CDT - PROJECT DELIVERY PRACTICE | 411
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY SCORED A+ | LATEST
UPDATE 2025
Project - ANSWER Describes the process of planning, designing, documenting
for procurement and construction, procuring, contracting, and constructing a
facility for delivery to its owner.
Facility - ANSWER Is the completed project as a constructed entity intended for
a specific purpose and function
Stakeholder - ANSWER Individuals or organizations involved in s majority of the
project
Participant - ANSWER Individuals or organizations that are active only in a
small portion
Can there be more than one owner - ANSWER Yes
Private owners - ANSWER Funding does not include money derived from
taxation - user is not a public entity
Public owner - ANSWER Funding is derived from some type of taxation
,Who are advisors - ANSWER Financial institution, attorneys, insurance co, real
estate agents, appraisers, & marketing co
Surveyors - ANSWER Examine and survey site to document existing conditions
of the land
Geotechnical enginners - ANSWER Examine soil substrates to make
recommendations for building foundations
Commissioning authority - ANSWER Evaluates, tests, analyzes newly
constructed building mechanical and electrical systems
AHJ's - ANSWER Authorities having jurisdiction
Who is an AHJ - ANSWER Building code official, zoning officials, inspectors,
agency regulators - they protect public health and safety
Design team - ANSWER Planning management, assist owner, deigning project,
identify codes, specify products, produce procurement documents, administer the
construction contract, ca, provide QA and QC review
DBB - ANSWER Design bid build
DNB - ANSWER Design negotiate build
TI - ANSWER Interior designer for the DBB or dnb
,Municipal infastructure - ANSWER Civil for dbb
Industrial facilities - ANSWER Mechanical engineer for any design method
Transportation improvements - ANSWER Gov agency public works department
Instruments of service - ANSWER Projects must include a seal attached to work
projects
Role of architect - ANSWER Aesthetic and technical design of a project and
managing design services
Role of PIC - ANSWER Authorized to sign, may or may not seal,management
position
Role of PM - ANSWER Provides middle altitude management of architect's
staff, engineer, and consultants, guides the project through delivery
Role of Programmer - ANSWER Outside the firm, this person meets with the
owner and user groups to interpret and design requirements and develop a
program that will be used to arrange the spatial relationships between functions
and areas of the project - usually not involved with construction docs or admin
, Role of Project Designer - ANSWER Creates the aesthetic design which will be
approved by owner - usually not involved with construction docs or admin (may
be limited to exterior if an interior designer is involved)
Interior Designer - ANSWER creases aesthetic design for the interiors of the
project, selects materials and products, may be involved with construction docs
and admin
Project Architect - ANSWER Provides low altitude management of architect's
staff, directs and coordinates day to day activities of the production of the
construction documents, coordinates with consultants and engineers, determines
assembly, some decision power limited to docs
Job Captain - ANSWER No client contact, works for project architect, no
decision making power
Drafter - ANSWER no client contact, works for job captain, no decision making
power
Specifier - ANSWER provides material and product research, prepares
specifications per construction drawings, assists PM and PA
Construction Administrator - ANSWER administers construction contract,
works with owner and contractors, generates and processes change orders,
reviews submittals, observes work, reviews contractor's application for payment
and sub requests,
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY SCORED A+ | LATEST
UPDATE 2025
Project - ANSWER Describes the process of planning, designing, documenting
for procurement and construction, procuring, contracting, and constructing a
facility for delivery to its owner.
Facility - ANSWER Is the completed project as a constructed entity intended for
a specific purpose and function
Stakeholder - ANSWER Individuals or organizations involved in s majority of the
project
Participant - ANSWER Individuals or organizations that are active only in a
small portion
Can there be more than one owner - ANSWER Yes
Private owners - ANSWER Funding does not include money derived from
taxation - user is not a public entity
Public owner - ANSWER Funding is derived from some type of taxation
,Who are advisors - ANSWER Financial institution, attorneys, insurance co, real
estate agents, appraisers, & marketing co
Surveyors - ANSWER Examine and survey site to document existing conditions
of the land
Geotechnical enginners - ANSWER Examine soil substrates to make
recommendations for building foundations
Commissioning authority - ANSWER Evaluates, tests, analyzes newly
constructed building mechanical and electrical systems
AHJ's - ANSWER Authorities having jurisdiction
Who is an AHJ - ANSWER Building code official, zoning officials, inspectors,
agency regulators - they protect public health and safety
Design team - ANSWER Planning management, assist owner, deigning project,
identify codes, specify products, produce procurement documents, administer the
construction contract, ca, provide QA and QC review
DBB - ANSWER Design bid build
DNB - ANSWER Design negotiate build
TI - ANSWER Interior designer for the DBB or dnb
,Municipal infastructure - ANSWER Civil for dbb
Industrial facilities - ANSWER Mechanical engineer for any design method
Transportation improvements - ANSWER Gov agency public works department
Instruments of service - ANSWER Projects must include a seal attached to work
projects
Role of architect - ANSWER Aesthetic and technical design of a project and
managing design services
Role of PIC - ANSWER Authorized to sign, may or may not seal,management
position
Role of PM - ANSWER Provides middle altitude management of architect's
staff, engineer, and consultants, guides the project through delivery
Role of Programmer - ANSWER Outside the firm, this person meets with the
owner and user groups to interpret and design requirements and develop a
program that will be used to arrange the spatial relationships between functions
and areas of the project - usually not involved with construction docs or admin
, Role of Project Designer - ANSWER Creates the aesthetic design which will be
approved by owner - usually not involved with construction docs or admin (may
be limited to exterior if an interior designer is involved)
Interior Designer - ANSWER creases aesthetic design for the interiors of the
project, selects materials and products, may be involved with construction docs
and admin
Project Architect - ANSWER Provides low altitude management of architect's
staff, directs and coordinates day to day activities of the production of the
construction documents, coordinates with consultants and engineers, determines
assembly, some decision power limited to docs
Job Captain - ANSWER No client contact, works for project architect, no
decision making power
Drafter - ANSWER no client contact, works for job captain, no decision making
power
Specifier - ANSWER provides material and product research, prepares
specifications per construction drawings, assists PM and PA
Construction Administrator - ANSWER administers construction contract,
works with owner and contractors, generates and processes change orders,
reviews submittals, observes work, reviews contractor's application for payment
and sub requests,
