AIC EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

1 AIC EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ In addition to the title of the meeting, the date, time and location it occurred, what are the other important items to include in a meeting minutes? Correct Answer: List of attendees and who needs to receive a copy of the minutes. Clear and unbiased summary of the major points, discussions, and decisions made. Action items with responsibility and due dates. Which of the following documents is used by a Contractor to communicate to the Design Professional and the Owner what materials and equipment will be ordered, delivered and installed by their Subcontractors? Correct Answer: Submittal / Shop drawing. Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another? Correct Answer: Words What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and do? Correct Answer: 90 2 Which of the following documents is best used for recording activities on the job site? Correct Answer: Job Diary or Daily Report. Best practices for writing a RFI: Correct Answer: Issue one RFI per topic/issue, as the issue comes up on the jobsite. Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office and the job site? Correct Answer: Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring. Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting? Correct Answer: General Requirements What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants? Correct Answer: About one day after the meeting. RFI Logs are kept to keep track of the number of RFI issued on a project. RFI Logs should be reviewed weekly by the Contractor and Design Team. What should a RFI log include? Correct Answer: RFI number, date is was issued, date is was answered, who is was distributed to, and a short description of the topic/issue. 3 Which of the following documents is used to record that a specific component of a project passed an inspection (example: recording the inspection of rebars before pouring isolated footing concrete on a commercial project?) Correct Answer: Job Diary or Daily Report. Which of the following documents is used by a General Contractor to notify a Subcontractor that they are not performing per the terms and conditions of their contract agreement? Correct Answer: Formal Business Letter. Do participants have a chance to review and approve meeting minutes? Correct Answer: Yes Which of the following documents is used by a Design Professional for providing additional information on an added scope of work during construction? Correct Answer: Architectural Supplemental Instructions. Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda? Correct Answer: Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role. What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive meeting? Correct Answer: Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively. Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching Decision Making to the Situation. 4 Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has been understood? Correct Answer: You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak. Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question? Correct Answer: What steps are you going to take to complete the activity? A picture is worth a thousands words... therefore, use photos to help the recipient of the RFI understand where the problem resides. But a photo is not worth much if it doesn't include: Correct Answer: A label, a scale, a date and a location. Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting minutes? Correct Answer: Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion. Which of the following documents is best used for asking the Design Professional to provide additional information to clarify the design of a building during construction? Correct Answer: Request For Information (RFI). Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or Owner and the Contractor? Correct Answer: Formal Business Letter. 5 An RFI is used as follows: Correct Answer: It is issued by the Contractor to the Architect to inquire about some unclear scope of work on a construction project. Which of the following documents is best used for notifying an Owner of a change needed at the jobsite? Correct Answer: Change Order Request Which of the following documents is used to communicate quickly with a Subcontractor' Project Manager when an issue arise on a jobsite? Correct Answer: Email. You're the General Contractor on an Office Building project currently under design.You need to communicate with a large group of design consultants (located in different states) regarding the design of the mechanical system. You needed to provide them some detailed information related to pricing, availability, lead-time, and pros & cons of five different mechanical systems. The design consultants will most likely have some follow-up questions for you that they will want answered as soon as possible. What would be the most efficient way to communicate with them? Correct Answer: Email with an attachment Best practice for writing RFIs is to separate your question into: Correct Answer: Two sections: one section to request/ describe the problem and one section to propose a solution. 6 A RFI should include the following: Correct Answer: Sender's name & address Recipient's name and address Project Name & Number RFI #Description of the issue (question)A proposed a solution What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation'? Correct Answer: 10 What items should a Meeting Agenda include at a minimum? Correct Answer: - Title of Meeting (type, #) - Required/Requested attendees - Subject & Purpose - Project identifier - Date, Time, and anticipated duration - Location of the meeting - Intended content, objectives and proposed discussions - Instructions to participants on how to prepare for the meeting, what to bring What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Participants? Correct Answer: About one day prior to the meeting. Which party is responsible for the design of the concrete formwork? Correct Answer: Field Engineer. 7 Which type of Portland cement is used where an early strength gain is important? Correct Answer: Type III. Which technical resource must be consulted to determine the bar support spacing for a Concrete Bridge deck? Correct Answer: Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. What is the chemical reaction called when Portland cement is mixed with the water'? Correct Answer: Hydration What is the term for a material that strains slowly when a force is applied to it for an extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a short period of time? Correct Answer: Creep What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in? Correct Answer: Tension What is the most important parameter used to control the strength of concrete? Correct Answer: Water/Cement Ratio. Which of the plyform orientations provides the strongest formwork system? 8 Correct Answer: Parallel to the span. What is the standard in North America for the outer layer of plyform? Correct Answer: The grain of the outer layer is parallel to the long dimension. Which materials are incorporated by reference and not normally shown on the plans or in the Technical Specifications? Correct Answer: Bar Supports. What is the weight range of a cubic foot of normal concrete for design purposes? Correct Answer: 150-154 What is the diameter in inches of a #8 bar? Correct Answer: 1.0 inch You are ordering the wall ties, which of the following items must you provide the supplier with to have a complete description'? Correct Answer: Wall thickness, tie load capacity, break back, and tie extension. What is the diameter in inches of a #12 bar? Correct Answer: 1.5 inches 9 When designing formwork, what is the minimum Live Load recommended by the ACI (American Concrete Institute) for the weight of workers and for motorized carts/buggies in pounds per square foot? Correct Answer: 50 for workers and 75 for carts What is the average weight of a bag of Portland Cement in pounds? Correct Answer: 90 Which concrete characteristic is improved by air-entraining the concrete? Correct Answer: Freeze-thaw resistance. What is the weight of a Cubic Foot of concrete? Correct Answer: 150 pounds According to the ACI 347 Committee, What is the Maximum Rate of Pour allowed for a Wall in feet per hour? Correct Answer: l0 Feet per hour Which of the following references is incorporated by reference for the design of vertical and horizontal forms and a copy shall be maintained on the job site at all times? Correct Answer: American Concrete Institute's publication ACI 347 titled, Formwork for Concrete. What is the weight of a Cubic Yard of concrete? 