SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Construction Management
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
industries
,
construction
,
business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Sub-subcontractor
Professional Liability Insurance
Checks and Balances
Direct Material Costs
2. Also: Construction Team; Check: Program Team Consists of the architect/engineer - construction manager - and owner - represented by their Level 1 - 2 - and 3 Persons - plus the designated leaders of contracted constructors.
Labor and Material Bond
Project Team
apparent Low Bidder
Notice to Proceed
3. Check: As-Built Drawings A set of contract document drawings - marked up as construction proceeds - which show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of all elements of the constructed project as installed.
Construction Budget
Record Drawings
Life-Cycle Cost
Bid
4. The process of designing portions of a project while portions already designed are under construction. A series of controlled design-build sequences that collectively constitute a complete project.
Fast-Track(ing)
Special Conditions
apparent Low Bidder
Lump Sum Fee
5. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Fast-Track(ing)
Change Order
Lump Sum Fee
Approved Bidders List
6. Also: Concealed Conditions; Latent Conditions Conditions or circumstances - physical or otherwise - which surface after a contract has been signed and which alter the circumstances or conditions on which the contract is based.
Changed Conditions
Start-Up
Contract Documents
Milestone
7. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Value Engineering
Long-Lead Items
General Contractor
Long-Lead Time
8. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Preliminary Design Phase
Checks and Balances
Conditions of the Contract
Shop Drawings
9. A firm or business organization with the expertise and resources to manage the design - contracting - and construction aspects of project delivery. Individuals who work for a CM Firm are also referred to as Construction Managers.
Technical Specifications
Specifications
Contract Administration
Construction Manager
10. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
As-Built Drawings
Final Completion
Clerk-of-the-Work
Chart of Accounts
11. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Bid
Commissioning
As-Built Drawings
Labor and Material Bond
12. Money put into the custody of the third party by the first party for disbursement tot the second party. A brief temporary depository for progress payments until authorized for release according to the depositor's explicit instructions.
Approved Changes
Fast-Track(ing)
Escrow Account
Checks and Balances
13. Also: As Builts; Check: Record Drawings Drawings produced during or after construction and amended to show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of the constructed project. As-Built Drawings are not the same as Record Drawings.
Life-Cycle Cost
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
As-Built Drawings
Preliminary Design Phase
14. Also: Concealed Conditions; Latent Conditions Conditions or circumstances - physical or otherwise - which surface after a contract has been signed and which alter the circumstances or conditions on which the contract is based.
Field Construction Manager
Project Meeting
Changed Conditions
Prime Contract
15. Money put into the custody of the third party by the first party for disbursement tot the second party. A brief temporary depository for progress payments until authorized for release according to the depositor's explicit instructions.
Project Team
Escrow Account
Change Order
Chart of Accounts
16. The date on which a contractor reaches a point of completion - when subsequent interfacing contractors can productively begin work or the owner can occupy the project - in whole or in part - without undo interference.
Substantial Completion
Approved Changes
General Contractor
Conditions of the Contract
17. The scope of services provided by a construction manager and available to owners in whole or in part. CM services are not consistent in scope or performance from one CM firm to another.
Reimbursable Expense
Schedule of Values
CM Services
Final Completion
18. Also: Account Codes; Codes of Accounts An alpha/numeric identification system for budget line items that ensures that project expenditures are properly debited/credited in the project budget as payments are made in behalf of the project.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Chart of Accounts
Lien
As-Built Drawings
19. See: Start-up; Beneficial Occupancy The process at or near construction completion when a facility is tried out (put into use) to see if it functions as designed. Usually applied to manufacturing type projects.
Commissioning
Budget Estimate
Estimated Cost to Complete
Contract Document Phase
20. Also: Contract Modification The document that alters the contract amount - contract time - or contract requirements of the original contract entered into by the owner and a contractor.
Sub-subcontractor
CM Services
Changed Conditions
Change Order
21. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Project Team
Construction Manager
Preconstruction Phase
Design Development Phase
22. The costs directly attributed to a work-scope - such as labor - material - equipment - and subcontracts but not he cost of operations overhead and the labor - material - equipment - and subcontracts expended in support of the undertaking.
Reimbursable Expense
Direct Labor Costs
Construction Management
Escrow Account
23. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Contract Administration
Lump Sum Fee
Approved Changes
Bid
24. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Letter of Intent
Direct Labor Costs
Lump Sum Fee
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
25. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Bid Depository
Contract Documents
Conditions of the Contract
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
26. A firm or business organization with the expertise and resources to manage the design - contracting - and construction aspects of project delivery. Individuals who work for a CM Firm are also referred to as Construction Managers.
Claim
Construction Manager
Construction Budget
Technical Specifications
27. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Preliminary Design Phase
Direct Costs
Long-Lead Time
28. An estimate of cost based on rough or incomplete information - with a stated degree of accuracy. The more information available - the more accurate the estimate. Loosely called a 'ballpark' estimate.
