CSI CDT EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Facility Management - ✔✔During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain
and evaluate the performance of the project and determine suitability for continuing use.
✔✔OmniClass - ✔✔A multi-table informational framework for organizing information
used by the architectural, engineering, and construction industry.
✔✔UniFormat - ✔✔Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction
information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies.
Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element Identification.
✔✔MasterFormat - ✔✔Arranges related construction practices, logical groupings of
work results, into a series of divisions. 50 division format. Used for Specifications, data
organization, and cost classification.
✔✔MasterFormat Groups - ✔✔00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
- Facility Services (plumbing/HVAC)
- Site and Infrastructure (Earthwork)
- Process Equipment (WW equipment)
✔✔SectionFormat - ✔✔Provides a uniform approach to organizing specification
information by three primary parts. General, Products, Execution
✔✔Sustainable Design - ✔✔Environmental performance of the facility over course of its
life cycle. Takes place at the product and facility level.
✔✔Environmental Design Tools - ✔✔National Institute of Technology (NIST) - Building
for Env. and Economic Sustainability (BEES) - for building products
EPA - Energy Star program - products are rated for sustainability criteria compliance
US Green Building Council (USGBC) - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) - certifies facilities on USGBC criteria
✔✔Bid - ✔✔Offer to perform a contract for work or to supply materials or goods at a
specific price.
✔✔Proposal - ✔✔Opportunity for more consideration by the recipient sometimes utilized
when other conditions will be negotiated.
, ✔✔Instructions for Procurement - ✔✔Requirements with which bidder must comply
before and during submission of bids. Standard forms created by professional
associations often used.
✔✔Green Buildings - ✔✔Reduce overall impact of the built environment by protecting
occupant health and improving employee productivity.
✔✔National CAD standard - ✔✔CSI Uniform Drawing System
✔✔Autonomy to Contract - ✔✔Two parties are mutually free to determine the terms of
an agreement for a specific purpose.
✔✔Trade Customs - ✔✔If contract document don't adequately establish intent, court
may rely on customs of an industry.
✔✔Preliminary Project Description - ✔✔Method of describing aspects of the schematic
design in written form. Describe physical requirements the logical grouping of systems
assemblies and components.
✔✔Dual Nature of Design - ✔✔Aesthetic and Technical Design
✔✔Quality Control - ✔✔Procedures for evaluating completed activities and elements of
design for conformance.
✔✔Quality Assurance - ✔✔Procedures for guarding against defects and deficiencies
before and during execution of work.
✔✔Allowance - ✔✔Specified monetary sum or quantity of work not otherwise defined by
the specs and drawings. Included in Division 01.
✔✔Project Budget - ✔✔*Not* the same as construction budget. Consists of soft and
hard costs.
✔✔Hard Costs - ✔✔Tangible components of the completed projects. Site related costs,
construction, furniture, furnishings, and equipment.
✔✔Soft Costs - ✔✔Includes: Due diligence, project design fees, commissioning,
jurisdictional fees, relocation, terminating leases and rental agreements.
✔✔Construction Budget - ✔✔Prepared by several methods. Systems (CSI UniFormat),
cost per measured units, component costs.
✔✔Project Schedule - ✔✔Succession of steps, script of interactions, milestone dates.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Facility Management - ✔✔During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain
and evaluate the performance of the project and determine suitability for continuing use.
✔✔OmniClass - ✔✔A multi-table informational framework for organizing information
used by the architectural, engineering, and construction industry.
✔✔UniFormat - ✔✔Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction
information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies.
Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element Identification.
✔✔MasterFormat - ✔✔Arranges related construction practices, logical groupings of
work results, into a series of divisions. 50 division format. Used for Specifications, data
organization, and cost classification.
✔✔MasterFormat Groups - ✔✔00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
- Facility Services (plumbing/HVAC)
- Site and Infrastructure (Earthwork)
- Process Equipment (WW equipment)
✔✔SectionFormat - ✔✔Provides a uniform approach to organizing specification
information by three primary parts. General, Products, Execution
✔✔Sustainable Design - ✔✔Environmental performance of the facility over course of its
life cycle. Takes place at the product and facility level.
✔✔Environmental Design Tools - ✔✔National Institute of Technology (NIST) - Building
for Env. and Economic Sustainability (BEES) - for building products
EPA - Energy Star program - products are rated for sustainability criteria compliance
US Green Building Council (USGBC) - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) - certifies facilities on USGBC criteria
✔✔Bid - ✔✔Offer to perform a contract for work or to supply materials or goods at a
specific price.
✔✔Proposal - ✔✔Opportunity for more consideration by the recipient sometimes utilized
when other conditions will be negotiated.
, ✔✔Instructions for Procurement - ✔✔Requirements with which bidder must comply
before and during submission of bids. Standard forms created by professional
associations often used.
✔✔Green Buildings - ✔✔Reduce overall impact of the built environment by protecting
occupant health and improving employee productivity.
✔✔National CAD standard - ✔✔CSI Uniform Drawing System
✔✔Autonomy to Contract - ✔✔Two parties are mutually free to determine the terms of
an agreement for a specific purpose.
✔✔Trade Customs - ✔✔If contract document don't adequately establish intent, court
may rely on customs of an industry.
✔✔Preliminary Project Description - ✔✔Method of describing aspects of the schematic
design in written form. Describe physical requirements the logical grouping of systems
assemblies and components.
✔✔Dual Nature of Design - ✔✔Aesthetic and Technical Design
✔✔Quality Control - ✔✔Procedures for evaluating completed activities and elements of
design for conformance.
✔✔Quality Assurance - ✔✔Procedures for guarding against defects and deficiencies
before and during execution of work.
✔✔Allowance - ✔✔Specified monetary sum or quantity of work not otherwise defined by
the specs and drawings. Included in Division 01.
✔✔Project Budget - ✔✔*Not* the same as construction budget. Consists of soft and
hard costs.
✔✔Hard Costs - ✔✔Tangible components of the completed projects. Site related costs,
construction, furniture, furnishings, and equipment.
✔✔Soft Costs - ✔✔Includes: Due diligence, project design fees, commissioning,
jurisdictional fees, relocation, terminating leases and rental agreements.
✔✔Construction Budget - ✔✔Prepared by several methods. Systems (CSI UniFormat),
cost per measured units, component costs.
✔✔Project Schedule - ✔✔Succession of steps, script of interactions, milestone dates.