10 Correct Answer: 4050 pounds The actual size of a 8" x 8" x 16" CMU block is: Correct Answer: 7-5/8" x 7-5/8" x 15-5/8" What is the strongest overlap of masonry units when building a wall? Correct Answer: One-half lap. Which type of masonry mortar is used for foundation walls and isolated piers (below ground)? Correct Answer: Type M Which of the following mortar ingredients improves the mortar's workability? Correct Answer: Lime What is the most common brick position? Correct Answer: Stretcher. Which of the following mortar ingredients decreases the shrinkage of mortar while setting and drying? Correct Answer: Sand. 11 Which type of masonry mortar is the lowest strength mortar and is used only in nonload-bearing walls? Correct Answer: Type O Which of the following masonry components are continuous, they may run around the perimeter of a building or between control joints and act as structural members, and they can provide bearing for beams and joists? Correct Answer: Bond Beam. Which type of masonry mortar is used when high-strength mortar is needed (high load areas)? Correct Answer: Type M What ingredient is added to mortar for retempering? Correct Answer: Water. What is the weakest pattern bond? Correct Answer: Stacked Which type of masonry mortar is used for severe weather exposure areas with normal compressive loads? Correct Answer: Type S Which mortar property is increased by retempering'? 12 Correct Answer: Bond Strength. CMU block normal weight Correct Answer: more than 125 pcf CMU block medium weight Correct Answer: between 105 and 125 pcf CMU light weight Correct Answer: less than 105 pcf Structural bonding can be accomplished by tying two wythes together with a brick. When it is laid in this position, what is the brick position called? Correct Answer: Header Which of the following masonry components allows freedom of movement in a masonry wall? Correct Answer: Control Joint. What brick position is commonly used on window sills? Correct Answer: Rowlock. The thickness of a standard mortar joint is: 13 Correct Answer: 3/8" Which of the following masonry components are used over openings in block walls to carry the load around the opening? Correct Answer: Lintels Which type of masonry mortar is used the most commonly used mortar above grade? Correct Answer: Type N Which type of wall is desired where there is severe weather exposure, or where a maximum resistance to rain penetration is desired? Correct Answer: Cavity. Assume you have a square weld symbol with a solid flag on a pole coming up from the change in direction of the arrow. What does the solid backwards flag on a pole tell you? Correct Answer: Field weld. What does the steel designation W 14 x 40 mean? Correct Answer: W is the steel shape, 14 is the nominal depth and 40 is the pounds per foot. What are the drawings called that are issued to the contractor from the manufacturer indicating the locations and proper positioning of each piece of steel within the structure? 14 Correct Answer: Erection Drawings. What does the steel designation C 12 x 20.7 mean? Correct Answer: C is the steel shape, 12 is the nominal depth and 20.7 is the pounds per foot. What is the term called that is a measure of its ability to cause turning, rotating or twisting about an axis of rotation? Correct Answer: Moment. What structural steel component is the steel designation "LW' referring to? Correct Answer: Open-web joist. What type of weld fits two pieces of metal together end-to-end for welding? Correct Answer: Butt. If the weld is supposed to be on all four sides, what symbol will be used? Correct Answer: Circle. Assume you have a fillet weld symbol on the top of the welding symbol arrow. Which side will the weld be placed on? Correct Answer: Other side from where the arrow is pointing. 15 What is sprayed onto structural steel to increase its fire resistance capability? Correct Answer: Mineral wool. How is the fireproofing of a steel structure determined? Correct Answer: Occupancy. What structural steel component is the steel designation "VL" referring to? Correct Answer: Metal Decking. Which organization publishes structural steel design properties manuals and manuals that cover steel construction methods? Correct Answer: American Institute of Steel Construction. Which of the following is structural steel most susceptible to for failure? Correct Answer: Fire. What is the term called where the force tends to cause a member to fail by cutting perpendicular to the beam's longitudinal axis at or near the beam's supports? Correct Answer: Vertical Shear. Which wood panel product is typically used in floor, wall and roof sheathing? Correct Answer: Oriented Strand Board (OSB) 16 "Made up of wood fibers adhered together with resin" is the definition of: Correct Answer: MDF (Medium-Density Fiberboard) What is the stress term called that is induced by the tendency for the upper fibers to slide over the lower fibers as a beam bends? Correct Answer: Horizontal Shear Parallel to the Grain (Fv//) The nominal dimension of lumber represent its size prior to final sawing and smoothing. The actual dimensions of lumber is less than the nominal dimension. What is the actual dimensions of a 4 in. x 8 in. board? Correct Answer: 3-1/2 in. x 7-1/4 in. What is the term for a material that deforms slowly when a force is applied to it for an extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a short period of time? Correct Answer: Creep. What is the wood member called that is graded according to its bending strength on its wider dimension which is 2-4 inches thick and at least 6 inches wide? Correct Answer: Planks. What does the abbreviation of S2S stamp on a piece of lumber mean? Correct Answer: Smooth Two Sides. 17 Wood panel products come in a variety of thickness, and are typically produced in: Correct Answer: 4 ft x 8 ft sheets Laminated wood members are stronger than standard lumber of the same size. Typical lamination thicknesses are: Correct Answer: 1-1/2" for straight members and 3/4" for curved members "Made up of thin layers of wood veneers adhered together in alternating directions" is the definition of: Correct Answer: Plywood Under the structural lumber classification system, what is the name of the top grade? Correct Answer: Select Structural Grade. What is the wood member called that is graded according to its bending strength on its narrow edge which is at least 4 inches thick and at least 2 inches wider than they are thick? Correct Answer: Beams and Stringers. Which of the following soft wood species used for structural lumber have the highest Fiber bending and Modulus of Elasticity (E) values? Correct Answer: Douglas Fir and Southern Yellow Pine. 18 "Made up of wood fibers adhered together and sandwiched between outside layers of wood veneers" is the definition of: Correct Answer: Composite Panels What does the B-B designation plyform refer to? Correct Answer: The front and back surface plies have a solid