DBIA UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Owners should make strategic decisions to take full advantage of _____ _____. -
✔✔Design-Build
✔✔Owners should consider the _____ and _____ of each project. - ✔✔- particulars
- circumstances
✔✔Best Practice No. 1: an Owner should conduct proactive and _____ assessment of
the unique ____ of its project and its organization before deciding to use DB. - ✔✔-
objective
- characteristics
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 2: an Owner should implement a procurement plan that
enhances _____ and other benefits of DB and is in _____ with the reasons that the
Owner chose DB delivery system. - ✔✔- collaboration
- harmony
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 2: an Owner should implement a(n) _____ _____ that
enhances collaboration and other benefits of DB and is in _____ with the reasons that
the owner chose DB delivery system. - ✔✔- procurement plan
- harmony
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 3: an Owner using a competitive DB procurement that seeks
price and technical proposals should establish clear evaluation and _____ processes -
✔✔selection
✔✔What is the core of every DBIA certification course? - ✔✔Design-Build Done Right
✔✔What are the 3 "fixes" to the trust issue? - ✔✔- picking the right DB team
,- giving flexibility, opportunity to succeed, and accountability
- rewarding for superior performance
✔✔What are the 3 synergistic elements? - ✔✔- source selection
- contract incentives
- requirements
✔✔In the Acquisition Strategy, one should select the best combination of what 3
components? - ✔✔- project delivery system
- procurement method
- contracting approach
✔✔Each project is unique so make informed _____. - ✔✔choices
✔✔What best describes: "How team members are organized?" - ✔✔Project Delivery
Systems
✔✔What best describes "How team members are selected?" - ✔✔Procurement Method
✔✔What best describes "How team members are paid?" - ✔✔Contracting Approach
✔✔List 4 examples of procurement methods. - ✔✔- QBS
- Best Value
- Low Price
- Sole source
✔✔List 5 examples of contracting approach. - ✔✔- fixed price
- GMP
- Cost reimbursement
- Target price
- unit price
✔✔In developing acquisition strategies, what are 4 factors to consider?
- Owner's _____.
- Unique project _____.
- Owner ____ & ____.
- _____ considerations. - ✔✔- Owner's objectives
- unique project considerations
- owner profile and personality
, - marketplace considerations
✔✔What are the 5 Owner's objectives? - ✔✔- Control
- relationships
- project budget
- project schedule
- risks
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(G): Owners should understand all _____
constraints imposed or _____ afforded by their legislative, regulatory, or internal
requirements. - ✔✔- procurement
- flexibilities
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(G): Owners should understand all
procurement constraints imposed or flexibilities afforded by their _____, _____, or
_____ requirements. - ✔✔- legislative
- regulatory
- internal
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(C): Owners should _____ and _____ key
project _____ at the early stages of project planning. - ✔✔- identify
- involve
- stakeholders
✔✔When should owners identify and involve key project stakeholders in the stages of
project planning? - ✔✔Early on
✔✔Owners should carefully research and assess current market conditions as they plan
their DB programs, as this will identify potential risks and opportunities. Among the
issues to be researched and assessed include: _____ actions that could limit or expand
competition; projected labor, material, and equipment _____; _____ learned from
similar projects; and _____ of budget and schedule estimate. - ✔✔- procurement
- availability
- lessons
- realism
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(A): Owners should understand the potential
_____, _____, and _____ of DB and make an informed decision as to whether the use
of DB will _____ their project. - ✔✔- benefits
- limitations
- attributes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Owners should make strategic decisions to take full advantage of _____ _____. -
✔✔Design-Build
✔✔Owners should consider the _____ and _____ of each project. - ✔✔- particulars
- circumstances
✔✔Best Practice No. 1: an Owner should conduct proactive and _____ assessment of
the unique ____ of its project and its organization before deciding to use DB. - ✔✔-
objective
- characteristics
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 2: an Owner should implement a procurement plan that
enhances _____ and other benefits of DB and is in _____ with the reasons that the
Owner chose DB delivery system. - ✔✔- collaboration
- harmony
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 2: an Owner should implement a(n) _____ _____ that
enhances collaboration and other benefits of DB and is in _____ with the reasons that
the owner chose DB delivery system. - ✔✔- procurement plan
- harmony
✔✔BEST PRACTICE No. 3: an Owner using a competitive DB procurement that seeks
price and technical proposals should establish clear evaluation and _____ processes -
✔✔selection
✔✔What is the core of every DBIA certification course? - ✔✔Design-Build Done Right
✔✔What are the 3 "fixes" to the trust issue? - ✔✔- picking the right DB team
,- giving flexibility, opportunity to succeed, and accountability
- rewarding for superior performance
✔✔What are the 3 synergistic elements? - ✔✔- source selection
- contract incentives
- requirements
✔✔In the Acquisition Strategy, one should select the best combination of what 3
components? - ✔✔- project delivery system
- procurement method
- contracting approach
✔✔Each project is unique so make informed _____. - ✔✔choices
✔✔What best describes: "How team members are organized?" - ✔✔Project Delivery
Systems
✔✔What best describes "How team members are selected?" - ✔✔Procurement Method
✔✔What best describes "How team members are paid?" - ✔✔Contracting Approach
✔✔List 4 examples of procurement methods. - ✔✔- QBS
- Best Value
- Low Price
- Sole source
✔✔List 5 examples of contracting approach. - ✔✔- fixed price
- GMP
- Cost reimbursement
- Target price
- unit price
✔✔In developing acquisition strategies, what are 4 factors to consider?
- Owner's _____.
- Unique project _____.
- Owner ____ & ____.
- _____ considerations. - ✔✔- Owner's objectives
- unique project considerations
- owner profile and personality
, - marketplace considerations
✔✔What are the 5 Owner's objectives? - ✔✔- Control
- relationships
- project budget
- project schedule
- risks
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(G): Owners should understand all _____
constraints imposed or _____ afforded by their legislative, regulatory, or internal
requirements. - ✔✔- procurement
- flexibilities
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(G): Owners should understand all
procurement constraints imposed or flexibilities afforded by their _____, _____, or
_____ requirements. - ✔✔- legislative
- regulatory
- internal
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(C): Owners should _____ and _____ key
project _____ at the early stages of project planning. - ✔✔- identify
- involve
- stakeholders
✔✔When should owners identify and involve key project stakeholders in the stages of
project planning? - ✔✔Early on
✔✔Owners should carefully research and assess current market conditions as they plan
their DB programs, as this will identify potential risks and opportunities. Among the
issues to be researched and assessed include: _____ actions that could limit or expand
competition; projected labor, material, and equipment _____; _____ learned from
similar projects; and _____ of budget and schedule estimate. - ✔✔- procurement
- availability
- lessons
- realism
✔✔IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUE No. 1(A): Owners should understand the potential
_____, _____, and _____ of DB and make an informed decision as to whether the use
of DB will _____ their project. - ✔✔- benefits
- limitations
- attributes
