NICET LEVEL 1 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔plan - ✔✔The Contractor's proposed methods of performing work including but not
limited to materials, equipment, personnel, and schedules.
✔✔Plans. - ✔✔The advertised plans as amended by addenda and Change of Plan.
This includes the version of the Standard Details specified on the key sheet.
✔✔Professional Engineer - ✔✔A person licensed to practice engineering in the State of
New Jersey.
✔✔Project. - ✔✔The specific section of highway or other public improvement
constructed under the Contract.
✔✔Project Limits - ✔✔These are shown on the key sheet and modified as follows: 1.
The areas of construction operations and areas used by the Contractor to perform the
work. If only a portion of a lane or shoulder of a road is being constructed, they include
all lanes and shoulders of the roadway. 2. Where only one direction of a road is being
constructed, and the road is divided by a median, island, or barrier curb, they include all
of the lanes in that direction and the median. Otherwise, they include all lanes in both
directions. 3. The longitudinals include all safety devices and signs excluding signs
greater than 1,600 feet outside the ones shown on the key sheet. 4. Areas within the
ROW provided for the Contractor's use.
✔✔Proposal - ✔✔The schedule of Items and estimate of the various quantities and
kinds of Work to be performed for which bid prices are invited. It also includes the
location and description of the Project and the date and time of the opening of bids.
, ✔✔qualified products list (QPL) - ✔✔A list of specific qualified products maintained by
the Department for use in the Work. Available at the following website:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/eng/materials/qualified
✔✔Resident Engineer - ✔✔The Department's field representative having direct
supervision of the administration of the Contract
✔✔Right-Of-Way (ROW) - ✔✔The land, property, or interest therein acquired for or
devoted to transportation purposes or construction of a public improvement (see Figure
101-1).
✔✔Right-Of-Way Plans - ✔✔The most current revisions of the General Property Parcel
Maps and Entire Tract Maps approved for use in setting the existing and proposed
ROW, including setting out or laying out the various easements within which Items are
to be constructed or used to enable construction.
✔✔Special Provisions. - ✔✔Project specific specifications, non-standard specifications,
and requirements for the performance of prescribed work which, in addition to the
Standard Specifications, is part of the Contract documents.
✔✔Specifications. - ✔✔The compilation of provisions and requirements for the
performance of prescribed work contained in the Standard Specifications, Special
Provisions, and Electrical Materials Specifications as modified by addenda
✔✔State - ✔✔The State of New Jersey
✔✔State Funded Project Attachments - ✔✔Attachments to the Contract Special
Provision document, used for wholly State Funded contracts
✔✔subcontractor - ✔✔An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or any
acceptable combination thereof, to which the Contractor shares part of the Work
pursuant to 108.01.
✔✔subgrade - ✔✔The surface of the roadbed upon which the first layer of the
pavement structure is constructed (see Figure 101-1).
✔✔Substantial Completion - ✔✔When all work is complete, with the exception of
landscaping Items listed in 811.04, removal of SESC measures, FINAL CLEANUP, and
repair of unacceptable work; provided the RE has determined that: 1. The Project is
safe and convenient for use by the public. 2. Failure to complete work and repairs
excepted above will not result in the deterioration of other completed work. 3. The value
of the remaining landscaping work, removal of SESC measures, repairs, and FINAL
CLEANUP is less than 2 percent of the Total Adjusted Contract Price.
CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔plan - ✔✔The Contractor's proposed methods of performing work including but not
limited to materials, equipment, personnel, and schedules.
✔✔Plans. - ✔✔The advertised plans as amended by addenda and Change of Plan.
This includes the version of the Standard Details specified on the key sheet.
✔✔Professional Engineer - ✔✔A person licensed to practice engineering in the State of
New Jersey.
✔✔Project. - ✔✔The specific section of highway or other public improvement
constructed under the Contract.
✔✔Project Limits - ✔✔These are shown on the key sheet and modified as follows: 1.
The areas of construction operations and areas used by the Contractor to perform the
work. If only a portion of a lane or shoulder of a road is being constructed, they include
all lanes and shoulders of the roadway. 2. Where only one direction of a road is being
constructed, and the road is divided by a median, island, or barrier curb, they include all
of the lanes in that direction and the median. Otherwise, they include all lanes in both
directions. 3. The longitudinals include all safety devices and signs excluding signs
greater than 1,600 feet outside the ones shown on the key sheet. 4. Areas within the
ROW provided for the Contractor's use.
✔✔Proposal - ✔✔The schedule of Items and estimate of the various quantities and
kinds of Work to be performed for which bid prices are invited. It also includes the
location and description of the Project and the date and time of the opening of bids.
, ✔✔qualified products list (QPL) - ✔✔A list of specific qualified products maintained by
the Department for use in the Work. Available at the following website:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/eng/materials/qualified
✔✔Resident Engineer - ✔✔The Department's field representative having direct
supervision of the administration of the Contract
✔✔Right-Of-Way (ROW) - ✔✔The land, property, or interest therein acquired for or
devoted to transportation purposes or construction of a public improvement (see Figure
101-1).
✔✔Right-Of-Way Plans - ✔✔The most current revisions of the General Property Parcel
Maps and Entire Tract Maps approved for use in setting the existing and proposed
ROW, including setting out or laying out the various easements within which Items are
to be constructed or used to enable construction.
✔✔Special Provisions. - ✔✔Project specific specifications, non-standard specifications,
and requirements for the performance of prescribed work which, in addition to the
Standard Specifications, is part of the Contract documents.
✔✔Specifications. - ✔✔The compilation of provisions and requirements for the
performance of prescribed work contained in the Standard Specifications, Special
Provisions, and Electrical Materials Specifications as modified by addenda
✔✔State - ✔✔The State of New Jersey
✔✔State Funded Project Attachments - ✔✔Attachments to the Contract Special
Provision document, used for wholly State Funded contracts
✔✔subcontractor - ✔✔An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or any
acceptable combination thereof, to which the Contractor shares part of the Work
pursuant to 108.01.
✔✔subgrade - ✔✔The surface of the roadbed upon which the first layer of the
pavement structure is constructed (see Figure 101-1).
✔✔Substantial Completion - ✔✔When all work is complete, with the exception of
landscaping Items listed in 811.04, removal of SESC measures, FINAL CLEANUP, and
repair of unacceptable work; provided the RE has determined that: 1. The Project is
safe and convenient for use by the public. 2. Failure to complete work and repairs
excepted above will not result in the deterioration of other completed work. 3. The value
of the remaining landscaping work, removal of SESC measures, repairs, and FINAL
CLEANUP is less than 2 percent of the Total Adjusted Contract Price.