surface with smooth repair plugs. What is the term called where the force tends to cause a member to fail by cutting perpendicular to the beam's longitudinal axis at or near the beam's supports? Correct Answer: Vertical Shear. What is the moisture content percentage of the lumber stamp abbreviation of S-DRY? Correct Answer: Less than 19. What is the structural lumber grade used where straightness and strength are the most important consideration such as in concrete formwork? Correct Answer: Construction Grade. "Made up of wood particles smaller than those in OSB adhered together" is the definition of: Correct Answer: Particle Boards 19 What is the wood member called that is graded according to its load being are carried on the cross section? Correct Answer: Posts and Timbers. What is a typical value for the Modulus of Elasticity (E) Correct Answer: 1,300,000 What is the stress term called that when the stress is induced by pulling apart in a longitudinal direction? Correct Answer: Tension parallel to the grain (Ft//) What is the wood member called that is graded according to its bending strength on its narrow edge which is 2-4 inches thick and at least 6 inches wide? Correct Answer: Joists What is the stress term called that is induced by pressing the fiber together longitudinally on its cross section? Correct Answer: Compression Parallel to the Grain (Fc//) Which wood panel product is typically used in shelving and plastic laminate countertops? Correct Answer: Particle board Which wood panel product is typically used in moldings? 20 Correct Answer: Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) "Made up of large strands of wood adhered together in layers of strands in alternating directions" is the definition of: Correct Answer: OSB (Oriented Strand Board) Which wood panel product is typically used in cabinet construction and other non structural applications? Correct Answer: Composite panels What is the stress term called in a wood frame structure which works in unison to support the load on the structure and allows part of the load from a weaker member to be distributed to adjacent members? Correct Answer: Compression Perpendicular to the Grain (Fc?) What is the stress term called that has the narrow dimension carrying the load with the fibers at the top in compression and the bottom fibers are in tension? Correct Answer: Extreme Fiber Bending (Fb). Which of the following techniques is used to determine the liquid, plastic, semisolid, and solid states of consistency for a cohesive soil? Correct Answer: Atterberg Limits. Which organization established the penetration test boring procedures? 21 Correct Answer: American Society for Testing and Materials. Which of the following terms refers to the ability of water to flow through a soil by traveling through the void spaces? Correct Answer: Permeability The soil is protruding from the face of the open excavation into the excavation. What is the visual inspection term called? Correct Answer: Bulging. The soil has sunk on the horizontal surface. What is the visual inspection term called? Correct Answer: Subsidence. What does a sieve size of No. 40, mean? Correct Answer: There are 40 openings per lineal inch. What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand called? Correct Answer: Impurities. Which of the following is the primary factor that will determine if 97% density using the Modified Proctor Test will be achieved in a predetermined number of passes? Correct Answer: Moisture Content. 22 What are the most commonly used soil classification systems based on grain size? Correct Answer: Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical specifications and testing methods? Correct Answer: American Society for Testing Materials. What is another name for a soil that contains equal parts of sand, silt and clay? Correct Answer: Loam. According to OSHA, what is the minimum ratio for a layered soil system (H=horizontal; V=vertical)? Correct Answer: 4H:1V What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an aggregate's voids called'? Correct Answer: Permeability. What is the normal lift range in inches stated in the documents for attaining the specified density percentage when compacting structural fill'? Correct Answer: 6-12. Which of the following soil has no cohesive strength? 23 Correct Answer: Granular Soil. Which test is specified for fill material designated for use under areas where high design loads are anticipated such as airport run ways and paved areas? Correct Answer: Modified Proctor. The layers on the face of the excavation slope at a ratio of four horizontal to one vertical (4H: 1V) or greater. What is the visual inspection term called'? Correct Answer: Sloped system. Which of the following tests is performed on cohesionless soil to determine the distribution of grain size? Correct Answer: Sieve Analysis. What is the procedure for the Modified Proctor Test? Correct Answer: It uses a 10-pound hammer dropped from a height of 18 inches. Which field manual test is used to differentiate between cohesive material with fissures, unfissured cohesive material, and granular material? Correct Answer: Drying Test. Which document specifies the Proctor Test and the percentage range and the Optimum Moisture Content? Correct Answer: Technical Specifications. 24 The soil is protruding up from the bottom of the excavation. What is the visual inspection term called'? Correct Answer: Heaving There is upward water flow into the bottom of the excavation. What is the visual inspection term called? Correct Answer: Boiling. What is the term for an excessive vertical load caused by the spoil pile or construction equipment being too close to the trench edge? Correct Answer: Surcharge load. What type of soil is the most dangerous because the excavated faces appear to be solid and stable, but they are drastically affected by water, wind, and pressure? Correct Answer: Clay. What is the earth material drawn from an excavation called? Correct Answer: Spoil. The Soil Tables and formulas contain the abbreviation BCY. What does BCY mean? Correct Answer: Bank Cubic Yards. Which test instrument measures the unconfined compressive strength of soil? 25 Correct Answer: Pocket Penetrometer. What does Building Excavation mean? Correct Answer: Excavation to the bottom of the compacted fill under the floor. Which organization investigates and tests materials, products, equipment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against hazards to life and property? Correct Answer: Underwriters Laboratories. What is the soil state called when the soil is excavated? Correct Answer: Loose Which party is responsible for comparing the soil borings to the standard Relative Density and Consistency Table provided in the Soil Report? Correct Answer: Contractor. A small amount of material suddenly separates from the face of an excavation and trickles or rolls down into the excavation. What is the visual inspection term called? Correct Answer: Raveling Which field manual test checks for a cohesive soil? Correct Answer: Plasticity Test. 26 Which field manual test is used to determine the presence of a cohesive clay or silt? Correct Answer: Pat Test. The soil has open cracks on the horizontal ground or on the open face of the excavation. What is the visual inspection term called'? Correct Answer: Fissure. What type of soil usually has high permeability Correct Answer: Gravel. What do the field thumb penetration, pocket penetrometer and the shearvane measure'? Correct Answer: Unconfined Compressive Strength. What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic? Correct Answer: Asphalt. What is the procedure for the Standard Proctor Test? Correct Answer: It uses a 5-pound hammer dropped from a height of 12 inches. Which soil is cohesionless? Correct Answer: Gravel. 