MCPPO Design and Construction
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
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What are the three stages of the design and construction process for public
construction projects in MA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Planning, Design, and
Construction
What does the design stage result in? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A complete set of
plans and specifications describing the project to be built.
What happens after a set of plans and specifications is complete? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bids are solicited on the completed design, and the selected
contractor completes the construction stage.
Who is always responsible and accountable for the project? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Public Owner (Awarding Authority)
,Before contracting for design services in connection with a public building
contract estimated to cost $1.5 million or more, your jurisdiction is required
to do what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contract with or assign an Owner's Project
Manager (OPM)
Serves as your jurisdiction's agent during the planning, design, and
implementation of the construction work. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OPM
Independent of the project designer, general contractor, or any
subcontractor. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OPM
I you elect to contract for the services of an OPM, what are you required to
do? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Use a qualifications-based selection process, which
means that the OPM must be competitively selected on the basis of
qualifications, without price competition.
Can you assign an employee to serve as OPM? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Yes, if the
employee meets or exceeds the requirements and has building
construction and supervision experience relating to projects of similar size
and scope of complexity.
What is a study? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A pre-design document that:
,-Confirms and explains the owner's requirements
-Identifies and evaluates alternative solutions
-Recommends and defines a solution
Purpose is to identify the owner's needs and determine the most
appropriate and cost effective solution to meeting the needs. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Study
True or False: A study may not result in a construction project. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔True
More refined and detailed than the conceptual drawings that were included
in the study. Includes floor plans, side views, and other illustrations. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schematic drawings
At the end of this phase, the designer should prepare and submit to the
owner a revised construction cost estimate. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schematic
Design Phase
Consists of plans and specifications that are between 10 percent and 30
percent complete. Presented to the owner as a deliverable. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Schematic Design
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, Once the owner approves the schematic design documents, the project
may proceed to this phase.... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Design Development
In this phase, the designer further refines the drawings and written
specifications by filling in construction details and incorporating changes in
response to the owner's review of the schematic design as well as changes
required by a regulatory agency. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Design Development
In this phase, the design will be completed by filling in the final details -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Construction Documents
The deliverable of this design phase will be the 100 percent complete
design documents that will form the legal basis of the construction contract.
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Construction Documents
Must be written to provide for full competition for each item of material to be
furnished under the contract - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Material Specifications
Specifications that restrict competition to fewer than three manufacturers or
producers may be used only for__________________________________
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"Sound Reasons in the Public Interest"
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
What are the three stages of the design and construction process for public
construction projects in MA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Planning, Design, and
Construction
What does the design stage result in? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A complete set of
plans and specifications describing the project to be built.
What happens after a set of plans and specifications is complete? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bids are solicited on the completed design, and the selected
contractor completes the construction stage.
Who is always responsible and accountable for the project? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Public Owner (Awarding Authority)
,Before contracting for design services in connection with a public building
contract estimated to cost $1.5 million or more, your jurisdiction is required
to do what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contract with or assign an Owner's Project
Manager (OPM)
Serves as your jurisdiction's agent during the planning, design, and
implementation of the construction work. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OPM
Independent of the project designer, general contractor, or any
subcontractor. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OPM
I you elect to contract for the services of an OPM, what are you required to
do? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Use a qualifications-based selection process, which
means that the OPM must be competitively selected on the basis of
qualifications, without price competition.
Can you assign an employee to serve as OPM? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Yes, if the
employee meets or exceeds the requirements and has building
construction and supervision experience relating to projects of similar size
and scope of complexity.
What is a study? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A pre-design document that:
,-Confirms and explains the owner's requirements
-Identifies and evaluates alternative solutions
-Recommends and defines a solution
Purpose is to identify the owner's needs and determine the most
appropriate and cost effective solution to meeting the needs. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Study
True or False: A study may not result in a construction project. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔True
More refined and detailed than the conceptual drawings that were included
in the study. Includes floor plans, side views, and other illustrations. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schematic drawings
At the end of this phase, the designer should prepare and submit to the
owner a revised construction cost estimate. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schematic
Design Phase
Consists of plans and specifications that are between 10 percent and 30
percent complete. Presented to the owner as a deliverable. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Schematic Design
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Once the owner approves the schematic design documents, the project
may proceed to this phase.... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Design Development
In this phase, the designer further refines the drawings and written
specifications by filling in construction details and incorporating changes in
response to the owner's review of the schematic design as well as changes
required by a regulatory agency. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Design Development
In this phase, the design will be completed by filling in the final details -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Construction Documents
The deliverable of this design phase will be the 100 percent complete
design documents that will form the legal basis of the construction contract.
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Construction Documents
Must be written to provide for full competition for each item of material to be
furnished under the contract - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Material Specifications
Specifications that restrict competition to fewer than three manufacturers or
producers may be used only for__________________________________
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"Sound Reasons in the Public Interest"
