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DBIA FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 –| ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | FREQUENTLY TESTED Qs | EXPERT
VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE | GUARANTEED || AWARDED A+
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If someone is injured due to the subcontractor's faulty wiring, the
subcontractor must cover any legal costs or damages the contractor faces
due to that injury. This is an example of what? - ANSWER-indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless
The federal government passed a bond requiring payment and
performance bonds on all public works in what year? - ANSWER-Miller Act
1935
In the PDB process, the design-builder collaborates with the owner during
which phase to create or confirm the project's bBOD - ANSWER-1
In PDB process, this phase is initiated up acceptance of commercial
proposal - ANSWER-2
The "appropriate" level of definition for phase 2 in PDB is often __% - __%
design completion - ANSWER-40% - 60%
This design-build variation considers the off-ramp approach - ANSWER-
Progressive Design-Build
Injunction and infringement action are two remedies for ________
_________ rights - ANSWER-intellectual property rights
This protects the owner against the risk of contractor's non-payment of
subcontractors and suppliers or non-performance of the work on the project
- ANSWER-payment and performance bonds
In the Mortenson Corollary case, why did owner take on more liability? -
ANSWER-The owner provided bridging documents
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In the Donahue case, owner took on more liability because he provided
_________ requirements for the size of boiler - ANSWER-prescriptive
What are the two thorny issues of design build - ANSWER-1. Ownership of
Documents - owner thinks they own the documents, but the DB entity owns
them
2. Management of Design Advancement Process - to go back on a design,
change order is required
This liability occurs when multiple parties can be held independently and
collectively responsible for the entire amount/full extent of damages,
regardless of their individual share of fault - ANSWER-joint and several
liability
an equitable doctrine that prevents the withdrawal of a promise by a
promisor if it will adversely affect a Promisee who has adjusted his or her
position in justifiable reliance on the promise - ANSWER-promissory
estoppel and detrimental reliance
Key principle of damages - ANSWER-they cannot be speculative and must
be proven to a reasonable degree of certainty
This theory states that the owner will not receive anything more than what
was agreed upon in a construction contract when resolving design issues -
ANSWER-Betterment Theory
This ensures that all parties on design-build team are collectively
responsible for project's performance - ANSWER-joint and several liability
This liability is when multiple parties are collectively responsible for the
damages - ANSWER-joint liability
This liability is when each party is individually responsible for their share of
the damages, but the plaintiff can sue any one of them for the full amount -
ANSWER-several liability
_______ is a strength
_______ is the foundation
_______ as a culture - ANSWER-diversity
DBIA FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 –| ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | FREQUENTLY TESTED Qs | EXPERT
VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE | GUARANTEED || AWARDED A+
||
If someone is injured due to the subcontractor's faulty wiring, the
subcontractor must cover any legal costs or damages the contractor faces
due to that injury. This is an example of what? - ANSWER-indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless
The federal government passed a bond requiring payment and
performance bonds on all public works in what year? - ANSWER-Miller Act
1935
In the PDB process, the design-builder collaborates with the owner during
which phase to create or confirm the project's bBOD - ANSWER-1
In PDB process, this phase is initiated up acceptance of commercial
proposal - ANSWER-2
The "appropriate" level of definition for phase 2 in PDB is often __% - __%
design completion - ANSWER-40% - 60%
This design-build variation considers the off-ramp approach - ANSWER-
Progressive Design-Build
Injunction and infringement action are two remedies for ________
_________ rights - ANSWER-intellectual property rights
This protects the owner against the risk of contractor's non-payment of
subcontractors and suppliers or non-performance of the work on the project
- ANSWER-payment and performance bonds
In the Mortenson Corollary case, why did owner take on more liability? -
ANSWER-The owner provided bridging documents
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In the Donahue case, owner took on more liability because he provided
_________ requirements for the size of boiler - ANSWER-prescriptive
What are the two thorny issues of design build - ANSWER-1. Ownership of
Documents - owner thinks they own the documents, but the DB entity owns
them
2. Management of Design Advancement Process - to go back on a design,
change order is required
This liability occurs when multiple parties can be held independently and
collectively responsible for the entire amount/full extent of damages,
regardless of their individual share of fault - ANSWER-joint and several
liability
an equitable doctrine that prevents the withdrawal of a promise by a
promisor if it will adversely affect a Promisee who has adjusted his or her
position in justifiable reliance on the promise - ANSWER-promissory
estoppel and detrimental reliance
Key principle of damages - ANSWER-they cannot be speculative and must
be proven to a reasonable degree of certainty
This theory states that the owner will not receive anything more than what
was agreed upon in a construction contract when resolving design issues -
ANSWER-Betterment Theory
This ensures that all parties on design-build team are collectively
responsible for project's performance - ANSWER-joint and several liability
This liability is when multiple parties are collectively responsible for the
damages - ANSWER-joint liability
This liability is when each party is individually responsible for their share of
the damages, but the plaintiff can sue any one of them for the full amount -
ANSWER-several liability
_______ is a strength
_______ is the foundation
_______ as a culture - ANSWER-diversity
