LADOTD Highway Plan Reading I Exam Questions With Correct Answers

LADOTD Highway Plan Reading I Exam
Questions With Correct Answers

1-1a: The CONTRACT covering the construction project is a(n) _____ between
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LADOTD and the contractor. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Written agreement
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1-1b: Which document asks the contractor to submit a cost bid for a project? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Invitation to Bid
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1-1c: Contractors base their bid on the materials and labor necessary to construct
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the highway project. Which document tells the contractor WHAT to construct and
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WHERE to construct it? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Plans
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1-1d: List the three categories regarding specs for a project - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Standard, Supplemental, Special | |




1-1e: After the contractor completes an estimate, they fill out and submit a _____
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proposal
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1-1f: The Dept issues a(n) _____ allowing the contractor to start a project. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Notice to Proceed
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1-1g: What can change the contract after the start of the project? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Plan Changes/Special Agreements | |

,1-1h: Which documents are the most referenced when used to inspect; what,
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where, and how the contractor builds? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Plans
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1-1i: Record the name of the document the project engineer prepares when a
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change in plans is required. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Change Orders
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Occasionally, a contractor must preform extra work, to complete the project.
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Prior to the contractor performing the work, the Chief Engineer signs a _______. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Change order
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1-2a: Which specs apply to only a specific project under contract? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Special Provisions |




1-2b: What specs apply to all projects? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Standard Specs
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1-2c: Special directions applicable to specific projects are _____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Special Specs |




1-2d: A revision or amendment to the Standard Specs is a ______. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Supplemental Specs |




1-3a (1-4): List the PROCEDURAL ORDER TO FOLLOW with regard to the
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clarification of possible contract discrepancies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Special, 2. Plans, 3. Supplemental, 4.Standard
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, 1-4a: To read a set of plans it is important to accurately _____ and understand
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what is meant by each drawing an notation. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Interpret
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1-4b: The plans indicate ____ to build and _____ to build a project. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-What and Where | |




1-4c: Sheets within a set of plans _____ to each other. Info pertaining to a
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particular feature of the project often appears on more than one sheet. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Relate |




1-4d:It is very important to keep a plan set _____ and in _____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Clean and in order | | |




2-2a. There are two types of project numbers used to identify a project. (DRAIN
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CANAL BRIDGES ON US HWY 90) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Federal, State
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2-4a. List the three things on the Title Sheet that identify a project. (DRAIN
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CANAL BRIDGES ON US HWY 90) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-State Project #, Federal
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Project #, Project Name
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2-6a. List three places on the Title Sheet that indicate the State Project Number.
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(DRAIN CANAL BRIDGES ON US HWY 90) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Project Caption,
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|Title Block, Layout Map
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2-8. Prefix Acronyms such as STP, I, BR, etc are ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Federal-funding categories |