CDT exam questions and answers
2025\2026
1. The method of computation of Contractor's overhead and profits for Change
Order prices, where both additions and deletions are involved, is found in the:
a) Agreement.
b) Conditions of the Contract.
c) Division 01.
d) Instructions to Bidders. - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Conditions of the Contract.
2. General Requirements are part of:
a) Supplementary Conditions.
b) Bidding Requirements.
c) Specifications.
d) Summary of Work. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Specifications.
3. The three essential considerations in the evaluation of a product are:
a) Requirements, Criteria, and Tests.
b) Costs, Maintenance, and Installation.
c) Life Cycle Cost, Installation Cost, and Maintenance Cost.
d) Case studies, Failures, and Problems. - CORRECT ANSWER-a)
Requirements, Criteria, and Tests.
4. Whose responsibility is it to furnish the Shop Drawings?
a) The Architect/Engineer
b) The Contractor
c) The Owner
d) The Subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER-b) The Contractor
5. The division of the Work among multiple prime Contracts is described in:
a) Instructions to Bidders.
b) Supplementary Conditions.
c) Division 01.
,d) Special Conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Division 01.
6. During the Project Conception Stage, the A/E may be retained to:
a) Develop outline specifications
b) Describe the character of the mechanical system
c) Prepare renderings
d) Assist in financial feasibility studies - CORRECT ANSWER-d) Assist in
financial feasibility studies
7. What is the main purpose of MasterFormat?
a) for scheduling, value management, recording of design data and managing
costs.
b) used during the planning stage of a project.
c) to organize the Project Manual, reference keynotes and detailed cost
estimates.
d) when there is a standardized need for information to appear upon each page
of a project manual. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) to organize the Project Manual,
reference keynotes and detailed cost estimates.
8. The person who becomes secondarily liable for another's debt or performance
is called the:
a) Guarantee
b) Warrantor
c) Guarantor
d) Warrantee - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Guarantor
9. Integrated projects are distinguished by all of the following characteristics
except:
a) Development of virtual project model through input from a collaborative team
b) Trust-based collaboration between project team members
c) Maximized efficiency through design, fabrication, and construction
d) "Just as needed" team involvement to reduce owner's pre-construction
expenses - CORRECT ANSWER-d) "Just as needed" team involvement to
reduce owner's pre-construction expenses
, 10. Outline Specifications are written for
a) only Divisions 02-14 where actual products are discussed
b) Divisions 01-49
c) only Divisions 01-14 (excluding mechanical and electrical)
d) the exclusive use of the A/E - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Divisions 01-49
11. An example of a MasterFormat Level 3 specification Section is:
a) 05 00 00 Metals.
b) 05 20 00 Metal Joists.
c) 05 21 00 Steel Joist Framing.
d) 05 21 19 Open Web Steel Joist Framing. - CORRECT ANSWER-d) 05 21 19
Open Web Steel Joist Framing.
12. What activities take place in the Project Conception Stage?
a) The engineers develop the mechanical and electrical systems.
b) The site is selected and the demolition is done.
c) Feasibility studies and budget is set.
d) The program is evaluated and the engineers are selected. - CORRECT
ANSWER-c) Feasibility studies and budget is set.
13. The document recommended to organize preliminary construction
information into a standard order on the basis of systems and assemblies is:
a) MasterFormat
b) Uniformat
c) Outline Specifications
d) Project Manual - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Uniformat
14. All design and construction drawings can be classified as one of two types of
views:
a) Numeric and graphic.
b) Vertical and horizontal.
c) Scaled and nonscaled.
d) Exterior and interior. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Scaled and nonscaled.
15. Substitution requirements and procedures during bidding
2025\2026
1. The method of computation of Contractor's overhead and profits for Change
Order prices, where both additions and deletions are involved, is found in the:
a) Agreement.
b) Conditions of the Contract.
c) Division 01.
d) Instructions to Bidders. - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Conditions of the Contract.
2. General Requirements are part of:
a) Supplementary Conditions.
b) Bidding Requirements.
c) Specifications.
d) Summary of Work. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Specifications.
3. The three essential considerations in the evaluation of a product are:
a) Requirements, Criteria, and Tests.
b) Costs, Maintenance, and Installation.
c) Life Cycle Cost, Installation Cost, and Maintenance Cost.
d) Case studies, Failures, and Problems. - CORRECT ANSWER-a)
Requirements, Criteria, and Tests.
4. Whose responsibility is it to furnish the Shop Drawings?
a) The Architect/Engineer
b) The Contractor
c) The Owner
d) The Subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER-b) The Contractor
5. The division of the Work among multiple prime Contracts is described in:
a) Instructions to Bidders.
b) Supplementary Conditions.
c) Division 01.
,d) Special Conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Division 01.
6. During the Project Conception Stage, the A/E may be retained to:
a) Develop outline specifications
b) Describe the character of the mechanical system
c) Prepare renderings
d) Assist in financial feasibility studies - CORRECT ANSWER-d) Assist in
financial feasibility studies
7. What is the main purpose of MasterFormat?
a) for scheduling, value management, recording of design data and managing
costs.
b) used during the planning stage of a project.
c) to organize the Project Manual, reference keynotes and detailed cost
estimates.
d) when there is a standardized need for information to appear upon each page
of a project manual. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) to organize the Project Manual,
reference keynotes and detailed cost estimates.
8. The person who becomes secondarily liable for another's debt or performance
is called the:
a) Guarantee
b) Warrantor
c) Guarantor
d) Warrantee - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Guarantor
9. Integrated projects are distinguished by all of the following characteristics
except:
a) Development of virtual project model through input from a collaborative team
b) Trust-based collaboration between project team members
c) Maximized efficiency through design, fabrication, and construction
d) "Just as needed" team involvement to reduce owner's pre-construction
expenses - CORRECT ANSWER-d) "Just as needed" team involvement to
reduce owner's pre-construction expenses
, 10. Outline Specifications are written for
a) only Divisions 02-14 where actual products are discussed
b) Divisions 01-49
c) only Divisions 01-14 (excluding mechanical and electrical)
d) the exclusive use of the A/E - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Divisions 01-49
11. An example of a MasterFormat Level 3 specification Section is:
a) 05 00 00 Metals.
b) 05 20 00 Metal Joists.
c) 05 21 00 Steel Joist Framing.
d) 05 21 19 Open Web Steel Joist Framing. - CORRECT ANSWER-d) 05 21 19
Open Web Steel Joist Framing.
12. What activities take place in the Project Conception Stage?
a) The engineers develop the mechanical and electrical systems.
b) The site is selected and the demolition is done.
c) Feasibility studies and budget is set.
d) The program is evaluated and the engineers are selected. - CORRECT
ANSWER-c) Feasibility studies and budget is set.
13. The document recommended to organize preliminary construction
information into a standard order on the basis of systems and assemblies is:
a) MasterFormat
b) Uniformat
c) Outline Specifications
d) Project Manual - CORRECT ANSWER-b) Uniformat
14. All design and construction drawings can be classified as one of two types of
views:
a) Numeric and graphic.
b) Vertical and horizontal.
c) Scaled and nonscaled.
d) Exterior and interior. - CORRECT ANSWER-c) Scaled and nonscaled.
15. Substitution requirements and procedures during bidding
