CDT Practice Exam Final questions and
ii ii ii ii ii ii
answers A-graded ii ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
Which iiof iithese iidocuments, iimight iiwe iifind iiin
iithe
Project iiManual iibut iithey iiare iinot iicontract
iidocuments?
ii
ii
(A) iiThe
iiAgreement
ii
(B) iiProcurement
iiDocuments
ii
(C)
iiAddendum
(D) iiSupplemental iiConditions ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.1.6 ii
ii
Explanation: iiProcurement iirequirements iiare
iiaddressed iito iiprospective iibidders iior iiproposers
iiinterested iiin iithe iiproject. iiAlthough iinot iinecessarily
iipart iiof iia iicontract, iithe iiprocurement iirequirements
iiare iiusually iibound iiwith iiother iiwritten iiconstruction
iidocuments iiinto iia iiproject iimanual. ii
ii
Before iia iimodel iibuilding iicode iican iibecome iithe
iibuilding iicode iifor iia iijurisdiction, iiit iihas iito iibe iiadopted
iiby? ii
ii
(A) Authority iiHaving iiJurisdiction ii
(B) State iiGovernment ii
(C) Building iiInspector ii
(D) International iiOrganization iifor ii
Standardization ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiA ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii4.3 ii
ii
Explanation: iiBefore iia iimodel iibuilding iicode iican
iibecome iithe iibuilding iicode iifor iia iijurisdiction, iiit iihas
iito iibe iiadopted iiby iithat iiAHJ. iiOnce iiadopted, iithey
iithen iiare iiresponsible iifor iienforcing iithat iibuilding
iicode iiwithin iitheir iijurisdiction. ii
ii
The iiConstruction iiManager iiis iihired iiby iithis iientity? ii
ii
,(A) iiThe
iiGeneral
iicontractor
ii
(B)
iiOwner
ii
(C)
iiA/E
(D) iiContract iiAdministrator
ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-
Answer: iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii2.6.4 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iiowner iiusually iiengages iithe
iiservices iiof iia iiconstruction iimanager, iian iientity iithat
iitypically iicontracts iiwith iithe iiowner iito iiprovide
iiconstruction iimanagement iiservices. ii
ii
The iiparties iito iithe iiConstruction iiAgreement iiare? ii
ii
(A) General iiContractor, iiSub iiContractor, iiand ii
Construction iiManager ii
(B) A/E, iiGeneral iiContractor, iiand iiContract ii
Administrator ii
(C) Building iiOfficial, iiand iiGeneral iicontractor ii
(D) Owner, iiContractor, iiand iiA/E ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiD ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii7.2.3.1 ii
ii
Explanation: ii(PDPG iiFigure ii5.1) iiThe iitripartite iirelationship iiamong iithe iiowner,
iicontractor, iiand iiA/E iiis iicreated iiby iiobligations iito iithird iiparties iito iithe iicontract. iiFor
iiexample, iithe iiowner-A/E iiagreement iimay iirequire iicertain iiduties iiof iithe iiA/E iiacting iion
iibehalf iiof iithe iiowner ii
during iiconstruction. iiThe iicontractor iihas iia iiright iito iirely iion iithe iiproper iiperformance
iiof iithese iiduties. iiThe iiA/E, iisimilarly, iirelies iion iithe iicontractor iito iiperform iicertain
iiduties iiidentified iiin iithe iiowner-contractor iiagreement, iieven iithough iithe iiA/E iiis iinot iia
iiparty iito iithat iicontract. ii
The ii
A/E iirelationship iito iithe iicontractor iiin iithe iiowner-contractor iiagreement iiis iia iithird-
party iirelationship. iiThese iithird-party iirelationships iicreate iithe iithird iiside iiof iithe
iitriangle iiin iithe iiconstruction iiprocess.(PDPG ii7.2.3.1) iiThe iiowner iicontracts iifirst iiwith
iithe iiA/E iito iidesign iithe iiproject iiand iito iiprepare iibidding iidocuments. iiThe iiowner
iithen iiobtains iibids iithrough iithe iicompetitive iibidding iiprocess iifrom iibidding
iicontractors. iiWhen iione iiof iihe iibidders iiis iiselected ii
,by iithe iiowner, iithe iiowner iiwill iieither iidirectly iienter iiinto iithe iicontract ii(such iias iifor iia
iiproject iito iibe iiconstructed iiwith iipublic iifunds), iior iinegotiate iithe iifinal iicost iiand iithen
iienter iiinto iithe iicontract ii(such iias iifor iia iiprivately iifunded iiproject). ii
ii
The iiorganization ii responsible for
ii ii the
iiGeneral
ii
Conditions iiknown ii as ii 201
iiare?