Progress Payment
Lump Sum Fee
Reimbursable Expense
Budget Estimate
29. The target cost figure covering the construction phase of a project. It includes the cost of contracts with trade contractors - construction support items other purchased labor - material and equipment - and the construction manager's cost but not th
Construction Budget
Clerk-of-the-Work
Project Manual
Fast-Track(ing)
30. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Direct Costs
Escrow Account
Pre-design Phase
Contract Administration
31. Also: Occupancy Schedule A schedule of the activities and events required to effect occupancy or the use of a facility for its intended purpose. It is used to determine if construction progress will meet the occupancy date.
Performance Bond
Claim
Final Completion
Completion Schedule
32. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Value Engineering
Lien
Letter of Intent
Superintendent
33. A physical location where trade contractor proposals are fled the day before general contractor bids are to be received by an owner for pickup - opening - acceptance - or rejection by general contractors bidding the owner's project.
Budget Estimate
Chart of Accounts
Bid Depository
Notice to Proceed
34. A person assigned to a project to represent the owner on the project team at one to the three management levels.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
35. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Schematic Design Phase
Final Design Phase
Construction Management
Long-Lead Time
36. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Change Order
Specifications
Contract Administration
Project Meeting
37. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Life-Cycle Cost
Claim
Direct Labor Costs
Approved Bidders List
38. The documents which collectively form the contract between the contractor and the owner. They consist of the bidding documents less bidding information plus pre-award addenda and post-award Change Orders.
Contract Documents
Critical Path(s)
Bid Bond
Project Budget
39. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Milestone Schedule
As-Built Drawings
Lien
Estimated Final Cost
40. Also: Field CM; Level 3 Manager; Level 3 Person; Superintendent - Site Manager A person designated by the CM firm to interface with the owner's and A/E's representatives on the project team at the third management level. A person located at the site
Field Construction Manager
Project Meeting
Warranty
Specifications
41. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Specifications
Value Engineering
Checks and Balances
Preliminary Design Phase
42. A professional service that applies effective management techniques to the planning - design - and construction of a project form inception to completion for the purpose of controlling time - cost and quality. (As approved by CMAA) OR A project deliv
Record Drawings
Construction Management
Budget Estimate
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
43. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Contract Administration
Pre-design Phase
Chart of Accounts
Substantial Completion
44. Also: Account Codes; Codes of Accounts An alpha/numeric identification system for budget line items that ensures that project expenditures are properly debited/credited in the project budget as payments are made in behalf of the project.
Contingencies
Chart of Accounts
Project Budget
Construction Budget
45. Check: Commissioning; Beneficial Occupancy The period prior to owner occupancy when mechanical - electrical - and other systems are activated and the owner's operating and maintenance staff are instructed in their use.
Critical Path(s)
Start-Up
Sub-subcontractor
Drawings
46. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Contract Documents
Contract Administration
Substantial Completion
47. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Lump Sum Fee
Technical Specifications
Notice of Award
Construction Documents
48. A form of the CM system where the construction manager guarantees - in addition to providing ACM services - a ceiling price to the owner for the cost of construction.
Guarantee
Project Manual
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Prime Contract
49. Check: As-Built Drawings A set of contract document drawings - marked up as construction proceeds - which show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of all elements of the constructed project as installed.
Record Drawings
Construction Schedule
Shop Drawings
Checks and Balances
50. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Project Meeting
Completion Schedule
Lump Sum Fee
Conditions of the Contract
Sorry!:) No result found.
Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?
Let me suggest you:
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests
Major Subjects
Tests & Exams
AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT
Certifications
CISSP go to https://www.isc2.org/
PMP
ITIL
RHCE
MCTS
More...
IT Skills
Android Programming
Data Modeling
Objective C Programming
Basic Python Programming
Adobe Illustrator
More...
Business Skills
Advertising Techniques
Business Accounting Basics
Business Strategy
Human Resource Management
Marketing Basics
More...
Soft Skills
Body Language
People Skills
Public Speaking
Persuasion
Job Hunting And Resumes
More...
Vocabulary
GRE Vocab
SAT Vocab
TOEFL Essential Vocab
Basic English Words For All
Global Words You Should Know
Business English
More...
Languages
AP German Vocab
AP Latin Vocab
SAT Subject Test: French
Italian Survival
Norwegian Survival
More...
Engineering
Audio Engineering
Computer Science Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Structural Engineering
More...
Health Sciences
Basic Nursing Skills
Health Science Language Fundamentals
Veterinary Technology Medical Language
Cardiology
Clinical Surgery
More...
English
Grammar Fundamentals
Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
Elements Of Style Vocab
Introduction To English Major
Complete Advanced Sentences
Literature
Homonyms
More...
Math
Algebra Formulas
Basic Arithmetic: Measurements
Metric Conversions
Geometric Properties
Important Math Facts
Number Sense Vocab
Business Math
More...
Other Major Subjects
Science
Economics
History
Law
Performing-arts
Cooking
Logic & Reasoning
Trivia
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests