CDT Practice Exam with Verified Q&A

CDT Practice Exam with Verified Q&A Experienced owners may require project teams to utilize integrated project delivery based upon: a. Previous negative experience with adversarial project team relationships b. Desire for reduction in project claims and disputes c. Desire to utilize collaboratively-produced BIM as a facilities management asset d. Expectation of benefit from innovation stemming from collaborative effort e. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-e. All of the above - Collaboration involves a change in project team habits. More intensive planning requires dedication of owner resources. Owners willing to work and to contract for services in new ways are finding high payoffs in terms of technology utilization and lower ultimate construction costs. Integrated projects are distinguished by all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: a. Trust-based collaboration between project team members b. Maximized efficiency through design, fabrication, and construction c. "Just as needed" team involvement to reduce owner's pre-construction expenses d. Compensation structures supporting early engagement of team members in design and project planning e. Development of virtual project model through input from a collaborative team - CORRECT ANSWER-c. "Just as needed" team involvement to reduce owner's preconstruction expenses - Traditional project management keeps team members out of collaborative effort as long as possible in order to reduce planning and design fees. IPD reverses this philosophy, on the grounds that increased team involvement leads to innovation, reduced construction cost, and improved team communication.While formal use of "The Integrated Project Delivery" title seems to have waned in recent years, the IPD process has been commonly absorbed in Construction Management/Constructor, negotiated General Contractor and design-build team processes. Which of the following is TRUE concerning application of integrated project delivery? a. Collaborative team effort reduces planning and design expenses. b. Determination of liability for decisions is generally made by the team leader in order to reduce arbitration expenses. c. Technologies such as data exchange protocols evolve on a phase-by-phase basis. d. Team culture based upon problem resolution rather than determination of liability. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Team culture based upon problem resolution rather than determination of liability. - IPD takes increased planning effort and expense, change in practice habits including risk management, early agreement on use of technology, and the ability to play multiple roles. Mutual efforts toward risk management and assignment of responsibility, as well as emphasis on collaborative action, seeks to minimize the isolation of risk and associated damage claims. The following are TRUE concerning CSI's GreenFormat online product data resource EXCEPT: a. CSI validates and certifies information contained in GreenFormat. b. GreenFormat product information is organized by MasterFormat numbers. c. Information in GreenFormat supports specifying by proprietary, reference standard, performance, and descriptive methods. d. The Product Lifecycle category provides information on product Life Cycle Analysis, Material Extraction and Transportation, Manufacturing, and Facility Operations. e. Manufacturers provide a technical contact for followup questions from GreenFormat users. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. CSI validates and certifies information contained in GreenFormat - Validation of the information in GreenFormat is by the manufacturer, not CSI, for practical reasons. However, GreenFormat goes a long way to establish standards for quality of information regarding the sustainable characteristics of building products. According to the BEES model, life cycle analysis (LCA) is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: a. Questions regarding the materials and impacts related to the six stages of the product life cycle b. Estimates of the cumulative environmental impacts resulting from all stages of aproduct life cycle over a 50-year period c. Support for selection of products with the lowest total environmental impact d. Market analysis of demand for sustainable products - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Market analysis of demand for sustainable products - Market analysis of demand is a separate discipline outside of the questions related to environmental life cycle analysis. It's interesting, and necessary, but only indirectly related to LCA. Sustainable building consists largely of: a. Selecting green products b. Healthy methods of construction, operation and demolition o