ii
(A) DBIA ii
(B) AGC ii
(C) AIA ii
(D) CSI ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiC ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.5.4.2 ii
ii
Explanation: iiEach iidocument iideals iiwith iiproject
iiconditions iiand iiissues iiin iia iisimilar iimanner iibut iiwith
iilanguage iidetermined iito iibe iiin iiaccord iiwith iithe
iineeds iiof iieach iiorganization. ii
ii
When iithere iiis iia iidispute iibetween iithe iispecifications
iiand iithe iidrawings, iiwhat iiis iithe iiproper iiway iito iisettle
iithe iidispute? ii
ii
ii
(A) iiThe iidrawings iihave
iipriority
ii
(B) iiThe iiA/E iishould
iiinterpret
ii
(C) iiThe
iispecifications
(D) iiArbitration ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.2.9.4, ii13.9.1.1, iiAIA iiA201 ii1.2.1 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iidrawings iiand iispecification iiare iicomplementary iidocuments iiin
iithe iiAIA iiand iiEJCDC iigeneral iiconditions. ii(PDPG ii11.2.9.4) iiPrecedence:
iiQuestions iiof iiprecedence iioften iiarise iiamong iilarge iiscale iidrawings, iismall-scale
iidrawings, iiand iispecifications. iiHowever, iithe iiuse iiof iistatements iiin iithe iiproject
iimanual iito iiestablish iithe iiprecedence iiof iithe iivarious iicontract iidocuments iiis iinot
iirecommended iibecause iithe iidocuments iiare iicomplementary. iiThe iigeneral
iiconditions iiof iithe iicontract iishould iiindicate iionly iithat iiin iia iicase iiof iiconflict
iibetween iidrawings iiand iispecifications, iithe iiA/E iiwill iimake iia iidocumented
iiinterpretation. ii(PDPG ii13.9.1.1) iiWhen iithe iicontract iidocuments iiare iibeing
iiinterpreted, iithe iicontents iiof iithe iidrawings iiand iithe iispecifications iimust iibe
iiconsidered iitogether. iiIf iian iiitem iiis iinot iiaddressed iiin iiboth iithe iidrawings iiand iithe
, iispecifications, iiit iidoes iinot iimean iithat iiit iiis iinot iirequired iifor iithe iiproject. ii(AIA
iiA201 ii1.2.1) iiThe iiContract iiDocuments iiare iicomplementary, iiand iiwhat iiis
iirequired iiby iione iishall iibe iias iibinding iias iiif iirequired iiby iiall ii
ii
A iisubcontractor iiis iiobligated iito iithe iiprime
iicontractor
ii
in iithe iisame iimanner iias iithe iiprime iicontractor
iiis
ii
obligated iito
iithe:
ii
(A) Architect ii
(B) Owner ii
(C) Material iiSupplier ii
(D) Principal iiin iiCharge ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiB ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii2.4.2 ii, ii2.5 ii
ii
Explanation: iiA iisubcontractor iigenerally iiprovides iilabor iiat iithe iisite. iiA iimaterial iisupplier
iifurnishes iithe iimaterials iifor iiothers iito iiinstall. ii(PDPG ii2.4.2)Subcontractor: iiAn iientity
iithat iihas iia iidirect iicontract iiwith iithe iicontractor iito iiperform iia iiportion iiof iithe iiwork iiof iithe
iiproject iiat iithe iisite. ii(PDPG ii2.5) ii
Supplier: iiFurnishes iior iisupplies iiproducts iior iiservices iifor iithe iiproject, iibut iidoes iinot
iiperform iilabor iiat iithe iisite. ii
ii
The iirequirements iiof iithe iigeneral iiconditions iican iibe ii
modified iior iiexpanded iito iiaccommodate iispecific iiproject iiconditions, iiowner's
iirequirements, iior iiunusual iiaspects iirelating iito iithe iiroles, iirights, iiduties, iiand
iiresponsibilities iiof iithe iiparties iito iithe iicontract iifor iiconstruction, iiin iithis iidocument: ii
ii
ii
(A) iiContract
iiModifications
ii
(B) iiSupplemental
iiConditions
ii
(C)
iiAddendum
(D) iiConsensus iiDocuments ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.5.4.3 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iirequirements iiof iithe iigeneral iiconditions iican iibe iimodified iior
iiexpanded iiin iithe iisupplementary iiconditions iito iiaccommodate iispecific iiproject
iiconditions, iiowner's iirequirements, iior iiunusual iiaspects iirelating iito iithe iiroles, iirights,
iiduties, iiand iiresponsibilities iiof iithe iiparties iito iithe iicontract iifor iiconstruction.
iiSupplementary iiconditions iiare iinot iistandard iifor iievery iiproject iiand iimust iibe iiprepared
iibased iion iirequirements iiof iithe iispecific iiproject. ii
ii
ii ii ii ii ii ii
answers A-graded ii ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
Which iiof iithese iidocuments, iimight iiwe iifind iiin
iithe
Project iiManual iibut iithey iiare iinot iicontract
iidocuments?
