CMGT Midterm Questions Study Guide, Practice Questions and Exam Review
2026
Identify the major steps of project development from the lecture and put them in the correct
order from the start of a project to the end. - ANS ✔✔Concept-Design-Document-Bid-Start up-
Build- Operate/Maintain- Demolish
Identify the three key participants in a project team, as well as at least two other project
participants. - ANS ✔✔Three key participants are the architects, engineers and contractors. Two
other participants are subcontractors and vendors.
Identify and understand characteristics of the 4 major types of construction sectors. - ANS
✔✔1. Heavy Civil 2. Commercial 3. Residential 4. Industrial
Identify at least two things that should be considered during the conceptual design phase of the
project for each of the following categories: Environmental issues, land, demographics, site
access, zoning building codes, financing, political considerations - ANS ✔✔Demographics-
Population, and median Age
Land- Market area, and Land use and value
Environmental issues- Climate and Pollution (air, water, Noise)
Site access- Vehicular access, Pedestrian access, Public transit, Services and utilities (Electrical,
Gas, Water, Wastewater/Stormwater, Communications)
Zoning and building codes- Zoning of site, Setbacks, Easements, Air and subsurface rights, Solar
rights, Water rights, Building codes
Financing- Private Buildings (Capital investors, Loans), Public Buildings (General tax revenues,
Bonds (General obligation bonds, Revenue bonds))
Political considerations- Image of locale, NIMBY, and Traffic/congestion
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of design-bid-build - ANS ✔✔PROs
, • Design professional is usually selected on a qualifications basis and then is typically paid a fee
or a percentage of the building cost for their services.
• Owner selects the general contractor which means you get to pick the contractor with the
lowest price.
CONs
• There are two separate contracts, One is with the designer and one with the contractor.
• No legal agreement between the designer and the contractor.
• Contractor does not have any input regarding the design of the project.
• If there gaps in the plans and specs and the owner's requirements or any errors and omissions
in the design, the owner is responsible for paying for those
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of design-build, - ANS ✔✔PROs
• One contract, owner contracts with a design-build entity, which will be responsible for both
the design and the construction of the project.
• It often integrates and overlaps design and construction and allows for something called fast
tracking.
• Design-builder is liable for a gap between the plans and specs and the owner's requirement
for the performance of the building.
• Designer and contractor partnership
• Full-service design-build firm
CONs
• If you don't have a good team it's not going to work.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of construction management at risk contracts. - ANS
✔✔OPTION 1: Agency CM
PROs
• The CM as a fee-based service in which the construction manager is responsible exclusively to
the owner and acts in the owner's best interests at every stage of the project.
• CM offers advice
2026
Identify the major steps of project development from the lecture and put them in the correct
order from the start of a project to the end. - ANS ✔✔Concept-Design-Document-Bid-Start up-
Build- Operate/Maintain- Demolish
Identify the three key participants in a project team, as well as at least two other project
participants. - ANS ✔✔Three key participants are the architects, engineers and contractors. Two
other participants are subcontractors and vendors.
Identify and understand characteristics of the 4 major types of construction sectors. - ANS
✔✔1. Heavy Civil 2. Commercial 3. Residential 4. Industrial
Identify at least two things that should be considered during the conceptual design phase of the
project for each of the following categories: Environmental issues, land, demographics, site
access, zoning building codes, financing, political considerations - ANS ✔✔Demographics-
Population, and median Age
Land- Market area, and Land use and value
Environmental issues- Climate and Pollution (air, water, Noise)
Site access- Vehicular access, Pedestrian access, Public transit, Services and utilities (Electrical,
Gas, Water, Wastewater/Stormwater, Communications)
Zoning and building codes- Zoning of site, Setbacks, Easements, Air and subsurface rights, Solar
rights, Water rights, Building codes
Financing- Private Buildings (Capital investors, Loans), Public Buildings (General tax revenues,
Bonds (General obligation bonds, Revenue bonds))
Political considerations- Image of locale, NIMBY, and Traffic/congestion
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of design-bid-build - ANS ✔✔PROs
, • Design professional is usually selected on a qualifications basis and then is typically paid a fee
or a percentage of the building cost for their services.
• Owner selects the general contractor which means you get to pick the contractor with the
lowest price.
CONs
• There are two separate contracts, One is with the designer and one with the contractor.
• No legal agreement between the designer and the contractor.
• Contractor does not have any input regarding the design of the project.
• If there gaps in the plans and specs and the owner's requirements or any errors and omissions
in the design, the owner is responsible for paying for those
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of design-build, - ANS ✔✔PROs
• One contract, owner contracts with a design-build entity, which will be responsible for both
the design and the construction of the project.
• It often integrates and overlaps design and construction and allows for something called fast
tracking.
• Design-builder is liable for a gap between the plans and specs and the owner's requirement
for the performance of the building.
• Designer and contractor partnership
• Full-service design-build firm
CONs
• If you don't have a good team it's not going to work.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of construction management at risk contracts. - ANS
✔✔OPTION 1: Agency CM
PROs
• The CM as a fee-based service in which the construction manager is responsible exclusively to
the owner and acts in the owner's best interests at every stage of the project.
• CM offers advice