27 What is the soil state called if it is in its natural, or in place or in situ or undisturbed state? Correct Answer: Bank. What are large stones that are placed at the end of culverts or along the edge of a body of water to prevent erosion called? Correct Answer: Riprap. What soil is often considered cohesive Correct Answer: Clay What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called? Correct Answer: Soundness. Grain to pound conversion Correct Answer: Multiply by 7000 to go from pound to grain Divide by 7000 to go from grain to pound What is the unit to measure energy? Correct Answer: Watt-hour Parallel resistance formula 28 Correct Answer: R = 1/(1/R1 +1/R2 +1/R3 ) What is the unit to measure resistance? Correct Answer: Ohm What is the unit to measure power? Correct Answer: Watt Real power equation Correct Answer: Volts * amps * power factor What is the unit to measure current? Correct Answer: Ampere What is the largest wire size Correct Answer: #1 Resistance equation in series Correct Answer: R1+R2+R3... What is the unit to measure electromotive force (EMF)? Correct Answer: Volt 29 Apparent power equation Correct Answer: volts * amps What does the abbreviation GFI, WP mean? Correct Answer: Ground Fault Interrupter and Weatherproof The Owner wants to Fast-Track a construction project. Which type of contract best supports this process? Correct Answer: Design-Build. At which point in time must the Agreement be provided to each prospective bidder? Correct Answer: During the bidding phase of the project. What contract formation principles are needed to form a valid contract? Correct Answer: Offer, Acceptance, Capacity, Consideration, and Lawful object. What graphical measurement tool is a bar graph displaying a frequency distribution? Correct Answer: Histogram. The owner requests that you submit a proposal supplement titled, "Statement of Contractors' Qualifications - All Contracts" and under the officers/principals section it requests the names and titles of the vice president and the president. A proposal is submitted to the Owner with a bid bond, signed addenda, and the proposal form is 30 attached and signed by the chief estimator. Have all of the contract formation principles been satisfied and your proposal would be considered responsive? Correct Answer: The principle of Capacity has not been met, therefore, a non-responsive bid. A contract is entered into whereby the design and scope are undefined and the Owner agrees to pay for all Direct Labor, Materials, Equipment plus some agreed upon allowance to the Contractor for their services. What is this type of contract called? Correct Answer: Cost Plus. What graphical measurement tool is commonly used to track trends in data? Correct Answer: Line Chart. What graphical measurement tool would be best used to show the percentage of a data compared to a whole set of data? Correct Answer: Pie Chart. Which international management system provides management concepts and guidelines for the manufacturing and service industries? Correct Answer: ISO 9000 What is the name of the clause that is sometimes used if the contract has the potential of an uncertainty in either labor or material prices? Correct Answer: Escalation. 31 What management philosophy tries to maximize the competitiveness of an organization through continuous improvement? Correct Answer: Total Quality Management. Which management system was developed by Motorola in the late 80's? Correct Answer: Six Sigma What are the internationally quality standards called? Correct Answer: ISO 9000. What graphical measurement tool displays the causes and effects on a diagram for analyzing problems? Correct Answer: Fishbone Chart. What is the major difference between a CM Agency and a CM at risk? Correct Answer: One has contracts with subcontractors to perform the work A contract is entered into whereby two Contractors agree to combine their resources to bid and build a specific project. What is this type of business entity called? Correct Answer: Joint Venture. A clause in the contract states that "if the Quantities of an item of work vary from the estimated quantities by more than 20 percent, then the price will be adjusted." Which type of contract will this clause be primarily used in? 32 Correct Answer: Unit Price. According to the Constructor's Code of Ethics, The Constructor shall insure that when providing a service or advice such advice shall be to treat all parties in a fair and unbiased way. What is the best way for a Constructor to achieve this? Correct Answer: Don't engage in any practice which creates an unfair advantage for one party. Which legal entity exposes the personal assets of a person to pay for actions of other people involved in the business? Correct Answer: Partnership. Which law are corporations formed under? Correct Answer: State. A contract is entered into whereby the Design, Scope and Bid quantities are established and payment for the work is to be made upon the basis of the actual quantity placed. What is this type of contract called'? Correct Answer: Unit Price. Which legal entity affords an individual the most protection of individual assets from creditors of the business? Correct Answer: Corporation. 33 Which document establishes the reference date from which the beginning of the project is calculated and that the contractor can occupy the site? Correct Answer: Notice to Proceed. Which legal entity makes it extremely difficult to generate new capital to expand the business? Correct Answer: Sole Proprietorship. Which management system was developed based on Toyota's Production System? Correct Answer: Lean Which legal entity is considered perpetual? Correct Answer: Corporation Which legal entity is taxed twice? Correct Answer: Corporation. What is a major difference between a CM Agency and a CM at risk? Correct Answer: One provides a GMP and is "at risk" if the actual construction cost exceed it A contract is entered into whereby the Owner holds a contract with the designers, the Owner holds the contracts with the general and/or subcontractors and the Owner also 34 holds a contract with a management service company to perform the trade coordination, cost control and scheduling services. What is this type of contract called? Correct Answer: Construction Management. Which type of legal entity requires a charter? Correct Answer: Corporation. What graphical measurement tool is best used to compare the differences between grouped data in terms of magnitude or frequency? Correct Answer: Bar Chart. What graphical measurement tool is a pictorial representation of a process? Correct Answer: Flow Chart. Which Division and Section number contains technical information on the exterior sewerage and drainage system? Correct Answer: 33 30 00 Which CSI part number contains information on Reference Standards the contractor or subcontractor must consult? Correct Answer: 1 What CSI Division applies to all contractors and subcontractors? Correct Answer: 01 35 In construction, what is the proper terminology for transporting the off road equipment to the job site? Correct Answer: Mobilization. Where is the best location to look to determine the electrical requirements for a project's pump? Correct Answer: Schedule What system is utilized for restraining a vertical wall of soil and other loads where it is impractical to slope the soil such as in a downtown area where the excavation and new substructure are below the street level? Correct Answer: Cribbing and Tie-backs. Which piece of equipment is used to excavate ponds or soil under water? Correct Answer: Dragline Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of CRSI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of CRSI? Correct Answer: Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. What system is utilized for supporting an existing structure when the new excavation will be below the existing structures foundation while the extension to the existing foundation is being placed? Correct Answer: Underpinning 36 What CSI Division contains technical information on Roofing? Correct Answer: 07 What CSI Division contains technical information on Structural Steel'? Correct Answer: 05 Which piece of equipment has its boom above the structure and it lifts the load vertically until it is above the structure, then it can move the load horizontally? Correct Answer: Tower Crane. What CSI Division contains technical information on the Boiler System? Correct Answer: 23 What are the components of a cofferdam or a support system? Correct Answer: Sheeting, Wales, and Cross braces. What does "close sheeting" mean in relationship to a shoring system? Correct Answer: The spacing between timber planks not to exceed ½ inch. Which piece of equipment and attachment would be the most efficient method to excavate inside a cofferdam? Correct Answer: Crane with a Clamshell attachment. 