ii
ii
(A) iiThe
iiAgreement
ii
(B) iiProcurement
iiDocuments
ii
(C)
iiAddendum
(D) iiSupplemental iiConditions ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.1.6 ii
ii
Explanation: iiProcurement iirequirements iiare
iiaddressed iito iiprospective iibidders iior iiproposers
iiinterested iiin iithe iiproject. iiAlthough iinot iinecessarily
iipart iiof iia iicontract, iithe iiprocurement iirequirements
iiare iiusually iibound iiwith iiother iiwritten iiconstruction
iidocuments iiinto iia iiproject iimanual. ii
ii
Before iia iimodel iibuilding iicode iican iibecome iithe
iibuilding iicode iifor iia iijurisdiction, iiit iihas iito iibe iiadopted
iiby? ii
ii
(A) Authority iiHaving iiJurisdiction ii
(B) State iiGovernment ii
(C) Building iiInspector ii
(D) International iiOrganization iifor ii
Standardization ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiA ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii4.3 ii
ii
Explanation: iiBefore iia iimodel iibuilding iicode iican
iibecome iithe iibuilding iicode iifor iia iijurisdiction, iiit iihas
iito iibe iiadopted iiby iithat iiAHJ. iiOnce iiadopted, iithey
iithen iiare iiresponsible iifor iienforcing iithat iibuilding
iicode iiwithin iitheir iijurisdiction. ii
ii
The iiConstruction iiManager iiis iihired iiby iithis iientity? ii
ii
,(A) iiThe
iiGeneral
iicontractor
ii
(B)
iiOwner
ii
(C)
iiA/E
(D) iiContract iiAdministrator
ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-
Answer: iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii2.6.4 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iiowner iiusually iiengages iithe
iiservices iiof iia iiconstruction iimanager, iian iientity iithat
iitypically iicontracts iiwith iithe iiowner iito iiprovide
iiconstruction iimanagement iiservices. ii
ii
The iiparties iito iithe iiConstruction iiAgreement iiare? ii
ii
(A) General iiContractor, iiSub iiContractor, iiand ii
Construction iiManager ii
(B) A/E, iiGeneral iiContractor, iiand iiContract ii
Administrator ii
(C) Building iiOfficial, iiand iiGeneral iicontractor ii
(D) Owner, iiContractor, iiand iiA/E ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiD ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii7.2.3.1 ii
ii
Explanation: ii(PDPG iiFigure ii5.1) iiThe iitripartite iirelationship iiamong iithe iiowner,
iicontractor, iiand iiA/E iiis iicreated iiby iiobligations iito iithird iiparties iito iithe iicontract. iiFor
iiexample, iithe iiowner-A/E iiagreement iimay iirequire iicertain iiduties iiof iithe iiA/E iiacting iion
iibehalf iiof iithe iiowner ii
during iiconstruction. iiThe iicontractor iihas iia iiright iito iirely iion iithe iiproper iiperformance
iiof iithese iiduties. iiThe iiA/E, iisimilarly, iirelies iion iithe iicontractor iito iiperform iicertain
iiduties iiidentified iiin iithe iiowner-contractor iiagreement, iieven iithough iithe iiA/E iiis iinot iia
iiparty iito iithat iicontract. ii
The ii
A/E iirelationship iito iithe iicontractor iiin iithe iiowner-contractor iiagreement iiis iia iithird-
party iirelationship. iiThese iithird-party iirelationships iicreate iithe iithird iiside iiof iithe
iitriangle iiin iithe iiconstruction iiprocess.(PDPG ii7.2.3.1) iiThe iiowner iicontracts iifirst iiwith
iithe iiA/E iito iidesign iithe iiproject iiand iito iiprepare iibidding iidocuments. iiThe iiowner
iithen iiobtains iibids iithrough iithe iicompetitive iibidding iiprocess iifrom iibidding
iicontractors. iiWhen iione iiof iihe iibidders iiis iiselected ii
,by iithe iiowner, iithe iiowner iiwill iieither iidirectly iienter iiinto iithe iicontract ii(such iias iifor iia
iiproject iito iibe iiconstructed iiwith iipublic iifunds), iior iinegotiate iithe iifinal iicost iiand iithen
iienter iiinto iithe iicontract ii(such iias iifor iia iiprivately iifunded iiproject). ii
ii
The iiorganization ii responsible for
ii ii the
iiGeneral
ii
Conditions iiknown ii as ii 201
iiare?
