DBIA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines roles of
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parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb
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) - ans-Project Delivery system
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How team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) - ans-
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Procurement Method xc
How team members are paid (FP, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price) - ans-
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Contracting approach xc
linear, sequential process, A/ xc xc xc
E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without inp
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ut from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-
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established and understood - ans-Design-Bid-Build xc xc xc xc
Similar structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value, contractor p
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rovides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book estimating proc
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ess, potential to fast track project, construction cost determined before design completed, p
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otential issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents. - ans-
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CM@Risk
Owner contracts with one entity to provide both design and construction services, designer
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and contractor have a direct contractual relationship - ans-Design-Build
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How is Design-Builder selected - ans-Qualification-Based or best value
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similar to design build, in industrial and power generation sectors, systems and performanc
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e testing are central to scope, contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-
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house staff, owner has need for single point responsibility, contracts include plant and proc
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ess performance guarantees, contract items include performance and schedule liquidated
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damages and limitations of liability - ans-Engineer Procure Construct
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owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to DBB, own
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er's ability to schedule and coordinate the work - ans-Multiple Prime Contract
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multi-party agreement - xc xc
all parties equal, QBS procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector us
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e (limited at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk - ans-Integrated Project Delivery
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, instead of government building and maintaining major infrastructure (such as highway, wat
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er treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed b
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y public sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying approache
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s are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approac
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hes - ans-Public-Private-Partnership
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Intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team formation to includ
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e key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early, affect project outco
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mes at lower cost, establish a need for location and collaboration, and compress times duri
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ng concurrent design and construction - ans-shift left
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Typically two- xc
phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines project requirements
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and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-
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based technical requirements with limited perspective specifications - ans-
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traditional design build xc xc
design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-
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builder is under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as
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part of the selection process; two phases; preliminary services and final design and constru
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ction services - ans-Progressive design build
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What documents describe the end result - ans-Criteria documents
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Prescribes how to achieve the end result - ans-Bridging Documents xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its details to 10
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0% complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of
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details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to the contractor. The owner is t
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herefore liable to the contractor for any gaps between plans and specs and owner's require
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ments for project performance - ans-Design bid build paradigm
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The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the basis
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of preliminary design; this makes the design-
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builder responsible for completing the design in accordance with the owner's performance r
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equirements. That also causes the design- xc xc xc xc xc
builder to warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficien
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cy of the design to subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - ans-
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Design details responsibility xc xc
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies, useful for p
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reliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models and conceptual est
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imating - ans-Uniformat xc xc
subdivides work by results/ xc xc xc
trades, focuses on building materials, products, and activities, useful for detailed informatio
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CORRECT ANSWERS
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines roles of
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb
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) - ans-Project Delivery system
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How team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) - ans-
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Procurement Method xc
How team members are paid (FP, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price) - ans-
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
Contracting approach xc
linear, sequential process, A/ xc xc xc
E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without inp
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ut from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-
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established and understood - ans-Design-Bid-Build xc xc xc xc
Similar structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value, contractor p
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rovides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book estimating proc
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ess, potential to fast track project, construction cost determined before design completed, p
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otential issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents. - ans-
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CM@Risk
Owner contracts with one entity to provide both design and construction services, designer
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and contractor have a direct contractual relationship - ans-Design-Build
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How is Design-Builder selected - ans-Qualification-Based or best value
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similar to design build, in industrial and power generation sectors, systems and performanc
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e testing are central to scope, contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-
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house staff, owner has need for single point responsibility, contracts include plant and proc
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ess performance guarantees, contract items include performance and schedule liquidated
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damages and limitations of liability - ans-Engineer Procure Construct
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owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to DBB, own
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er's ability to schedule and coordinate the work - ans-Multiple Prime Contract
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
multi-party agreement - xc xc
all parties equal, QBS procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector us
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e (limited at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk - ans-Integrated Project Delivery
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, instead of government building and maintaining major infrastructure (such as highway, wat
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er treatment plant), build and maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed b
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y public sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying approache
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
s are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approac
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hes - ans-Public-Private-Partnership
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Intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early team formation to includ
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e key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early, affect project outco
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
mes at lower cost, establish a need for location and collaboration, and compress times duri
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ng concurrent design and construction - ans-shift left
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Typically two- xc
phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines project requirements
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and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-
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based technical requirements with limited perspective specifications - ans-
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traditional design build xc xc
design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
builder is under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
part of the selection process; two phases; preliminary services and final design and constru
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ction services - ans-Progressive design build
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What documents describe the end result - ans-Criteria documents
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Prescribes how to achieve the end result - ans-Bridging Documents xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its details to 10
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0% complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of
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details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to the contractor. The owner is t
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herefore liable to the contractor for any gaps between plans and specs and owner's require
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ments for project performance - ans-Design bid build paradigm
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The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the basis
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of preliminary design; this makes the design-
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builder responsible for completing the design in accordance with the owner's performance r
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equirements. That also causes the design- xc xc xc xc xc
builder to warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficien
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cy of the design to subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - ans-
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
Design details responsibility xc xc
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies, useful for p
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
reliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models and conceptual est
xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc xc
imating - ans-Uniformat xc xc
subdivides work by results/ xc xc xc
trades, focuses on building materials, products, and activities, useful for detailed informatio
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