Dbia Practice Test 2025/2026 Questions With Answers Graded A+

DBIA PRACTICE TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+


1. Project Delivery System:How team members are organized, establishes when
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parties engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of design,
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procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
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2. Procurement Method:how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5




price, sole source)
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3. contracting approach: how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimburse-
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ment, target price, unit price)
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4. Design-Bid-Build (DBB): linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifi- X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5




cations, GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without input from
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GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond, process is
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well-established and understood
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5. construction manager at risk: similar org structure to DBB, construction man-
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ager selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated
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gmp contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential to fast track
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project, construction cost determined before design completed, potential issues over
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what is reasonably inferable from gmp design documents
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,6. Design-Build: The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5




both design and construction services, designer and contractor have a direct con-
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tractual relationship, selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of contracting
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approaches and organizational structures, single point responsibility, owner does
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not manage designer, owner exposure to claims is significantly reduced
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7. engineer procure construct (epc): similar to design build, in industrial and
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power generation sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope,
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contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need
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for single point responsibility, contracts include plant and process performance
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guarantees, contract items include performance and schedule liquidated damages
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and limitations of liability
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8. Multiple Prime Contracting: owner contracts with multiple trade contractors,
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attributes are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the
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work
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9. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD): multi-party agreement - all parties equal, QBS X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5




procurement and target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited at this
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time), key: owner's ability to accept risk
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10. public-private partnership (p3): Instead of government building and main- X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5 X5




taining major infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and
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maintenance is outsourced to a private company.Opposed by public sector unions. this
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is not considered a delivery system but its underlying approaches are delivery
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systems and typically use DB. multiple procurement and contracting approaches
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, 11. shift left: intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives early
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team formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be
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made early, affect project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-location
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and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent design and construction
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12. traditional design build: typicallytwo-phase bestvalueprocurementwith lump X
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sum contract; owner defines project requirements and scope of prescriptive work;
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use of performance-based technical requirements with limited prescriptive specifi-
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cations
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13. progressive design build: design and price are progressively developed after X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g




the design-builder is under contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is
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not established as part of the selection process; two phases: preliminary services
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and final design and construction services
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16. design bid build paradigm: prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g




design the project and all of its details to 100% complete plans and specs. the
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owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of details of the design, and
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warrantsthesufficiencyofdesigntothecontractor.theowneristhereforeliabletothe
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contractor foranygapsbetween plansand specifications and owner's requirements for
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project performance
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17. design details responsibility: the owner should define its performance re- X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g




quirements and award the contract on the basis of preliminary design; this makes
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the design-builder responsible for completing the design in accordance with the
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owner's performance requirements.that also causes the design-builder to warrant
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the sufficiency of the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the
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design to subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility
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18. uniformat: subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g




assemblies, useful for preliminary information and early design phases, aligns with
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BIM models and conceptual estimating
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19. masterformat: subdivides work by results/trades, focuses on building materials, X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g X5g




products, and activities, useful for detailed information during final design and
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construction phases, and aligns with detailed estimating
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