ii
(A) DBIA ii
(B) AGC ii
(C) AIA ii
(D) CSI ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiC ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.5.4.2 ii
ii
Explanation: iiEach iidocument iideals iiwith iiproject
iiconditions iiand iiissues iiin iia iisimilar iimanner iibut iiwith
iilanguage iidetermined iito iibe iiin iiaccord iiwith iithe
iineeds iiof iieach iiorganization. ii
ii
When iithere iiis iia iidispute iibetween iithe iispecifications
iiand iithe iidrawings, iiwhat iiis iithe iiproper iiway iito iisettle
iithe iidispute? ii
ii
ii
(A) iiThe iidrawings iihave
iipriority
ii
(B) iiThe iiA/E iishould
iiinterpret
ii
(C) iiThe
iispecifications
(D) iiArbitration ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.2.9.4, ii13.9.1.1, iiAIA iiA201 ii1.2.1 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iidrawings iiand iispecification iiare iicomplementary iidocuments iiin
iithe iiAIA iiand iiEJCDC iigeneral iiconditions. ii(PDPG ii11.2.9.4) iiPrecedence:
iiQuestions iiof iiprecedence iioften iiarise iiamong iilarge iiscale iidrawings, iismall-scale
iidrawings, iiand iispecifications. iiHowever, iithe iiuse iiof iistatements iiin iithe iiproject
iimanual iito iiestablish iithe iiprecedence iiof iithe iivarious iicontract iidocuments iiis iinot
iirecommended iibecause iithe iidocuments iiare iicomplementary. iiThe iigeneral
iiconditions iiof iithe iicontract iishould iiindicate iionly iithat iiin iia iicase iiof iiconflict
iibetween iidrawings iiand iispecifications, iithe iiA/E iiwill iimake iia iidocumented
iiinterpretation. ii(PDPG ii13.9.1.1) iiWhen iithe iicontract iidocuments iiare iibeing
iiinterpreted, iithe iicontents iiof iithe iidrawings iiand iithe iispecifications iimust iibe
iiconsidered iitogether. iiIf iian iiitem iiis iinot iiaddressed iiin iiboth iithe iidrawings iiand iithe
, iispecifications, iiit iidoes iinot iimean iithat iiit iiis iinot iirequired iifor iithe iiproject. ii(AIA
iiA201 ii1.2.1) iiThe iiContract iiDocuments iiare iicomplementary, iiand iiwhat iiis
iirequired iiby iione iishall iibe iias iibinding iias iiif iirequired iiby iiall ii
ii
A iisubcontractor iiis iiobligated iito iithe iiprime
iicontractor
ii
in iithe iisame iimanner iias iithe iiprime iicontractor
iiis
ii
obligated iito
iithe:
ii
(A) Architect ii
(B) Owner ii
(C) Material iiSupplier ii
(D) Principal iiin iiCharge ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer: iiB ii
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii2.4.2 ii, ii2.5 ii
ii
Explanation: iiA iisubcontractor iigenerally iiprovides iilabor iiat iithe iisite. iiA iimaterial iisupplier
iifurnishes iithe iimaterials iifor iiothers iito iiinstall. ii(PDPG ii2.4.2)Subcontractor: iiAn iientity
iithat iihas iia iidirect iicontract iiwith iithe iicontractor iito iiperform iia iiportion iiof iithe iiwork iiof iithe
iiproject iiat iithe iisite. ii(PDPG ii2.5) ii
Supplier: iiFurnishes iior iisupplies iiproducts iior iiservices iifor iithe iiproject, iibut iidoes iinot
iiperform iilabor iiat iithe iisite. ii
ii
The iirequirements iiof iithe iigeneral iiconditions iican iibe ii
modified iior iiexpanded iito iiaccommodate iispecific iiproject iiconditions, iiowner's
iirequirements, iior iiunusual iiaspects iirelating iito iithe iiroles, iirights, iiduties, iiand
iiresponsibilities iiof iithe iiparties iito iithe iicontract iifor iiconstruction, iiin iithis iidocument: ii
ii
ii
(A) iiContract
iiModifications
ii
(B) iiSupplemental
iiConditions
ii
(C)
iiAddendum
(D) iiConsensus iiDocuments ii- iiCORRECT iiANSWER-Answer:
iiB
ii
Reference: iiPDPG ii11.5.4.3 ii
ii
Explanation: iiThe iirequirements iiof iithe iigeneral iiconditions iican iibe iimodified iior
iiexpanded iiin iithe iisupplementary iiconditions iito iiaccommodate iispecific iiproject
iiconditions, iiowner's iirequirements, iior iiunusual iiaspects iirelating iito iithe iiroles, iirights,
iiduties, iiand iiresponsibilities iiof iithe iiparties iito iithe iicontract iifor iiconstruction.
iiSupplementary iiconditions iiare iinot iistandard iifor iievery iiproject iiand iimust iibe iiprepared
iibased iion iirequirements iiof iithe iispecific iiproject. ii
ii
