DBIA PRACTICE TEST EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Project Delivery System - ANSWER-How team members are organized, establishes
when parties engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ANSWER-how team members are selected (QBS, best value,
low price, sole source)
contracting approach - ANSWER-how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost
reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ANSWER-linear, sequential process, A/E selected on
qualifications, GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without input from
GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-
established and understood
construction manager at risk - ANSWER-similar org structure to DBB, construction
manager selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services,
negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential to
fast track project, construction cost determined before design completed, potential
issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents
, Design-Build - ANSWER-The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to
provide both design and construction services, designer and contractor have a direct
contractual relationship, selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of
contracting approaches and organizational structures, single point responsibility,
owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to claims is significantly reduced
engineer procure construct (epc) - ANSWER-similar to design build, in industrial and
power generation sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope,
contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need
for single point responsibility, contracts include plant and process performance
guarantees, contract items include performance and schedule liquidated damages
and limitations of liability
Multiple Prime Contracting - ANSWER-owner contracts with multiple trade
contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and
coordinate the work
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ANSWER-multi-party agreement - all parties equal,
QBS procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited
at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk
public-private partnership (p3) - ANSWER-Instead of government building and
maintaining major infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and
maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed by public sector unions.
this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying approaches are delivery
systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approaches
shift left - ANSWER-intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives
early team formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions
to be made early, affect project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-
location and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent design and
construction
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Project Delivery System - ANSWER-How team members are organized, establishes
when parties engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ANSWER-how team members are selected (QBS, best value,
low price, sole source)
contracting approach - ANSWER-how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost
reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ANSWER-linear, sequential process, A/E selected on
qualifications, GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without input from
GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond, process is well-
established and understood
construction manager at risk - ANSWER-similar org structure to DBB, construction
manager selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services,
negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential to
fast track project, construction cost determined before design completed, potential
issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents
, Design-Build - ANSWER-The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to
provide both design and construction services, designer and contractor have a direct
contractual relationship, selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of
contracting approaches and organizational structures, single point responsibility,
owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to claims is significantly reduced
engineer procure construct (epc) - ANSWER-similar to design build, in industrial and
power generation sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope,
contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need
for single point responsibility, contracts include plant and process performance
guarantees, contract items include performance and schedule liquidated damages
and limitations of liability
Multiple Prime Contracting - ANSWER-owner contracts with multiple trade
contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and
coordinate the work
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ANSWER-multi-party agreement - all parties equal,
QBS procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited
at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk
public-private partnership (p3) - ANSWER-Instead of government building and
maintaining major infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and
maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed by public sector unions.
this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying approaches are delivery
systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approaches
shift left - ANSWER-intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives
early team formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions
to be made early, affect project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-
location and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent design and
construction
