CSI CDT EXAM Questions and Guide Answers
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1. Owner
Answer: Principle stakeholder - initiates project, assumes risk, provides funding
2. AHJ - Authorities Having Jurisdiction
Answer: Protect public health, safety and welfare
3. 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*
4. Contractor Team
Answer: Entity that constructs a facility. Uses management abilities to gather labor forces, subs, and
material/product/equipment suppliers
5. Supplier Team
Answer: Furnishes the materials and products for the facility to be constructed. Fabricator, Distrib- utor,
Manufacturer, Supplier.
,6. 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)
Construction
Facility Management
7. Project Conception
Answer: Transforms the needs of owner into clear concept on which project can be designed. Feasibility
Study, Programming, Site Selection, Budgeting.
8. Project Delivery
Answer: Determine delivery method to be used. Factors - qualifications, experience, capacity, project
extent, time requirements.
9. Design: Two Phases
Answer: schematic design and design development. Deliverables include graphic and written design
documents and estimates of project cost.
,10. 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
11. Design Development
Answer: Technical issues of constructibility and integration of systems and components. Deliverables - Tech
information, outline specifications, updated schedule, updated cost estimate.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
, 15. Facility Management
Answer: During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain and evaluate the per- formance of the
project and determine suitability for continuing use.
16. OmniClass
Answer: A multi-table informational framework for organizing information used by the architectural,
engineering, and construction industry.
17. UniFormat
Answer: Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction information into a stan- dard
order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies. Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element
Identification.
18. 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.
19. MasterFormat Groups
Answer: 00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Owner
Answer: Principle stakeholder - initiates project, assumes risk, provides funding
2. AHJ - Authorities Having Jurisdiction
Answer: Protect public health, safety and welfare
3. 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*
4. Contractor Team
Answer: Entity that constructs a facility. Uses management abilities to gather labor forces, subs, and
material/product/equipment suppliers
5. Supplier Team
Answer: Furnishes the materials and products for the facility to be constructed. Fabricator, Distrib- utor,
Manufacturer, Supplier.
,6. 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)
Construction
Facility Management
7. Project Conception
Answer: Transforms the needs of owner into clear concept on which project can be designed. Feasibility
Study, Programming, Site Selection, Budgeting.
8. Project Delivery
Answer: Determine delivery method to be used. Factors - qualifications, experience, capacity, project
extent, time requirements.
9. Design: Two Phases
Answer: schematic design and design development. Deliverables include graphic and written design
documents and estimates of project cost.
,10. 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
11. Design Development
Answer: Technical issues of constructibility and integration of systems and components. Deliverables - Tech
information, outline specifications, updated schedule, updated cost estimate.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
, 15. Facility Management
Answer: During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain and evaluate the per- formance of the
project and determine suitability for continuing use.
16. OmniClass
Answer: A multi-table informational framework for organizing information used by the architectural,
engineering, and construction industry.
17. UniFormat
Answer: Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction information into a stan- dard
order or sequence on the basis of systems or assemblies. Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element
Identification.
18. 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.
19. MasterFormat Groups
Answer: 00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
