COSC 275 Exam 1 Palmer questions
with correct answers
Estimating: - correct answer ✔✔The process of determining the anticipated cost of materials, labor, and
equipment of a proposed project.
Take-off: - correct answer ✔✔The process in which detailed lists are compiled, based on drawings and
specifications, of all the material and equipment necessary to construct a project. The cost estimator
uses this list to calculate how much it will cost to build the project.
Quantities: - correct answer ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their customary
units.
Quantification: - correct answer ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information into
resource quantities suitable for costing. In the engineering and construction industry, a takeoff is a
specific type of quantification that is a measurement and listing of quantities of materials from drawings.
Quantity survey: - correct answer ✔✔A detailed analysis of material and equipment required to
construct a project.
Area: - correct answer ✔✔A measurement of a given planar region or of the surface of a solid.
Area Method: - correct answer ✔✔A construction cost estimating system employing unit square foot
costs multiplied by the adjusted gross floor area of a building.
Length: - correct answer ✔✔The longest dimension of an object.
Linear measurement: - correct answer ✔✔A unit or system of units for measuring length: 12" = 1', 3' = 1
yard, 1 yard = 0.9144 meters, 1 mile = 5,280 feet.
, Dimension: - correct answer ✔✔A distance between two points, lines, or planes.
Specifications or specs: - correct answer ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for
products, materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is based.
Drawings: - correct answer ✔✔Graphic illustrations depicting the dimensions, design, and location of a
project. Generally including plans, elevations, details, diagrams, schedules, and sections. The Term, when
capitalized refers to the graphic portion of a project's contract documents.
Addendum: - correct answer ✔✔A document describing an addition, change, correction, or modification
to contract documents. An addendum is issued by the design professional during the bidding period or
prior to the award of contract, and is the primary method of informing bidders of modifications to the
work during the bidding process. Addenda become part of the bidding process.
Amendment: - correct answer ✔✔A modification of the contract by a subsequent agreement. This does
not change the entire existing contract but does alter the terms of the affected provisions or
requirements.
Grade: - correct answer ✔✔1. The surface or level of the ground.
2. A classification of quality as, for instance, in lumber.
3. The existing or proposed ground level or elevation on a building site or around a building.
4. The slope or rate of incline or decline of a road, expressed as a percent.
5. A designation of a subfloor, either above grade, on grade, or below grade.
6. In plumbing, the slope of installed pipe, expressed in the fall in inches per foot length of pipe.
7. The classification of the durability of brick.
8. Any surface prepared to accept paving, conduit, or rails.
Level: - correct answer ✔✔1. A term used to describe any horizontal surface that has all points at the
same elevation and thus does not tilt or slope.
2. In surveying, an instrument that measures heights from an established reference.
3. A spirit level, consisting of small tubes of liquid with bubbles in each. The small tubes are positioned in
a length of wood or metal that is handheld and, by observing the position of the bubbles, used to find
and check level surfaces.
with correct answers
Estimating: - correct answer ✔✔The process of determining the anticipated cost of materials, labor, and
equipment of a proposed project.
Take-off: - correct answer ✔✔The process in which detailed lists are compiled, based on drawings and
specifications, of all the material and equipment necessary to construct a project. The cost estimator
uses this list to calculate how much it will cost to build the project.
Quantities: - correct answer ✔✔Measured amounts of construction items expressed in their customary
units.
Quantification: - correct answer ✔✔In estimating an activity to translate project scope information into
resource quantities suitable for costing. In the engineering and construction industry, a takeoff is a
specific type of quantification that is a measurement and listing of quantities of materials from drawings.
Quantity survey: - correct answer ✔✔A detailed analysis of material and equipment required to
construct a project.
Area: - correct answer ✔✔A measurement of a given planar region or of the surface of a solid.
Area Method: - correct answer ✔✔A construction cost estimating system employing unit square foot
costs multiplied by the adjusted gross floor area of a building.
Length: - correct answer ✔✔The longest dimension of an object.
Linear measurement: - correct answer ✔✔A unit or system of units for measuring length: 12" = 1', 3' = 1
yard, 1 yard = 0.9144 meters, 1 mile = 5,280 feet.
, Dimension: - correct answer ✔✔A distance between two points, lines, or planes.
Specifications or specs: - correct answer ✔✔Documents that define the qualitative requirements for
products, materials, and workmanship upon which the contract for construction is based.
Drawings: - correct answer ✔✔Graphic illustrations depicting the dimensions, design, and location of a
project. Generally including plans, elevations, details, diagrams, schedules, and sections. The Term, when
capitalized refers to the graphic portion of a project's contract documents.
Addendum: - correct answer ✔✔A document describing an addition, change, correction, or modification
to contract documents. An addendum is issued by the design professional during the bidding period or
prior to the award of contract, and is the primary method of informing bidders of modifications to the
work during the bidding process. Addenda become part of the bidding process.
Amendment: - correct answer ✔✔A modification of the contract by a subsequent agreement. This does
not change the entire existing contract but does alter the terms of the affected provisions or
requirements.
Grade: - correct answer ✔✔1. The surface or level of the ground.
2. A classification of quality as, for instance, in lumber.
3. The existing or proposed ground level or elevation on a building site or around a building.
4. The slope or rate of incline or decline of a road, expressed as a percent.
5. A designation of a subfloor, either above grade, on grade, or below grade.
6. In plumbing, the slope of installed pipe, expressed in the fall in inches per foot length of pipe.
7. The classification of the durability of brick.
8. Any surface prepared to accept paving, conduit, or rails.
Level: - correct answer ✔✔1. A term used to describe any horizontal surface that has all points at the
same elevation and thus does not tilt or slope.
2. In surveying, an instrument that measures heights from an established reference.
3. A spirit level, consisting of small tubes of liquid with bubbles in each. The small tubes are positioned in
a length of wood or metal that is handheld and, by observing the position of the bubbles, used to find
and check level surfaces.
