CQM-C CONSTRUCTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT
FOR CONTRACTORS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2025/2026 GRADE A+
Section 1: Introduction
This document contains 100 original CQM-C Construction Quality Management for Contractors practice
questions with correct answers and explanations, aligned with 2025/2026 USACE/NAVFAC training concepts. It
covers CQM fundamentals, Contractor Quality Control and Government Quality Assurance, QC Plans, Definable
Features of Work, the Three-Phase Control System, preparatory and initial phases, follow-up inspections,
submittals, testing, deficiencies, documentation, QC management, RMS/QCS, safety, scheduling, design-build
projects, and closeout. The document also includes a high-yield CQM-C review and references current USACE
construction quality management guidance.
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
,CQM Fundamentals
1. What is the primary objective of Construction Quality Management?
A. Maximize change orders
B. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
C. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
D. Eliminate documentation
Correct Answer: B. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
2. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, what is the primary objective of Construction Quality Management?
A. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
B. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
C. Eliminate documentation
D. Maximize change orders
Correct Answer: A. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
3. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? What is the primary objective of Construction Quality
Management?
A. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
B. Eliminate documentation
C. Maximize change orders
D. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
Correct Answer: D. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
4. Who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control (CQC)?
A. The contractor
B. The Government QA staff
C. The surety
D. The designer only
Correct Answer: A. The contractor
Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
5. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control (CQC)?
A. The Government QA staff
B. The surety
C. The designer only
D. The contractor
Correct Answer: D. The contractor
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
, Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
6. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? Who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control
(CQC)?
A. The surety
B. The designer only
C. The contractor
D. The Government QA staff
Correct Answer: C. The contractor
Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
7. Government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. writing the contractor's daily report
B. directing subcontractor means and methods
C. performing all contractor inspections
D. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
Correct Answer: D. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
8. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. directing subcontractor means and methods
B. performing all contractor inspections
C. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
D. writing the contractor's daily report
Correct Answer: C. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
9. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? Government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. performing all contractor inspections
B. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
C. writing the contractor's daily report
D. directing subcontractor means and methods
Correct Answer: B. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
Contractor Review
10. Before starting work, the contractor should thoroughly review
A. only the schedule
B. only the bid price
C. the contract drawings, specifications, amendments, and applicable requirements
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
FOR CONTRACTORS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2025/2026 GRADE A+
Section 1: Introduction
This document contains 100 original CQM-C Construction Quality Management for Contractors practice
questions with correct answers and explanations, aligned with 2025/2026 USACE/NAVFAC training concepts. It
covers CQM fundamentals, Contractor Quality Control and Government Quality Assurance, QC Plans, Definable
Features of Work, the Three-Phase Control System, preparatory and initial phases, follow-up inspections,
submittals, testing, deficiencies, documentation, QC management, RMS/QCS, safety, scheduling, design-build
projects, and closeout. The document also includes a high-yield CQM-C review and references current USACE
construction quality management guidance.
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
,CQM Fundamentals
1. What is the primary objective of Construction Quality Management?
A. Maximize change orders
B. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
C. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
D. Eliminate documentation
Correct Answer: B. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
2. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, what is the primary objective of Construction Quality Management?
A. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
B. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
C. Eliminate documentation
D. Maximize change orders
Correct Answer: A. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
3. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? What is the primary objective of Construction Quality
Management?
A. Transfer all quality responsibility to the Government
B. Eliminate documentation
C. Maximize change orders
D. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and within budget
Correct Answer: D. Complete the project in accordance with contract requirements, safely, on time, and
within budget
Explanation: CQM coordinates contractor QC and Government QA so completed work conforms to the contract
while supporting schedule, cost, and safety objectives.
4. Who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control (CQC)?
A. The contractor
B. The Government QA staff
C. The surety
D. The designer only
Correct Answer: A. The contractor
Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
5. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control (CQC)?
A. The Government QA staff
B. The surety
C. The designer only
D. The contractor
Correct Answer: D. The contractor
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
, Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
6. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? Who is responsible for Contractor Quality Control
(CQC)?
A. The surety
B. The designer only
C. The contractor
D. The Government QA staff
Correct Answer: C. The contractor
Explanation: CQC is the contractor's responsibility. Government personnel perform QA to verify that the
contractor's control system is effective.
7. Government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. writing the contractor's daily report
B. directing subcontractor means and methods
C. performing all contractor inspections
D. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
Correct Answer: D. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
8. On a USACE/NAVFAC-style project, government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. directing subcontractor means and methods
B. performing all contractor inspections
C. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
D. writing the contractor's daily report
Correct Answer: C. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
9. Which answer best applies this CQM principle? Government Quality Assurance primarily involves
A. performing all contractor inspections
B. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract compliance
C. writing the contractor's daily report
D. directing subcontractor means and methods
Correct Answer: B. evaluating the effectiveness of the contractor's quality control system and contract
compliance
Explanation: Government QA does not replace contractor QC; it verifies that the contractor's system and
completed work satisfy contract requirements.
Contractor Review
10. Before starting work, the contractor should thoroughly review
A. only the schedule
B. only the bid price
C. the contract drawings, specifications, amendments, and applicable requirements
CQM-C 2025/2026 | 100 Original Practice Questions | Educational Use
