
responsibility, contracts include plant and process performance guarantees, contract items
include performance and schedule liquidated damages and limitations of liability
Multiple Prime Contracting - ANS owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes
are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the work
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ANS multi-party agreement - all parties equal, QBS
procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited at this time), key:
owner's ability to accept risk
public-private partnership (p3) - ANS Instead of government building and maintaining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to
a private company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system
but its underlying approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement
and contracting approaches
shift left - ANS intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team
formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early, affect
project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-location and collaboration, and
compress time during concurrent design and construction
traditional design build - ANS typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum
contract; owner defines project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of
performance-based technical requirements with limited prescriptive specifications
progressive design build - ANS design and price are progressively developed after the design-
builder is under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part
of the selection process; two phases: preliminary services and final design and construction
services
criteria documents - ANS describe the end result
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