37 Which Division and Section number contains technical information on the interior Electrical Service and Distribution system? Correct Answer: 26 10 00 Which piece of equipment sets below the excavation and the bucket pushes up? Correct Answer: Power Shovel. Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of ACI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of ACI? Correct Answer: American Concrete Institute. Which organization has published a new design standard targeting loads on structures during construction? Correct Answer: Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Which piece of equipment is most efficient for compacting granular soils such as sand, gravel, and crushed stone? Correct Answer: Smooth-Wheel Roller. What sling angle range is best for lifting without making the lift extremely dangerous? Correct Answer: 45 degrees to 90 degrees. 38 What system is designed to carry the vertical load of the structure? Correct Answer: Piling. What is the lifting system called which consists of two vertical towers with a cross beam on top with the intended purpose of lifting an unusually long piece of equipment which was transported horizontally and it is lifted into its permanent vertical position? Correct Answer: Gin Pole. What CSI Division contains the Bid Requirements for a project'? Correct Answer: 00 Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of UL that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of UL? Correct Answer: Underwriter Laboratories. What is the name of the legal principle for referring the contractor to other documents that are not contained in the documents provided? Correct Answer: Incorporated by Reference. Which Division and Section number contains technical information on the communications systems? Correct Answer: 27 20 00 39 According to the OSHA Construction Safety Standards, what is required for shoring systems more than 20 feet deep? Correct Answer: The Registered Professional Engineer shall design the protection system. What CSI Division contains technical information on the Conveyor System? Correct Answer: 14 What is another name for Sheeting? Correct Answer: Uprights. What is a toe in relationship to a Cofferdam? Correct Answer: The vertical sheeting extended below the bottom of the excavation at least 2 feet. Which CSI part number contains information on the installation procedures the contractor or subcontractors must consult? Correct Answer: 3 Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of ASHRAE that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of ASHRAE? Correct Answer: American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers. 40 What CSI Division contains technical information on Drywall? Correct Answer: 09 Which of the following systems is designed as an enclosed structure to restrain soil and water, therefore, allowing workers to work inside safely? Correct Answer: Cofferdam. What is the official name of the technical reference source that is mentioned in the documents to Design the Formwork and it is published by ACI? Correct Answer: Formwork for Concrete. What CSI Division contains technical information on Food Service Equipment? Correct Answer: 11 What CSI Division contains technical information on Painting'? Correct Answer: 09 Which party is normally responsible for estimating and pricing the temporary structures? Correct Answer: Contractor. Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of CSI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of CSI? Correct Answer: Construction Specifications Institute. 41 Which party is normally responsible for designing the temporary structures? Correct Answer: Contractor. What CSI Division contains technical information on Plumbing? Correct Answer: 22 According to CSI, What Division (s) are considered the Technical Specifications? Correct Answer: 02 - 50. Which Division and Section number contains technical information on the plumbing fixtures? Correct Answer: 22 40 00 What system is designed to restrain horizontal temporary loads such as soil and water? Correct Answer: Sheet Piling. Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of TIA that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of TIA? Correct Answer: Telecommunication Industry Association. What CSI Division contains technical information on Soil Compaction requirements? Correct Answer: 02 42 Your specifications reference this construction organization Acronym of AISC that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of AISC? Correct Answer: American Institute of Steel Construction. What CSI Division contains technical information on the Air Handling system? Correct Answer: 23 Which party backs the face value of the Payment and Performance Bonds? Correct Answer: Surety Which document makes changes, modifications and corrections prior to bid opening? Correct Answer: Addenda Which document specifies the Bid Bond Percentage? Correct Answer: Instruction to Bidders Which of the following documents are submitted by the Contractor at bid opening? Correct Answer: Proposal Form, Bid Breakdown, Addendum, Bid Bond & Noncollusive Affidavit Bank cubic yards to compact cubic yards equation Correct Answer: BCY/Compaction % (in decimal format) 43 Which type of insurance covers injuries to persons not employed at the site but who get injured passing by the Site? Correct Answer: General Liability Which document guarantees to the Owner that all third parties will be paid or else the Bond will be invoked? Correct Answer: Payment Bond Trucks to remove soil equation Correct Answer: (BCY*swell factor (i.e. 16%=1.16))/truck CY Which document issued by the Architect illustrates what is to be built at the time of bid? Correct Answer: Plans Time to completion Correct Answer: Total to be done/Daily output Which document guarantees to the Owner that the successful Contractor will sign a contract? Correct Answer: Bid Bond Which type of insurance covers workers being laid off from their job? 44 Correct Answer: Unemployment Which document is submitted by each bidder stating that their bid was arrived at without any conferring with other prime bidders? Correct Answer: Noncollusive Affidavit Which party invokes a bond? Correct Answer: Owner Which document establishes the forms, content and procedures for submitting the bid proposals? Correct Answer: Instructions to Bidders Which type of estimate is most appropriate when the contract documents are 30% to 90% complete? Correct Answer: Semi-Detailed estimate Which document establishes the labor rates on a federally funded project? Correct Answer: Prevailing Wage Rate Schedule Which document describes the rights, responsibilities, obligations, and authority of the project participants? Correct Answer: General Conditions 45 Which document is submitted to the Owner for bid