FE Exam: Civil UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

FE Exam: Civil UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Project Delivery Methods - CORRECT ANSWER - - Design-Bid-Build
- Design-Build
- CM
- Multiple Prime


Contract Types - CORRECT ANSWER - - lump sum
- unit price
- cost plus


Liquidated damages - CORRECT ANSWER - Contractually stipulated amount to be paid
for particular breach of contract


Bid bond - CORRECT ANSWER - guarantee bidder will enter into contract with client if
lowest bidder


Performance bond - CORRECT ANSWER - guarantees contractor will perform specified
work


Payment bond - CORRECT ANSWER - guarantees contractor will pay for materials/labor
used


Surety bond - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes liability for debt, default, failure in duty of
another party


Mechanic's Lien - CORRECT ANSWER - legal right to lay claim to project property until
paid

, Cohesionless soils - CORRECT ANSWER - sands/gravels



Cohesive soils - CORRECT ANSWER - clays/silts
(internal friction angle = 0)


Normally consolidated - CORRECT ANSWER - present effective overburden pressure is
maximum


Differential settlements - CORRECT ANSWER - most damaging, not uniform across
supported area


Geotech testing - CORRECT ANSWER - - Atterberg Limits (Shrinkage Limit Test)
- Standard Proctor Test
- Consolidation Test
- Direct Shear Test
- Triaxial Test
- Sieve Test


Erosion control - CORRECT ANSWER - - cover slope in vegetation/stone/netting
- pave slope


Active vs. Passive - CORRECT ANSWER - active = wall moves away from soil
passive = wall moves into soil


Improve soil stability - CORRECT ANSWER - - cement, lime, bitumen
- chemicals
- grouting
- geotextiles/fabrics