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NETTCP Soils & Aggregate Inspector
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
3 Quality Assurance Requirements
⼀Answer:- Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality Assurance
Program, Quality Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support
⼀Answer:- Commitment, Training, Communication, Funding @ all
levels of each organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements
⼀Answer:- 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs
and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving
quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and
contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify:
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⼀Answer:- 1. Minimum contractor QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition
⼀Answer:- All those planned and systematic actions necessary to
provide confidence that a product of facility will perform satisfactorily
in service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program
⼀Answer:- 1. Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition
⼀Answer:- The core programmatic elements required for
construction quality assurance implementation
Design-Build Method
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⼀Answer:- Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package
(20-30%) and issuers a request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B
proposers. D-B proposer is selected on "best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score?
⼀Answer:- 1. Technical Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for
federally-aided D-B Projects
⼀Answer:- Requires both design-bid-build construction QA
programs and design-build construction QA programs to both follow
the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control
⼀Answer:- A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust
their process to ensure final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control
⼀Answer:- 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
4. Evaluation
5. Corrective Action
NETTCP Soils & Aggregate Inspector
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
3 Quality Assurance Requirements
⼀Answer:- Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality Assurance
Program, Quality Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support
⼀Answer:- Commitment, Training, Communication, Funding @ all
levels of each organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements
⼀Answer:- 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs
and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving
quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and
contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify:
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⼀Answer:- 1. Minimum contractor QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition
⼀Answer:- All those planned and systematic actions necessary to
provide confidence that a product of facility will perform satisfactorily
in service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program
⼀Answer:- 1. Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition
⼀Answer:- The core programmatic elements required for
construction quality assurance implementation
Design-Build Method
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⼀Answer:- Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package
(20-30%) and issuers a request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B
proposers. D-B proposer is selected on "best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score?
⼀Answer:- 1. Technical Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for
federally-aided D-B Projects
⼀Answer:- Requires both design-bid-build construction QA
programs and design-build construction QA programs to both follow
the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control
⼀Answer:- A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust
their process to ensure final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control
⼀Answer:- 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
4. Evaluation
5. Corrective Action
