CDT EXAM COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026
◉ Who composes the Owner Team?
Answer: Public and private owners, owner advisors, owner
consultants, occupants, utility, service providers, and authorities
having jurisdiction
◉ Who composes the Design Team?
Answer: Architects, engineering consultants and specialty
consultants
◉ Who composes the Supplier Team?
Answer: Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and fabricators
◉ What are the responsibilities of the owner team?
Answer: initiated the project
assumes risk
provides funding, control, and management of the design and
construction process
approves of design and construction activates
acts as the principle stakeholder
,◉ What are the responsibilities of the design team?
Answer: Addresses planning issues, including those involving AHJ
Assists in determining design program and requirements
Reflects owner's visions and meets design program and
requirements
Identifies applicable codes and regulations
Researches, evaluates, and selects products
Produces construction documents
Administers construction contract
Provides QA/QC
◉ What are the responsibilities of the Construction team?
Answer: estimates costs
schedules time
manages construction
◉ What are the responsibilities of the Supplier team?
Answer: Produces materials, product, equipment for project
Furnishes products or services
Assembles materials, products and equipment offsite
,◉ What are the four C's of effective communication
Answer: Clear, concise, correct, complete
◉ What are the Facility Life Cycle Stages
Answer: Project Conception
Design
Construction Documents
Procurement
Construction
Facility Management
◉ What are the 6 taxonomical and compositional formats?
Answer: OmniClass
UnitFormat
Master Format
SectionFormat
PageFormat
PPDFormat
◉ Define OmniClass
Answer: Classifies information applicable to the entire built
environment
, Provides a classification structure for electronic databases
Includes 15 classification tables
Uses Unit Format and Mater Format
◉ Define UniFormat
Answer: Organizes construction information based on fictional
elements or systems and assemblies
Promotes standardization
Facilitates retrieval of information
Classifies information into 8 elements
◉ Define Masterformat
Answer: Organizes construction, operation and maintenance
information based in work results
Arranges related work results into Divisions
Promotes standardization and improves construction
communication
Comprised of two groups ( procurement and Contracting
Requirements, Specifications)
◉ Define SectionFormat
Answer: Organizes content within a signal specification section
2026
◉ Who composes the Owner Team?
Answer: Public and private owners, owner advisors, owner
consultants, occupants, utility, service providers, and authorities
having jurisdiction
◉ Who composes the Design Team?
Answer: Architects, engineering consultants and specialty
consultants
◉ Who composes the Supplier Team?
Answer: Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and fabricators
◉ What are the responsibilities of the owner team?
Answer: initiated the project
assumes risk
provides funding, control, and management of the design and
construction process
approves of design and construction activates
acts as the principle stakeholder
,◉ What are the responsibilities of the design team?
Answer: Addresses planning issues, including those involving AHJ
Assists in determining design program and requirements
Reflects owner's visions and meets design program and
requirements
Identifies applicable codes and regulations
Researches, evaluates, and selects products
Produces construction documents
Administers construction contract
Provides QA/QC
◉ What are the responsibilities of the Construction team?
Answer: estimates costs
schedules time
manages construction
◉ What are the responsibilities of the Supplier team?
Answer: Produces materials, product, equipment for project
Furnishes products or services
Assembles materials, products and equipment offsite
,◉ What are the four C's of effective communication
Answer: Clear, concise, correct, complete
◉ What are the Facility Life Cycle Stages
Answer: Project Conception
Design
Construction Documents
Procurement
Construction
Facility Management
◉ What are the 6 taxonomical and compositional formats?
Answer: OmniClass
UnitFormat
Master Format
SectionFormat
PageFormat
PPDFormat
◉ Define OmniClass
Answer: Classifies information applicable to the entire built
environment
, Provides a classification structure for electronic databases
Includes 15 classification tables
Uses Unit Format and Mater Format
◉ Define UniFormat
Answer: Organizes construction information based on fictional
elements or systems and assemblies
Promotes standardization
Facilitates retrieval of information
Classifies information into 8 elements
◉ Define Masterformat
Answer: Organizes construction, operation and maintenance
information based in work results
Arranges related work results into Divisions
Promotes standardization and improves construction
communication
Comprised of two groups ( procurement and Contracting
Requirements, Specifications)
◉ Define SectionFormat
Answer: Organizes content within a signal specification section
