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Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or Owner and the Contractor? - correct answers.Formal Business Letter Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office and the job site? - correct answers.Memorandum What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Participants? - correct answers.About one day prior to the meeting Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting? - correct answers.General Requirements What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants? - correct answers.About one day after the meeting Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting minutes? - correct answers.Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda? - correct answers.Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role
What is the name of the approach designed to encourage group members to build on the contributions of their peers when responding to an idea in a meeting? - correct answers.Spectrum Approach What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during the planning phase of a meeting? - correct answers.Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive meeting? - correct answers.Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching Decision Making to the Situation Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another? - correct answers.Words What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation? - correct answers. What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and do? - correct answers. Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has been understood? - correct answers.You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question? - correct answers.What steps are you going to take to complete the activity? Which source or organization promotes a uniform organization system for organizing construction materials, specifications and documentation into Divisions and Sections for projects? - correct answers.Construction Specifications Institute You are interested in finding all of the manufacturers technical lifting data for a permanent overhead crane that the Contractor will install in a manufacturing facility. What is the name of the Reference source? - correct answers.Thomas' Register Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical specifications and testing methods? - correct answers.American Society for Testing Materials Which organization investigates and tests materials, products, equipment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against hazards to life and property? - correct answers.Underwriters Laboratories
What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in? - correct answers.Tension Which technical resource must be consulted to determine the bar support spacing for a Concrete Bridge deck? - correct answers.Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute What is the diameter in inches of a #8 bar? - correct answers.1. What is the weight of a bag of Portland Cement in pounds? - correct answers. What is the weight of a #5 deformed bar in pounds? - correct answers.1. Which materials are incorporated by reference and not normally shown on the plans or in the Technical Specifications? - correct answers.Bar Supports Which type of masonry cement is used where bond and lateral strength are important? - correct answers.Type S Which type of masonry cement is used for foundation walls and isolated piers? - correct answers.Type S Which type of masonry cement is used for reinforced masonry? - correct answers.Type S Which of the following mortar ingredients improves the mortar's workability? - correct answers.Lime Which of the following mortar ingredients decreases the shrinkage of mortar while setting and drying? - correct answers.Sand What ingredient is added to mortar for retempering? - correct answers.Water Which mortar property is increased by retempering? - correct answers.Bond Strength What is the strongest overlap of masonry units when building a wall? - correct answers.One-half lap Structural bonding can be accomplished by tying two wythes together with a brick. When it is laid in this position, what is the brick position called? - correct answers.Header What is the most common brick position? - correct answers.Stretcher What brick position is commonly used on window sills? - correct answers.Rowlock
What is the weakest pattern bond? - correct answers.Stack Which of the following masonry components allows freedom of movement in a masonry wall? - correct answers.Control Joint Which of the following masonry components are continuous, they may run around the perimeter of a building or between control joints and act as structural members, and they can provide bearing for beams and joists? - correct answers.Bond Beam Which of the following masonry components are used over openings in block walls to carry the load around the opening? - correct answers.Lintels Which type of wall is desired where there is severe weather exposure, or where a maximum resistance to rain penetration is desired? - correct answers.Cavity What does the steel designation C 12 x 20.7 mean? - correct answers.C is the steel shape, 12 is the nominal depth and 20.7 is the pounds per foot Which organization publishes structural steel design properties manuals and manuals that cover steel construction methods? - correct answers.American Institute of Steel Construction What are the drawings called that are issued to the contractor from the manufacturer indicating the locations and proper positioning of each piece of steel within the structure? - correct answers.Erection Drawings What structural steel component is the steel designation "VL" referring to? - correct answers.Metal Decking What structural steel component is the steel designation "LH" referring to? - correct answers.Open-web joist Which of the following is structural steel most susceptible to for failure? - correct answers.Fire What is sprayed onto structural steel to increase its fire resistance capability? - correct answers.Mineral wool How is the fireproofing of a steel structure determined? - correct answers.Occupancy What type of weld fits two pieces of metal together end-to-end for welding? - correct answers.Butt Assume you have a fillet weld symbol on the top of the welding symbol arrow. Which side will the weld be placed on? - correct answers.Other side from where the arrow is pointing
