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FE Exam: Civil Questions And Answers
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Project Delivery Methods - Answer✔- Design-Bid-Build
- Design-Build
- CM
- Multiple Prime
Contract Types - Answer✔- lump sum
- unit price
- cost plus
Liquidated damages - Answer✔Contractually stipulated amount to be paid for particular breach
of contract
Bid bond - Answer✔guarantee bidder will enter into contract with client if lowest bidder
Performance bond - Answer✔guarantees contractor will perform specified work
Payment bond - Answer✔guarantees contractor will pay for materials/labor used
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Surety bond - Answer✔Assumes liability for debt, default, failure in duty of another party
Mechanic's Lien - Answer✔legal right to lay claim to project property until paid
Cohesionless soils - Answer✔sands/gravels
Cohesive soils - Answer✔clays/silts
(internal friction angle = 0)
Normally consolidated - Answer✔present effective overburden pressure is maximum
Differential settlements - Answer✔most damaging, not uniform across supported area
Geotech testing - Answer✔- Atterberg Limits (Shrinkage Limit Test)
- Standard Proctor Test
- Consolidation Test
- Direct Shear Test
- Triaxial Test
- Sieve Test
Erosion control - Answer✔- cover slope in vegetation/stone/netting
- pave slope
Active vs. Passive - Answer✔active = wall moves away from soil
passive = wall moves into soil
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FE Exam: Civil Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Project Delivery Methods - Answer✔- Design-Bid-Build
- Design-Build
- CM
- Multiple Prime
Contract Types - Answer✔- lump sum
- unit price
- cost plus
Liquidated damages - Answer✔Contractually stipulated amount to be paid for particular breach
of contract
Bid bond - Answer✔guarantee bidder will enter into contract with client if lowest bidder
Performance bond - Answer✔guarantees contractor will perform specified work
Payment bond - Answer✔guarantees contractor will pay for materials/labor used
1|P a g e
, ©BRIGHTSTARS 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:22 AM A+
Surety bond - Answer✔Assumes liability for debt, default, failure in duty of another party
Mechanic's Lien - Answer✔legal right to lay claim to project property until paid
Cohesionless soils - Answer✔sands/gravels
Cohesive soils - Answer✔clays/silts
(internal friction angle = 0)
Normally consolidated - Answer✔present effective overburden pressure is maximum
Differential settlements - Answer✔most damaging, not uniform across supported area
Geotech testing - Answer✔- Atterberg Limits (Shrinkage Limit Test)
- Standard Proctor Test
- Consolidation Test
- Direct Shear Test
- Triaxial Test
- Sieve Test
Erosion control - Answer✔- cover slope in vegetation/stone/netting
- pave slope
Active vs. Passive - Answer✔active = wall moves away from soil
passive = wall moves into soil
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