consideration before the Contractor can receive the bidding documents? Correct Answer: Pre-qualification Forms Which type of specification provides the criteria that the contractor must build and may not make substitutions to? Correct Answer: Prescriptive specification which document is normally incorporated by reference? Correct Answer: General Conditions What bid document would the contractor place his or her price on? Correct Answer: Bid Form Which document applies to the Contractor and the Subcontractors and outlines any project-specific conditions, such as wage scales, geotechnical reports, insurance and bond requirements, job-site office, temporary facilities, parking, signage, and cleaning requirements? Correct Answer: Supplementary Conditions Which document describes quality of work and the quality of the materials and the construction execution procedures? Correct Answer: Technical Specifications 46 Which documents must be submitted to the Owner from the Contractor at the signing of the Owner-Contractor Agreement? Correct Answer: Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Insurance Certificates What is the name of the law principle for referring the Contractor to other documents that are not contained in the package provided? Correct Answer: Incorporated by Reference Roofing is typically taken off by which unit of measure? Correct Answer: Square What is the purpose of an EMR? Correct Answer: Adjust Workers Compensation Manual Rate to reflect a company safety What is the term used to describe the process of finding lower cost alternatives for the same services/functions provided by the building? Correct Answer: Value Engineering Ductwork is typically taken off by which unit of measure? Correct Answer: Pound The Contractor submits a bid for $1,303,071 with the appropriate forms. They receive a Notice of Award letter indicating that their bid has been selected. The Contractor decides not to accept the contract. Will the Contractor lose anything? 47 Correct Answer: Yes, they will lose the amount of their Bid Bond Which type of insurance covers injuries to construction site workers employed at the job site? Correct Answer: Worker's Compensation What does the abbreviation EMR stand for? Correct Answer: Experience Modification Rating Which document is provided to the Contractor including detailed information about the bid due date, location to deliver the bid, type of bid opening (public or private), how and when contracts will be awarded or rejected? Correct Answer: Instructions to Bidders Board feet for wood stud equation Correct Answer: (dimension of stud x LF)/12 Which type of insurance is needed because the high winds blow down the 40 feet high concrete wall forms'? Correct Answer: Builder's Risk Crew workhours per day formula Correct Answer: the sum of # of workers x 8 48 Productivity rater equation Correct Answer: Total crew workhours per day/Daily output Workhours to completion equation Correct Answer: Productivity rate x amount to complete How does a construction company typically structure its accounting cost codes? Correct Answer: Typically organized following the CSI MasterFormat divisions, with some adaptations by companies. What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? Correct Answer: A list of tasks braking down the project into manageable work packages A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) typically includes which of the following for each work package? Correct Answer: The budgeted cost of the work scheduled Work packages should never have a definitive schedule (T/F) Correct Answer: False Cost loaded schedules should never be used for progress payment (T/F) Correct Answer: False 49 Budgeted unit workhours formula Correct Answer: Budgeted workhours/budgeted quantities Weekly unit workhours formula Correct Answer: Expended cost for week/quantities for week To date unit workhours formula Correct Answer: Expended cost to date/quantities to date Total earned workhours formula Correct Answer: Budget unit cost * Quantity to date Total projected work hours formula Correct Answer: Unit Cost to date * Budgeted quantities Project gain or loss in work hours equation Correct Answer: Project completion - budgeted total Budgeted labor unit cost formula Correct Answer: Total budget/quantity budget Week labor unit cost formula Correct Answer: expended workhours/quantity for week 50 To date labor unit cost formula Correct Answer: Expended workhours to date/quantity to date Total Projected labor cost at completion formula Correct Answer: Budgeted quantities * unit cost to date Projected gain or loss in labor dollars formula Correct Answer: Total budget - projected completion cost Projection for labor cost formula Correct Answer: Total expended cost/quantity to date Liquidated Damages are arbitrary and the Owner may charge as much as he/she wants. T/F Correct Answer: False When calculating the Final Contract Amount, what item(s) should typically be considered for final contract amount adjustment? This is assuming that all scope related Change Orders have already been processed and executed between the Owner and the Contractor. Correct Answer: Taxes, insurances, savings, back charges and liquidated damages if applicable. 51 Planning and Scheduling are: Correct Answer: Planning is answering the specifics of a project "who", "what", "when", "where", "how". Scheduling is only answering the "when". What is the proper Design Activity Sequence that is used for every design discipline (such as mechanical, electrical and structural) on a Design/Build logic network according to acceptable legal practices? Correct Answer: Prepare Schematic Diagrams, Prepare Preliminary Plans, Develop Contract Documents, and Issue Bid Plans What is the proper Procurement Activity Sequence that is used for every Vendor or Supplier (such as Rebar, Structural Steel and Sheet Metal) on a Design/Build logic network according to acceptable legal practices? Correct Answer: Award Vendor Contract, Vendor Prepares Shop Drawings, Contractor Reviews Shops, A/E Reviews Shops for approval, Vendor Fabricates and Deliver What is the simplest of the scheduling tools used in construction? Correct Answer: Gantt Chart schedule You always start with the first activity having 1 as the Early Start T/F Correct Answer: False What type of relationship would best describe "install the irrigation system" and then "wire and program the irrigation controller"? Correct Answer: Finish to start 52 What type of relationship would best describe, after the metal studs (walls) are installed, "install plumbing rough-in" and "install electrical conduits"? Correct Answer: Start to start What is a Finish to Start relationship? Correct Answer: The successor activity can only start after the preceding activity is completed. What is a Finish to Finish relationship? Correct Answer: The finish of one activity triggers the finish of another activity What is a Start to Start relationship? Correct Answer: The start of one activity triggers the start of another activity Many times the contractor must indicate a sequence of activities as consecutive because of crews or equipment available, what is the term for this sequence called? Correct Answer: Restraints What types of activities should be considered first when shortening the duration of a project? Correct Answer: Zero float and least cost How is the term fast tracking defined in construction? 