DBIA TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

DBIA TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS



Project Delivery System - ans- xc xc xc xc




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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Procurement Method - ans- xc xc xc




how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source)
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contracting approach - ans- xc xc xc




how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)
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Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ans- xc xc xc




linear, sequential process, A/
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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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construction manager at risk - ans- xc xc xc xc xc




similar org structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value, contract
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or provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book estimating p
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rocess, potential to fast track project, construction cost determined before design complete
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d, potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents
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Design-Build - ans- xc xc




The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and constructi
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on services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual relationship, selected by QB
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S or best value, wide spectrum of contracting approaches and organizational structures, si
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ngle point responsibility, owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to claims is sig
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nificantly reduced xc




engineer procure construct (epc) - ans- xc xc xc xc xc




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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, Multiple Prime Contracting - ans- xc xc xc xc




owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb, owne
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r's ability to schedule and coordinate the work
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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ans-multi-party agreement - xc xc xc xc xc 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
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public-private partnership (p3) - ans- xc xc xc xc




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

shift left - ans- xc xc xc




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 lowest cost, establish a need for co-
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location and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent design and construction
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traditional design build - ans-typically two- xc xc xc xc 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 prescriptive specifications
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progressive design build - ans- xc xc xc xc




design and price 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 xc




criteria documents - ans-describe the end result xc xc xc xc xc xc




bridging documents - ans-prescribes how to achieve the end result
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design bid build paradigm - ans- xc xc xc xc xc




prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its details to 100
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% complete plans and specs. the owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of det
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ails of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to the contractor. the owner is ther
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efore liable to the contractor for any gaps between plans and specifications and owner's req
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uirements for project performance xc xc xc




design details responsibility - ans- xc xc xc xc




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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