ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Public Owner - CORRECT ANSWER - money comes from federal, state, or local
owner is the taxpayer
projects can be managed by private organizations
Private Owner - CORRECT ANSWER - most construction financed this way
developer
Developer - CORRECT ANSWER - private owner that only owns the project for the
duration of construction
Owner Representatives - CORRECT ANSWER - facility managers
building committee (users, financial backers, residents)
pm/cm
Architects - CORRECT ANSWER - translate and develop an owner's requirements and
graphically represent them so that a contractor can accurately price, schedule, and implement the
design
owner's representative thru construction phase
,licensed individuals
Drafters/CAD/BIM Operators - CORRECT ANSWER - produce construction documents
in support of architect's work
increasingly independent of architects
Specification Writers - CORRECT ANSWER - prepares the specifications, which lays out
the level of performance requirements and quality expected
Interior Designers - CORRECT ANSWER - work on nonstructural interior spaces, interior
finishes
Landscape Architects - CORRECT ANSWER - location of trees and shrubs
set grades, establish walkways, walls, and fences
site design
Engineers - CORRECT ANSWER - mechanical, electrical, structural, civil
licensed individual
hired by owner, not the architect
Structural Engineer - CORRECT ANSWER - calculate strengths and deflections,
foundation sizes, beam thickness, and strength of floor slabs
, building can withstand nature
Mechanical Engineers - CORRECT ANSWER - design heating, cooling, water supply, and
sanitary systems
Electrical Engineers - CORRECT ANSWER - calculate overall electrical load required,
size equipment accordingly
determine amount of lighting required
Civil Engineers - CORRECT ANSWER - determine location of a project on a site
(actually the surveyor does this)
design roads, bridges, tunnels
Surveyors - CORRECT ANSWER - measure distances and elevations of land surfaces
site development
Constructor - CORRECT ANSWER - professional responsible for all construction
activities, GC or CM
can be brought in before architect to advise owner
Estimators - CORRECT ANSWER - prepare a complete list of all job costs
Schedulers - CORRECT ANSWER - define distinct construction activities and understand
the relationships among the activities