COSC 275 CORE MAIN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔IFB - ✔✔Issue for bid documents
✔✔NOI - ✔✔Notice of intent
✔✔NOT - ✔✔Notice of termination.
✔✔TCEQ - ✔✔Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
✔✔AHJ - ✔✔Authority Having Jurisdiction
✔✔CFMF - ✔✔Cold Formed Metal Framing
✔✔BOD - ✔✔Bottom of Deck
✔✔SJI - ✔✔Steel Joist Institute
✔✔TCA - ✔✔Tilt Up Concrete Association
✔✔UNO - ✔✔Unless noted otherwise
✔✔NTS - ✔✔Not to scale
✔✔NIC - ✔✔Not in contract
✔✔NTP - ✔✔Notice to procced
✔✔PSI - ✔✔Pounds per square Inch
✔✔CY - ✔✔Cubic Yards
✔✔LF - ✔✔Linear Foot
✔✔SF - ✔✔Square Foot
✔✔EA - ✔✔Each
✔✔TYP - ✔✔Typical
✔✔Parametric estimating - ✔✔determined by identifying the unit cost or duration and
the number of units required for the project or activity.
, ✔✔ Estimating - ✔✔The process of determining the anticipated cost of materials, labor,
and equipment of a proposed project.
✔✔Take-off - ✔✔The process in which detailed lists are compiled, based on drawings
and specifications, of all the material and equipment necessary to construct a project.
The cost estimator uses this list to calculate how much it will cost to build the project.
✔✔Quantities - ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their
customary units.
✔✔Quantification - ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information
into resource quantities suitable for
✔✔Quantity survey - ✔✔A detailed analysis of material and equipment required to
construct a project.
✔✔Area - ✔✔A measurement of a given planar region or of the surface of a solid.
✔✔Area method - ✔✔A construction cost estimating system employing unit square foot
costs multiplied by the adjusted gross floor area of a building.
✔✔Length - ✔✔The longest dimension of an object.
✔✔Linear measurement - ✔✔A unit or system of units for measuring length: 12" =
1', 3' = 1 yard, 1 yard = 0.9144 meters, 1 mile = 5,280 feet.
✔✔Dimension - ✔✔A distance between two points, lines, or planes.
✔✔Specifications - ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for products,
materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is based.
✔✔Drawings - ✔✔Graphic illustrations depicting the dimensions, design, and location of
a project. Generally including plans, elevations, details, diagrams, schedules, and
sections.
✔✔Addendum - ✔✔A document describing an addition, change, correction, or
modification to contract documents. An addendum is issued by the design professional
during the bidding period or prior to the award of contract, and is the primary method of
informing bidders of modifications to the work during the bidding process. Addenda
become part of the contract documents.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔IFB - ✔✔Issue for bid documents
✔✔NOI - ✔✔Notice of intent
✔✔NOT - ✔✔Notice of termination.
✔✔TCEQ - ✔✔Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
✔✔AHJ - ✔✔Authority Having Jurisdiction
✔✔CFMF - ✔✔Cold Formed Metal Framing
✔✔BOD - ✔✔Bottom of Deck
✔✔SJI - ✔✔Steel Joist Institute
✔✔TCA - ✔✔Tilt Up Concrete Association
✔✔UNO - ✔✔Unless noted otherwise
✔✔NTS - ✔✔Not to scale
✔✔NIC - ✔✔Not in contract
✔✔NTP - ✔✔Notice to procced
✔✔PSI - ✔✔Pounds per square Inch
✔✔CY - ✔✔Cubic Yards
✔✔LF - ✔✔Linear Foot
✔✔SF - ✔✔Square Foot
✔✔EA - ✔✔Each
✔✔TYP - ✔✔Typical
✔✔Parametric estimating - ✔✔determined by identifying the unit cost or duration and
the number of units required for the project or activity.
, ✔✔ Estimating - ✔✔The process of determining the anticipated cost of materials, labor,
and equipment of a proposed project.
✔✔Take-off - ✔✔The process in which detailed lists are compiled, based on drawings
and specifications, of all the material and equipment necessary to construct a project.
The cost estimator uses this list to calculate how much it will cost to build the project.
✔✔Quantities - ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their
customary units.
✔✔Quantification - ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information
into resource quantities suitable for
✔✔Quantity survey - ✔✔A detailed analysis of material and equipment required to
construct a project.
✔✔Area - ✔✔A measurement of a given planar region or of the surface of a solid.
✔✔Area method - ✔✔A construction cost estimating system employing unit square foot
costs multiplied by the adjusted gross floor area of a building.
✔✔Length - ✔✔The longest dimension of an object.
✔✔Linear measurement - ✔✔A unit or system of units for measuring length: 12" =
1', 3' = 1 yard, 1 yard = 0.9144 meters, 1 mile = 5,280 feet.
✔✔Dimension - ✔✔A distance between two points, lines, or planes.
✔✔Specifications - ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for products,
materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is based.
✔✔Drawings - ✔✔Graphic illustrations depicting the dimensions, design, and location of
a project. Generally including plans, elevations, details, diagrams, schedules, and
sections.
✔✔Addendum - ✔✔A document describing an addition, change, correction, or
modification to contract documents. An addendum is issued by the design professional
during the bidding period or prior to the award of contract, and is the primary method of
informing bidders of modifications to the work during the bidding process. Addenda
become part of the contract documents.