53 Correct Answer: Overlapping execution of the design, procurement and construction What is the name of the term for shifting the activities within the schedule from noncritical to critical as a result of a limited number of resources available? Correct Answer: Resource Leveling What is the name of the term for shortening the project schedule along the critical path? Correct Answer: Crashing Leadtimes are used to determine the estimated time durations for what type of activities? Correct Answer: Procurement Activities Which type of fire extinguisher Letter would be used for extinguishing a fire caused by a combustible metals such as aluminum? Correct Answer: The fire extinguisher can be identified by a the letter D. What is the correct name for the acronym OSHA mean? Correct Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration You need a Respirator for an Oxygen Deficient environment, which of the following types of Respirators must be worn? Correct Answer: Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) 54 According to OSHA violations, what is the name of the violation where the firm or designated person is aware that a hazardous condition exists, knows that the condition violates a standard and makes no effort to eliminate the safety hazard? Correct Answer: Willful Violation What is the maximum horizontal travel distance to retrieve a fire extinguisher in a Building Area? Correct Answer: 100 Feet If Employee loses consciousness is that a Work Related Recordable? Correct Answer: Yes What is the definition of a work-related catastrophe? Correct Answer: An injury or illness that requires hospitalization of 3 or more workers Which type of fire extinguisher Letter would be used for extinguishing a fire caused by electrical wiring? Correct Answer: The fire extinguisher can be identified by the letter C. According to OSHA, which information must be posted at the job site and easily accessible to all employees at all times? Correct Answer: OSHA Job Safety and Health Regulations poster, OSHA Summary of Work-Related Injuries, Material Safety Data Sheets, Emergency #, Copies of any OSHA citations currently applicable (not addressed). 55 What type of inspection is given top priority by OSHA? Correct Answer: Imminent Danger What would be an example of Due Diligence? Correct Answer: Corrects the hazard(s) immediately In construction, what is the minimum number of employees that an employer must have before they are required to maintain records of occupational injuries and illnesses? Correct Answer: 10 Which Part of the OSHA Standards is designated for Recordkeeping? Correct Answer: 1904 What is the maximum number of hours for reporting a Death or Catastrophe to OSHA? Correct Answer: 8 What is the minimum number of days an OSHA Citation needs to be posted on a jobsite? Correct Answer: 3 The compliance officer notices a potential hazard that is likely to cause serious physical harm but a regulation does not exist, under which provision can the contractor be cited? Correct Answer: General Duty Clause 56 Which type of fire extinguisher Letter would be used for extinguishing a fire caused by a flammable liquid? Correct Answer: The fire extinguisher can be identified by the letter B. The OSHA Act states that "each employer shall furnish to each employee a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to an employee." Which section is this stated in? Correct Answer: 5(a)(l) of the General Duty Clause According to OSHA, which document must be filled out immediately after an accident by the supervisor describing the accident in detail? Correct Answer: OSHA's Injury and Illness Incident Report (OSHA's Form 301) The Safety Standards utilize the abbreviation 29 CFR Part 1926, what does the acronym CFR stand for? Correct Answer: Code of Federal Regulations Which Part of the OSHA Standards is designated for Inspections? Correct Answer: 1903 You get ill from the fumes while working in a certain area of the project. That is a work related recordable T/F Correct Answer: True 57 What is the maximum number of days that an employer has to contest any citations? Correct Answer: 15 Which office is responsible to keep the CFR up to date? Correct Answer: The Office of the Federal Register What is the location of a Fire Extinguisher on a Multi-story building? Correct Answer: Adjacent to Stairway What does the safety acronym SDS stand for? Correct Answer: Safety Data Sheet Which Part of the OSHA Standards is designated for General Industry? Correct Answer: 1910 What does the safety acronym CPL stand for? Correct Answer: Compliance What is the purpose of the OSHA law? Correct Answer: Provide a place of employment free from safety hazards 58 When and where must the OSHA Summary of Work-Related Injuries (OSHA 300A) be posted? Correct Answer: February 1 - April 30 and accessible to all employees at the jobsite You need a Respirator for a combination gas, vapor, and particulate contaminants not immediately dangerous to life, which of the following types of Respirators must be worn? Correct Answer: Air-purifying Respirator Employer must train all employees regularly in safety recognition and avoidance T/F Correct Answer: True What is the maximum horizontal travel distance to retrieve a NRC extinguisher in a Fuel Service Area? Correct Answer: 75 Feet What does the safety acronym STD stand for? Correct Answer: Standard A scaffold should be inspected by the competent person: Correct Answer: After each shift and each alterations Cables can be used for guardrails as long as they are more than how many inches in diameter? 59 Correct Answer: ¼ inch Fall protection means must be in place for any potential falls greater than: Correct Answer: 6 feet Stairways must be equipped with at least one handrail if they are: Correct Answer: Four or more risers or 30" high Stairs or ladders must be provided when there is a break in elevation of how many inches or more? Correct Answer: 19 inches Unless restrained by hooks, cleats or other means, the ends of a 12-foot plank must extend past the end of the support by how many inches? Correct Answer: 6-18 inches Stairs should be installed with a uniform height and depth of treads and risers, and installed between: Correct Answer: 30° and 50° What is the minimum height to base ratio which requires guying, tying, bracing? Correct Answer: 4:1 60 A safety net must extend horizontally by how many feet for falls up to 5 feet? Correct Answer: 8 feet Unless restrained by hooks, cleats or other means, the ends of an 8-foot plank must extend past the end of the support by how many inches? Correct Answer: 6-12 inches A supported scaffolding consisting of a platform(s) resting on bearers supported by ledgers and a double row of uprights without any support from any structure. What type of scaffolding is this? Correct Answer: Independent pole scaffolding A scaffold must be capable of supporting its own weight and what is the minimum factor that must be applied to the maximum intended load to determine the capacity? Correct Answer: 4 times On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the lap shall occur only over supports. What is the minimum lap in inches if they are not nailed? Correct Answer: 12 inches A scaffold must have a platform that is fully planked or decked, with no more than how many inches between adjacent planks? Correct Answer: 1 inch 61 A scaffold must be at least how many inches wide? Correct Answer: 18 inches The point of contact for your ladder is 16' above the ground, what is the proper horizontal distance from the wall? Correct Answer: 4 Feet Cables can be used for guardrails if they are: Correct Answer: Flagged every 6 feet and with a maximum sag of 3 inches If a single point of anchorage is used for a personal fall arrest system, the point of anchorage should be designed to support at least twice the impact load or how many pounds per worker (whichever is greater)? Correct Answer: 5,000 lbs. Workers on a scaffolding must be protected by guardrails, nets and/or personal fall arrest systems if the scaffold is elevated more than how many feet? Correct Answer: 10 feet What is the maximum horizontal tie-in distance in feet for scaffolds that exceed the height to base ratio? Correct Answer: 30 feet A