DBIA Practice Exam Latest 2026/2027 Questions
and Correct Detailed Answers Already Graded
A+
instead of government building and maintaining major infrastructure (such as
highway, water treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to a
private company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not considered a
delivery system but its underlying approaches are delivery systems and typically
use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approaches - CORRECT
ANSWER-Public-Private-Partnership
Intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team formation
to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early,
affect project outcomes at lower cost, establish a need for location and
collaboration, and compress times during concurrent design and construction -
CORRECT ANSWER-shift left
Typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner
defines project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-
based technical requirements with limited perspective specifications - CORRECT
ANSWER-traditional design build
,design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-builder is
under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as
part of the selection process; two phases; preliminary services and final design
and construction services - CORRECT ANSWER-Progressive design build
What documents describe the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Criteria
documents
Prescribes how to achieve the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Bridging
Documents
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its
details to 100% complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for
success or failure of details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design
to the contractor. The owner is therefore liable to the contractor for any gaps
between plans and specs and owner's requirements for project performance -
CORRECT ANSWER-Design bid build paradigm
The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract
on the basis of preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for
completing the design in accordance with the owner's performance
requirements. That also causes the design-builder to warrant the sufficiency of
the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the design to
, subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - CORRECT
ANSWER-Design details responsibility
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines
roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb) - CORRECT ANSWER-Project Delivery system
How team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) -
CORRECT ANSWER-Procurement Method
How team members are paid (FP, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit
price) - CORRECT ANSWER-Contracting approach
linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low
price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E acting in owner's
interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-established and
understood - CORRECT ANSWER-Design-Bid-Build
Similar structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value,
contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting approach, open
book estimating process, potential to fast track project, construction cost
determined before design completed, potential issues over what is reasonably
inferable from gmp design documents. - CORRECT ANSWER-CM@Risk
and Correct Detailed Answers Already Graded
A+
instead of government building and maintaining major infrastructure (such as
highway, water treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to a
private company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not considered a
delivery system but its underlying approaches are delivery systems and typically
use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approaches - CORRECT
ANSWER-Public-Private-Partnership
Intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team formation
to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early,
affect project outcomes at lower cost, establish a need for location and
collaboration, and compress times during concurrent design and construction -
CORRECT ANSWER-shift left
Typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner
defines project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-
based technical requirements with limited perspective specifications - CORRECT
ANSWER-traditional design build
,design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-builder is
under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as
part of the selection process; two phases; preliminary services and final design
and construction services - CORRECT ANSWER-Progressive design build
What documents describe the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Criteria
documents
Prescribes how to achieve the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Bridging
Documents
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its
details to 100% complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for
success or failure of details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design
to the contractor. The owner is therefore liable to the contractor for any gaps
between plans and specs and owner's requirements for project performance -
CORRECT ANSWER-Design bid build paradigm
The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract
on the basis of preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for
completing the design in accordance with the owner's performance
requirements. That also causes the design-builder to warrant the sufficiency of
the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the design to
, subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - CORRECT
ANSWER-Design details responsibility
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines
roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb) - CORRECT ANSWER-Project Delivery system
How team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) -
CORRECT ANSWER-Procurement Method
How team members are paid (FP, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit
price) - CORRECT ANSWER-Contracting approach
linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low
price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E acting in owner's
interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-established and
understood - CORRECT ANSWER-Design-Bid-Build
Similar structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value,
contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting approach, open
book estimating process, potential to fast track project, construction cost
determined before design completed, potential issues over what is reasonably
inferable from gmp design documents. - CORRECT ANSWER-CM@Risk
