MCPPO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of "owner"? - ANSWER in charge of determining the
project scope, budget, and timeline; acquiring and managing project design and
construction services; paying for the project; and operating and maintaining the
completed facility.
What is the cost requirement of the OPM? Answer: 1.5 million or more.
The OPM must be independent of whom? - Respond to the project designer,
general contractor, or any subcontractors.
When does MSBA require an OPM? - ANSWER: If the project costs 1.5
million or more, or if the MSBA requires it as a funding condition.
Is it necessary for the OPM to be approved by the MSBA for project
construction, reconstruction, or repair cost renewal? - The answer is yes.
How should the OPM be selected? - A qualification-based selection process.
What are some of the OPM's duties? - ANSWER 1) Overseeing and
coordinating daily administration of the project until the conclusion
2) Monitor and report on the project schedule, overall project bu
dget, and cash flow.
3) conduct a buildability review of the project designs.
4) Monitor and report on RFIs from the GC to the designer or anyone else on
the project team.
,e) monitoring and reporting on the GC's performance and providing
administrative support for the contract between the applicant and the GC.
What are the four components of a contract? - ANSWER 1) Mutual Assent
2) offer and acceptance.
3) Consideration
4) definiteness of contract terms.
What are the two forms of authority? - ANSWER: Express and implicit
authority.
What is implicit authority? ANSWER is not granted by an express statement
from the employer, but it can be implied as a vital part needed to complete the
work.
What is express authority? ANSWER given by written or oral authorization
from the employer to the employee, granting authority to act as the employer's
agent.
What happens if you sign a contract for supplies or services worth more than
$50,000? - ANSWER: You must solicit formal, published bids or proposals in
the form of an IFB or RFP.
What is more effective from MGLc. 30B soliciting bids or proposals? -
ANSWER Getting Bids
, When is MGL c. Does 30B apply to real-estate transactions? - ANSWER: It
costs or has a worth greater than $35,000. This comprises land, buildings, and
structures, as well as the fixtures attached to them.
What credentials does the DSL chooser have? - Answer qualification-based
selection
What does the DSL apply to? The ANSWER applies to contracts for design
services for building construction, reconstruction, alteration, renovation, or
repair projects.
What design services are included for the chosen designer? - ANSWER
preparation of master plans, studies, m survey, soils testing, cost estimates,
preparation of drawings, plans, specs, schematic and preliminary designs,
supervision or administration of a construction contract; and cm and scheduling.
Designers, programmers, and other entities applying to provide design services
on public school construction projects undertaken by local jurisdictions seeking
MSBA funding are evaluated and ranked by the MSBA DSP when the school
construction project's estimated construction cost is $5 million or more. -
ANSWER
What steps must the committee do before to the QBS? - ANSWER They must
set a design fee or a fee limit that cannot be exceeded for the design contract.
Who is responsible for procuring the OPM? - ANSWER It must be done by the
local jurisdiction through the QSB process.
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of "owner"? - ANSWER in charge of determining the
project scope, budget, and timeline; acquiring and managing project design and
construction services; paying for the project; and operating and maintaining the
completed facility.
What is the cost requirement of the OPM? Answer: 1.5 million or more.
The OPM must be independent of whom? - Respond to the project designer,
general contractor, or any subcontractors.
When does MSBA require an OPM? - ANSWER: If the project costs 1.5
million or more, or if the MSBA requires it as a funding condition.
Is it necessary for the OPM to be approved by the MSBA for project
construction, reconstruction, or repair cost renewal? - The answer is yes.
How should the OPM be selected? - A qualification-based selection process.
What are some of the OPM's duties? - ANSWER 1) Overseeing and
coordinating daily administration of the project until the conclusion
2) Monitor and report on the project schedule, overall project bu
dget, and cash flow.
3) conduct a buildability review of the project designs.
4) Monitor and report on RFIs from the GC to the designer or anyone else on
the project team.
,e) monitoring and reporting on the GC's performance and providing
administrative support for the contract between the applicant and the GC.
What are the four components of a contract? - ANSWER 1) Mutual Assent
2) offer and acceptance.
3) Consideration
4) definiteness of contract terms.
What are the two forms of authority? - ANSWER: Express and implicit
authority.
What is implicit authority? ANSWER is not granted by an express statement
from the employer, but it can be implied as a vital part needed to complete the
work.
What is express authority? ANSWER given by written or oral authorization
from the employer to the employee, granting authority to act as the employer's
agent.
What happens if you sign a contract for supplies or services worth more than
$50,000? - ANSWER: You must solicit formal, published bids or proposals in
the form of an IFB or RFP.
What is more effective from MGLc. 30B soliciting bids or proposals? -
ANSWER Getting Bids
, When is MGL c. Does 30B apply to real-estate transactions? - ANSWER: It
costs or has a worth greater than $35,000. This comprises land, buildings, and
structures, as well as the fixtures attached to them.
What credentials does the DSL chooser have? - Answer qualification-based
selection
What does the DSL apply to? The ANSWER applies to contracts for design
services for building construction, reconstruction, alteration, renovation, or
repair projects.
What design services are included for the chosen designer? - ANSWER
preparation of master plans, studies, m survey, soils testing, cost estimates,
preparation of drawings, plans, specs, schematic and preliminary designs,
supervision or administration of a construction contract; and cm and scheduling.
Designers, programmers, and other entities applying to provide design services
on public school construction projects undertaken by local jurisdictions seeking
MSBA funding are evaluated and ranked by the MSBA DSP when the school
construction project's estimated construction cost is $5 million or more. -
ANSWER
What steps must the committee do before to the QBS? - ANSWER They must
set a design fee or a fee limit that cannot be exceeded for the design contract.
Who is responsible for procuring the OPM? - ANSWER It must be done by the
local jurisdiction through the QSB process.
