CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔5. What types of transactions between the contractor and the owner or
engineer/architect should be documented? - ✔✔Fund transfers
Log of submittals
Payment estimates
Payment requests
Material deliveries
✔✔7. Name the four principal applications of photography to construction
documentation. - ✔✔Public relations
Progress documentation
Time-lapse
Claim support
✔✔6. How long should project records be saved by the owner? - ✔✔*********
✔✔8. What type of information is recommended to be documented in the Daily
Construction Report and in the diary? - ✔✔**************
✔✔9. What are the six principal concerns in the format of a construction diary? -
✔✔Hardcover, stitched binding fieldbook
Consecutive page numbers, written in ink, no numbers skipped
No erasures - cross out and revise if error
No pages should be torn out - to void a page place a large X and write "void"
Every day should be reported. Days with no work: write date, then "no work" -
sometimes write why
All entries must be made on the same date that they occur.
✔✔10. If the Daily Construction Report is electronically stored in a computer, what must
be done to protect the integrity of the document? - ✔✔Backup and encrypt???
✔✔1. What type of information identifies an action item? - ✔✔Project, due date, person
responsible
✔✔2. Define BIM. - ✔✔Building information model
, ✔✔3. Give an example of a process to demonstrate how workflow could be used for
contract administration. - ✔✔*************
✔✔4. Why are workflow processes beneficial? - ✔✔Helps route invoices through
approval and review steps
✔✔5. What is the value of having a project extranet track outstanding issues? -
✔✔Shows someone has read the document and also ensures people are aware of
important issues
✔✔6. What purpose does an audit trail of documents or transactions provide? - ✔✔To
specify when a document is created and edited and read
✔✔7. What value is there in having project communications in a database as opposed
to individual e-mail accounts? - ✔✔Better collaborative ability and captures all
communications in one location
✔✔8. What is the value of having project drawings associated with the extranet? -
✔✔Creates a network where people can access the construction drawings
✔✔9. Why use an agenda planning feature for a meeting? - ✔✔Allows user to set a
specific meeting for specific time and people.
✔✔10. Why bother creating a punch list on an extranet? - ✔✔Continuously updated
punchlist where multiple viewers can check
✔✔11. What is the role of a gateway person in contract administration? - ✔✔Issuing
directions to contractor
Evaluating work done and recommending payments
Continuous monitoring reporting and recording
Agent to principal
Assessing claims
✔✔12. What differentiates BIM from 3-D modeling? - ✔✔BIM incorporates different
models together to identify clashes
✔✔13. Give three examples of benefits that may be achieved by implementing BIM on a
construction project. - ✔✔Reduced project costs
Safer projects
Better coordinated construction documents
✔✔14. What are the three principles of lean construction? - ✔✔Reducing inventory and
rolling costs to maximize productivity
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔5. What types of transactions between the contractor and the owner or
engineer/architect should be documented? - ✔✔Fund transfers
Log of submittals
Payment estimates
Payment requests
Material deliveries
✔✔7. Name the four principal applications of photography to construction
documentation. - ✔✔Public relations
Progress documentation
Time-lapse
Claim support
✔✔6. How long should project records be saved by the owner? - ✔✔*********
✔✔8. What type of information is recommended to be documented in the Daily
Construction Report and in the diary? - ✔✔**************
✔✔9. What are the six principal concerns in the format of a construction diary? -
✔✔Hardcover, stitched binding fieldbook
Consecutive page numbers, written in ink, no numbers skipped
No erasures - cross out and revise if error
No pages should be torn out - to void a page place a large X and write "void"
Every day should be reported. Days with no work: write date, then "no work" -
sometimes write why
All entries must be made on the same date that they occur.
✔✔10. If the Daily Construction Report is electronically stored in a computer, what must
be done to protect the integrity of the document? - ✔✔Backup and encrypt???
✔✔1. What type of information identifies an action item? - ✔✔Project, due date, person
responsible
✔✔2. Define BIM. - ✔✔Building information model
, ✔✔3. Give an example of a process to demonstrate how workflow could be used for
contract administration. - ✔✔*************
✔✔4. Why are workflow processes beneficial? - ✔✔Helps route invoices through
approval and review steps
✔✔5. What is the value of having a project extranet track outstanding issues? -
✔✔Shows someone has read the document and also ensures people are aware of
important issues
✔✔6. What purpose does an audit trail of documents or transactions provide? - ✔✔To
specify when a document is created and edited and read
✔✔7. What value is there in having project communications in a database as opposed
to individual e-mail accounts? - ✔✔Better collaborative ability and captures all
communications in one location
✔✔8. What is the value of having project drawings associated with the extranet? -
✔✔Creates a network where people can access the construction drawings
✔✔9. Why use an agenda planning feature for a meeting? - ✔✔Allows user to set a
specific meeting for specific time and people.
✔✔10. Why bother creating a punch list on an extranet? - ✔✔Continuously updated
punchlist where multiple viewers can check
✔✔11. What is the role of a gateway person in contract administration? - ✔✔Issuing
directions to contractor
Evaluating work done and recommending payments
Continuous monitoring reporting and recording
Agent to principal
Assessing claims
✔✔12. What differentiates BIM from 3-D modeling? - ✔✔BIM incorporates different
models together to identify clashes
✔✔13. Give three examples of benefits that may be achieved by implementing BIM on a
construction project. - ✔✔Reduced project costs
Safer projects
Better coordinated construction documents
✔✔14. What are the three principles of lean construction? - ✔✔Reducing inventory and
rolling costs to maximize productivity
