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CSI CDT Exam Questions And Answers
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Owner - Answer✔Principle stakeholder - initiates project, assumes risk, provides funding
AHJ - Authorities Having Jurisdiction - Answer✔Protect public health, safety and welfare
Design Team - Answer✔Address planning issues, determine design program, identify codes and
regulations, produce procurement and construction documents, administer construction
contract, *provide QA/QC procedures*
Contractor Team - Answer✔Entity that constructs a facility. Uses management abilities to
gather labor forces, subs, and material/product/equipment suppliers
Supplier Team - Answer✔Furnishes the materials and products for the facility to be
constructed. Fabricator, Distributor, Manufacturer, Supplier.
Facility Life Cycle - Answer✔The life cycle of a facility, from concept through construction to use
and eventual deconstruction.
Project Conception
Project Delivery
Design
Construction Documents
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing)
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Construction
Facility Management
Project Conception - Answer✔Transforms the needs of owner into clear concept on which
project can be designed. Feasibility Study, Programming, Site Selection, Budgeting.
Project Delivery - Answer✔Determine delivery method to be used. Factors - qualifications,
experience, capacity, project extent, time requirements.
Design - Answer✔Two Phases: schematic design and design development. Deliverables include
graphic and written design documents and estimates of project cost.
Schematic Design - Answer✔Overall relationships and functions. Site plan and area, general
size/shape/massing of elements, elevations and exteriors established, conceptual design
criteria identified.
Deliverables - schematic drawings, probable cost, preliminary schedules
Design Development - Answer✔Technical issues of constructibility and integration of systems
and components.
Deliverables - Tech information, outline specifications, updated schedule, updated cost
estimate.
Construction Documents - Answer✔Defined as the written and graphic documents prepared or
assembled by the A/E for communicating the project design for construction and administering
the construction contract. Construction documents include two major types of documents:
Procurement documents and Contract documents.
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing) - Answer✔Acceptance of the contractor's bid or
negotiated sum and other conditions will result in award of a contract and commencement of
work.
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Construction - Answer✔Responsibilities:
Contractor - perform work, project coordination, comply with project documents.
A/E - construction admin, evaluation services, certify application for payment, final inspection
of work.
Owner - provide information, process payments, approve contract modifications, accept project
upon completion.
Facility Management - Answer✔During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain and
evaluate the performance of the project and determine suitability for continuing use.
OmniClass - Answer✔A multi-table informational framework for organizing information used by
the architectural, engineering, and construction industry.
UniFormat - Answer✔Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction
information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies.
Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element Identification.
MasterFormat - Answer✔Arranges related construction practices, logical groupings of work
results, into a series of divisions. 50 division format. Used for Specifications, data organization,
and cost classification.
MasterFormat Groups - Answer✔00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
- Facility Services (plumbing/HVAC)
- Site and Infrastructure (Earthwork)
- Process Equipment (WW equipment)
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CSI CDT Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Owner - Answer✔Principle stakeholder - initiates project, assumes risk, provides funding
AHJ - Authorities Having Jurisdiction - Answer✔Protect public health, safety and welfare
Design Team - Answer✔Address planning issues, determine design program, identify codes and
regulations, produce procurement and construction documents, administer construction
contract, *provide QA/QC procedures*
Contractor Team - Answer✔Entity that constructs a facility. Uses management abilities to
gather labor forces, subs, and material/product/equipment suppliers
Supplier Team - Answer✔Furnishes the materials and products for the facility to be
constructed. Fabricator, Distributor, Manufacturer, Supplier.
Facility Life Cycle - Answer✔The life cycle of a facility, from concept through construction to use
and eventual deconstruction.
Project Conception
Project Delivery
Design
Construction Documents
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing)
1
, ©BRIGHTSTARS 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:40 AM A+
Construction
Facility Management
Project Conception - Answer✔Transforms the needs of owner into clear concept on which
project can be designed. Feasibility Study, Programming, Site Selection, Budgeting.
Project Delivery - Answer✔Determine delivery method to be used. Factors - qualifications,
experience, capacity, project extent, time requirements.
Design - Answer✔Two Phases: schematic design and design development. Deliverables include
graphic and written design documents and estimates of project cost.
Schematic Design - Answer✔Overall relationships and functions. Site plan and area, general
size/shape/massing of elements, elevations and exteriors established, conceptual design
criteria identified.
Deliverables - schematic drawings, probable cost, preliminary schedules
Design Development - Answer✔Technical issues of constructibility and integration of systems
and components.
Deliverables - Tech information, outline specifications, updated schedule, updated cost
estimate.
Construction Documents - Answer✔Defined as the written and graphic documents prepared or
assembled by the A/E for communicating the project design for construction and administering
the construction contract. Construction documents include two major types of documents:
Procurement documents and Contract documents.
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing) - Answer✔Acceptance of the contractor's bid or
negotiated sum and other conditions will result in award of a contract and commencement of
work.
2
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Construction - Answer✔Responsibilities:
Contractor - perform work, project coordination, comply with project documents.
A/E - construction admin, evaluation services, certify application for payment, final inspection
of work.
Owner - provide information, process payments, approve contract modifications, accept project
upon completion.
Facility Management - Answer✔During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain and
evaluate the performance of the project and determine suitability for continuing use.
OmniClass - Answer✔A multi-table informational framework for organizing information used by
the architectural, engineering, and construction industry.
UniFormat - Answer✔Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction
information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies.
Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element Identification.
MasterFormat - Answer✔Arranges related construction practices, logical groupings of work
results, into a series of divisions. 50 division format. Used for Specifications, data organization,
and cost classification.
MasterFormat Groups - Answer✔00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
- Facility Services (plumbing/HVAC)
- Site and Infrastructure (Earthwork)
- Process Equipment (WW equipment)
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