CMIT CAPSTONE FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTION REVIEW
●● Basic Forms of CM
Answer: Agency and at-risk. Key differences exist.
●● Factors Contributing to CM's Initial Use
Answer: Need to reduce time and cost, increasing project funding costs,
changing role of contractors.
●● First Federal Agency to Use CM
Answer: General Services Administration.
●● Common Problems in CM Use by Federal Agencies
Answer: Funding restrictions, claims, change conditions.
●● Formation of CMAA
Answer: Incorporated in 1982 to grow and develop CM profession.
●● CMAA Construction Management Standards
Answer: Guide to professional CM services.
,●● Goals of CMAA
Answer: Setting standards, expanding understanding, advocating for
CM.
●● Certification and Qualification as a CM
Answer: Certification in another profession does not automatically
qualify as a CM.
●● Certification as a CM
Answer: Does not guarantee 'state of the art' knowledge and capability.
●● Recruiting and training in business
Answer: False
●● Construction management susceptible to overselling
Answer: True
●● Failure to provide quality services
Answer: False
●● Contracting for adequate fees
Answer: True
,●● Ethics of CM profession focus on client relationships
Answer: True
●● Reasons for project delivery variations
Answer: D) All of the above
●● Traditional delivery system phases executed in
Answer: B) A linear sequence
●● Advantage of traditional delivery approach
Answer: B) Facility features are fully determined & specified.
●● Design-build and at-risk CM allow fast-track or phased projects
Answer: True
●● Contractual definition of CM known when
Answer: D) All of the above
●● In a CM-at-Risk arrangement, once construction begins, the CM has
no implied duties of loyalty and care to the owner.
Answer: True
, ●● The agency CM does not perform design or actual construction
work.
Answer: True
●● Under the CM-at-Risk delivery method, the owner usually deals with
a hybrid of a construction manager and a general contractor.
Answer: True
●● Under a CM-at-risk contract, all of the following statements are true:
Answer: D) All of the above
●● In considering the differences between agency CM and CM-at-Risk,
which statement is NOT true?
Answer: D) In an agency CM role, the CM directly subcontracts all trade
contracts.
●● The agency CM does not maintain a direct contractual relationship
with the trade or prime contractors.
Answer: False
●● Placing the CM in an agency role always transfers the risk to the
contractor.
Answer: True
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTION REVIEW
●● Basic Forms of CM
Answer: Agency and at-risk. Key differences exist.
●● Factors Contributing to CM's Initial Use
Answer: Need to reduce time and cost, increasing project funding costs,
changing role of contractors.
●● First Federal Agency to Use CM
Answer: General Services Administration.
●● Common Problems in CM Use by Federal Agencies
Answer: Funding restrictions, claims, change conditions.
●● Formation of CMAA
Answer: Incorporated in 1982 to grow and develop CM profession.
●● CMAA Construction Management Standards
Answer: Guide to professional CM services.
,●● Goals of CMAA
Answer: Setting standards, expanding understanding, advocating for
CM.
●● Certification and Qualification as a CM
Answer: Certification in another profession does not automatically
qualify as a CM.
●● Certification as a CM
Answer: Does not guarantee 'state of the art' knowledge and capability.
●● Recruiting and training in business
Answer: False
●● Construction management susceptible to overselling
Answer: True
●● Failure to provide quality services
Answer: False
●● Contracting for adequate fees
Answer: True
,●● Ethics of CM profession focus on client relationships
Answer: True
●● Reasons for project delivery variations
Answer: D) All of the above
●● Traditional delivery system phases executed in
Answer: B) A linear sequence
●● Advantage of traditional delivery approach
Answer: B) Facility features are fully determined & specified.
●● Design-build and at-risk CM allow fast-track or phased projects
Answer: True
●● Contractual definition of CM known when
Answer: D) All of the above
●● In a CM-at-Risk arrangement, once construction begins, the CM has
no implied duties of loyalty and care to the owner.
Answer: True
, ●● The agency CM does not perform design or actual construction
work.
Answer: True
●● Under the CM-at-Risk delivery method, the owner usually deals with
a hybrid of a construction manager and a general contractor.
Answer: True
●● Under a CM-at-risk contract, all of the following statements are true:
Answer: D) All of the above
●● In considering the differences between agency CM and CM-at-Risk,
which statement is NOT true?
Answer: D) In an agency CM role, the CM directly subcontracts all trade
contracts.
●● The agency CM does not maintain a direct contractual relationship
with the trade or prime contractors.
Answer: False
●● Placing the CM in an agency role always transfers the risk to the
contractor.
Answer: True