guardrail must be able to resist a lateral load of how many pounds at the top rail? 62 Correct Answer: 200 lbs. What is the maximum vertical tie-in distance range in feet for scaffolds that exceed the height to base ratio? Correct Answer: 20 - 26 feet. A safety net must extend horizontally by how many feet for falls up to 10 feet? Correct Answer: 10 feet A personal fall arrest system should include: Correct Answer: A full body harness, a lifeline, and an anchor point A guardrail must include a top and middle rail. The middle rail must be at least: Correct Answer: 21 inches +/- 3 inches What is the minimum ladder extension above the point of contact? Correct Answer: 3 feet Workers in the basket of an aerial lift, such as a boom truck or a cherry picker: Correct Answer: Need to use personal fall arrest system and be tied to the basket A guardrail must be able to resist a lateral load of how many pounds at the toe board? Correct Answer: 50 lbs. 63 What are the two groups of scaffolds? Correct Answer: Supported Scaffolds and Suspended Scaffolds A guardrail must include a top and middle rail. The top rail must be at least: Correct Answer: 42 inches +/- 3 inches Safety nets should be placed as close as possible to where employees are working, but no more than how many feet below the working surface? Correct Answer: 30 feet A safety net must extend horizontally by how many feet for falls greater than 10 feet? Correct Answer: 13 feet A guardrail must be able to resist a lateral load of how many pounds at the middle rail? Correct Answer: 150 lbs. What does the surveying abbreviation of TP mean? Correct Answer: Turning Point What are the length ratios for a right triangle? Correct Answer: 3:4:5 64 Percentage grade formula Correct Answer: rise/run*100 The federal and state governments have established elevations of various inland points throughout the country. What elevation are these points in relationship to? Correct Answer: 0'- 0" What is an amount withheld from progress payments to ensure satisfactory completion of the work called? Correct Answer: If Damages should occur during shipment of construction materials and the terms on the Bill of Lading are FOB Factory, who would be required to recover the loss from the common carrier? Correct Answer: Purchaser Which position typically assigns the crews, maintains a job diary and schedules subcontractors? Correct Answer: Superintendent Which of the following construction activities can be impacted by the humidity? Correct Answer: Drywall installation 65 What is the primary difference in contract formation between a Subcontract Agreement and a Purchase Order? Correct Answer: Labor is included in a Subcontract Agreement but not in a Purchase Order During what phase of the project are Shop drawings submitted and approved? Correct Answer: Prior to fabrication or erection of the item Which document informs the contractor that their proposal has been accepted? Correct Answer: Notice of Award Which trade applies heat resistant materials to structural steel and sprays refractory material on the inside of steel Boilers and High Pressure Vessels or Tanks? Correct Answer: Fireproofed Which trade ties and places the rebar? Correct Answer: Rod busters Which position typically draws the logical sequences and calculates the activity days? Correct Answer: Project Scheduler Which of the following items is contained in the Job Diary? Correct Answer: Conversations concerning coordination, technical problems and solutions 66 According to the construction documents, what is the procedure and the name of the document that you must use to inform the Architect/Engineer of a change notation you would like to make to a shop drawing? Correct Answer: Make the change on the shop drawing and specify it in the Letter of Transmittal Which trade installs piping and equipment for high pressure piping, often in industrial settings? Correct Answer: Pipefitter When hiring employees, which form must they fill out requesting their marital status, number of exemptions and their social security number? Correct Answer: W-4 Which document terminates any liquidated damages from being assessed any further? Correct Answer: Certificate of Substantial Completion What is the purpose of the ADA law? Correct Answer: Prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities According to the project documents, after the signing of the Agreement, which documents must be submitted by the contractor within fourteen days of executing the Agreement? Correct Answer: Construction Schedule and Schedule of Values 67 Which of the following posters describes the regulations for wage payment and hours of work for all industries and must be posted at the job site? Correct Answer: Fair Labor Standards Which party typically obtains the building permits? Correct Answer: Contractor Which position is typically responsible for verification of all field measurements and field construction criteria on the shop drawings? Correct Answer: Contractor's Project Engineer What is the name of the act that requires the contractor to pay prevailing wage rates on all federally funded projects? Correct Answer: Davis-Bacon act Which term is used to refer to when contractors or subcontractors get together and purposely "fix" the price of any given commodity? Correct Answer: Bid Collusion What is the name of the document that must be submitted which illustrates the Fabrication and Erection Procedures for some portion of the Work? Correct Answer: Shop Drawings 68 Which of the following activities does a Boilermaker perform? Correct Answer: Fabricate and assemble structural steel for steel assemblies such as pressure vessels and pipes Which of the clauses below is considered a Condition Precedent? Correct Answer: The Sub will be paid when the Contractor is paid Which of the following trades Fits, Aligns & Installs Drain, Waste and Vent Piping? Correct Answer: Plumber Which law establishes basic rules governing the sale of goods used to establish a Purchase Order? Correct Answer: Uniform Commercial Code What term is used to refer to the process of following up on materials to ensure that the proper quantity and quality of materials arrive at the jobsite according to schedule? Correct Answer: Expediting What are the GENERAL RULES the courts require for considering the JOB DIARY to be considered Admissible evidence in a court of law? Correct Answer: Place in a Bound book, Pages Numbered consecutively, Completed closest to the event as possible by Person with direct knowledge, and Signed/Dated each day 69 A clause in the Subcontract Agreement reads that "a Subcontractor binds themselves to the Contractor for the performance of the Subcontractor's Work in the same manner as the Contractor is bound to the Owner for such performance under Contractor's contract with the Owner". What is the name of this clause? Correct Answer: Flow down Which trade operates the motorized concrete buggies? Correct Answer: Laborer Masonry wall placement can be impacted by the wind TF Correct Answer: True When is the Certificate of Substantial Completion prepared? Correct Answer: End of the construction process Which of the following trades Fabricates and Erects Air Distribution Duct work? Correct Answer: Sheet Metal Workers Which position typically performs the Formwork design calculations? Correct Answer: Project Engineer The Vendor has quoted you a price of $9,270 CIF for an item. What is this price quote telling you? Correct Answer: The $9,270 is the total to be paid and it includes freight and insurance 70 Which document is used to allocate the estimated costs for the items listed and for requesting progress payments? Correct Answer: Schedule of Values Which trade applies stucco to the outside of the building? Correct Answer: Plasterer Which document lists the Contract Documents that shall