CMIT Exam Questions and Answers (2026) | Full Questions and Answers with Rationales | A+ Verified

CMIT Exam Questions and Answers
(2026) | Full Questions and Answers
with Rationales | A+ Verified
• The General Services Administration was the first federal agency to use construction
management. -✓✓True

• The General Services Administration, the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare (now HHS), and the Veterans Administration ran into similar difficulties in the
use of construction management. Which of the following was/were common problems
for all three agencies?
A) Funding restrictions
B) Claims
C) Change conditions
D) All of the above -✓✓D) All of the above

• CMAA was formed and incorporated 1982 with its primary focus being the growth and
development of the construction management profession. -✓✓True

• The CMAA Construction Management Standards of Practice is intended as a guide to
the range of services that constitute professional construction management. They seek
to meet the documented need for definitions of what construction management services
are, without unduly structuring the methodologies by which those services are provided
by the CM. -✓✓True

• The goals of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) include:
A) Setting standards and developing contract documents for construction management
practice.
B) Expanding the understanding of the construction management concept and its use in
the marketplace.
C) Advocacy for construction management in the legislative, regulatory, and judicial
arenas of federal, state, and local governments.
D) All of the above. -✓✓D) All of the above

• The fact that an individual is certified or licensed in any other profession does not, per
se, establish him/her as a qualified CM.
True False -✓✓True

• Certification as a CM means the construction management practitioner has "state of
the art" knowledge and capability to practice construction management.
True False -✓✓False

,• Recruiting and training are business matters and normally do not involve ethical
concerns.
True False -✓✓False

• Construction management is a concept that is susceptible to overselling.
True False -✓✓True

• Failure to provide quality services is a business and not an ethical question.
True False -✓✓False

• Contracting for adequate fees is both a business and an ethical issue.
True False -✓✓True

• The ethics of the CM profession focus primarily on a CM's relationships in dealing with
its clients.
True False -✓✓True

• The possible approaches for delivering a project are virtually unlimited. A key reason
for such variations is:
A) The different roles that can be assumed by project participants.
B) Different forms of contracts and methods of compensation that can be used.
C) The different levels of care, responsibility, and risks assumed by the parties involved.
D) All of the above. -✓✓D) All of the above

• The traditional delivery system is characterized by executing the major phases of a
project in:
A) An overlapping concept
B) A linear sequence
C) A fast track method
D) All of the above -✓✓B) A linear sequence

• A key advantage of the traditional delivery approach is:
A) With the traditional delivery system, the cost of the construction phase is known
before construction starts.
B) Facility features are fully determined & specified.
C) When the construction contract is signed, the major risk belongs to the contractor.
D) All of the above -✓✓B) Facility features are fully determined & specified.

• Design-build and at-risk construction management delivery systems allow the option to
fast-track or phase a project.
True False -✓✓True

• Most definitions of construction management are similar. However, a contractual
definition is not known until:
A) The legal form of the CM contract is chosen.

, B) The specific scope of services to be provided is identified.
C) The relationship of the CM to others and the risks and authority assumed by the
parties are clearly defined.
D) All of the above -✓✓D) All of the above

• 21.
In a CM-at-Risk arrangement once construction begins and the CM converts from the
professional advisory role of a CM to the contractual role of a general contractor, the
CM has no implied duties of loyalty and care to the owner.
True False -✓✓True

• The agency CM does not perform design or actual construction work.
True False -✓✓True

• Under the CM-at-Risk delivery method, the owner usually must deal with the hybrid of
a construction manager and a general contractor.
True False -✓✓True

• Under a CM-at-risk contract, which of the following statements are true?
A) The CM, in most cases, holds the trade and/or specialty contracts.
B) The CM has the right to enforce the schedule, pay the trade or subcontractors, and
terminate them if such action becomes necessary.
C) On some CM-at-Risk contracts, the CM has the option of performing portions of the
work with its own resources (unless prohibited by law on certain public projects).
D) All of the above -✓✓D) All of the above

• In considering the differences between agency CM and CM-at-Risk, which one of the
following statements is NOT true?
A) With the CM-at-Risk, the CM is responsible for means, methods, and sequencing of
work.
B) In an agency CM role, the CM does none of the physical work.
C) The CM, in most cases, is clearly responsible for schedule and coordination.
D) In an agency CM role, the CM directly subcontracts all trade contracts. -✓✓D) In an
agency CM role, the CM directly subcontracts all trade contracts.

• The agency CM maintains a direct contractual relationship with the trade or prime
contractors.
True False -✓✓False

• Placing the CM in an agency role always transfers the risk to the contractor.
True False -✓✓True

• In an agency CM relationship, the CM has no vested financial interest in the project.
True False -✓✓True