Which of the following values is a typical number for the Modulus of Elasticity (E)? - correct answers.1,300, Which of the following soft wood species used for structural lumber have the highest Fiber Bending and Modulus of Elasticity (E) values? - correct answers.Douglas Fir and Southern Yellow Pine Under the structural lumber classification system, what is the name of the top grade? - correct answers.Select Structural Grade What is the structural lumber grade used where straightness and strength are the most important consideration, such as in concrete formwork? - correct answers.Construction Grade What does the abbreviation of S2S stamp on a piece of lumber mean? - correct answers.Smooth Two Sides What is the moisture content percentage of the lumber stamp abbreviation of S-DRY? - correct answers.Less than 19 What does the B-B designation plyform refer to? - correct answers.The front and back surface plies have a solid surface with smooth repair plugs What is the term for a material that deforms slowly when a force is applied to it for an extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a short period of time? - correct answers.Creep What is the stress term called that when the stress is induced by pulling apart in a longitudinal direction? - correct answers.Tension Parallel to the Grain (Ft //) What term is a measure of its ability to cause turning, rotating or twisting about an axis of rotation? - correct answers.Moment What is the term where the force tends to cause a member to fail by cutting perpendicular to the beam's longitudinal axis at or near the beam's supports? - correct answers.Vertical Shear Assume you have a wooden beam that is 20 feet long and carries a concentrated load of 500 pounds at a distance of 15 feet from Reaction (R ). Reaction (R ) is pinned 5 feet 2 1 1 2 from the load. What are the values in lbs for R and R? - correct answers.375 and 125
Assume you have a beam that is 16 feet long and carries a concentrated load of 900 pounds at a distance of 4 feet from R. Reaction (R ) is pinned 12 feet from the load. 2 1 Reaction R = 225 lbs and R = 675. What is the maximum shear in lbs? - correct answers.675 (225- 90 0) Assume you have a beam that is 16 feet long and carries a concentrated load of 900 pounds at a distance of 4 feet from R. Reaction (R ) is pinned 12 feet from the load. 2 1 Reaction R = 225 lbs and R = 675 lbs. What is the maximum bending moment in lb-ft? - correct answers.2700 (225x12) The Owner wants to Fast-Track a construction project., Which project delivery system best supports this process? - correct answers.Design-Build A clause in the contract states that "if the Quantities of an item of work varies from the estimated quantities by more than 20 percent, then the price will be adjusted." Which type of contract will this clause be primarily used in? - correct answers.Unit Price A contract has been entered into whereby the Contractor agrees to design, build, purchase the land and finance the project. What is this type of contract called? - correct answers.Turn Key A contract is entered into whereby the design and scope are undefined and the Owner agrees to pay for all Direct Labor, Materials, Equipment, plus some agreed upon allowance to the Contractor for their services. What is this type of contract called - correct answers.Cost Plus A contract is entered into whereby the bid quantities are stated and payment for the work is based upon the actual quantities placed. What is this type of contract called? - correct answers.Unit Price A contract is entered into whereby the Design and Scope are partially undefined, the Owner holds a contract with the A/E, the Owner holds the contracts with each trade and the Owner also holds a contract with a management service company to perform the trade coordination, cost control and scheduling services. What is this project delivery called? - correct answers.Construction Management A contract is entered into whereby two Contractors agree to combine their resources to bid and build a specific project. What is this type of contract called? - correct answers.Joint Venture What is the name of the clause that is sometimes used if the contract has the potential of
management of all project participants and stakeholders to develop open communications and cooperation on a project? - correct answers.Partnering What are the quality standards used internationally called? - correct answers.ISO 9000 What management philosophy tries to maximize the competitiveness of an organization through continuous improvement? - correct answers.Total Quality Management What is the name of the criteria utilized to improve an organization and evaluate their progress toward becoming the best in their field? - correct answers.Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence What management philosophy is defined as a performance and processed-oriented approach to safety and health that is improved continually and applies proven principles to maximize an organization's long-term competitiveness? - correct answers.Total Safety Management What makes TQM and TSM successful? - correct answers.Eliminating the isolation problem and making quality and safety everybody's role What graphical measurement tool is a bar graph displaying a frequency distribution? - correct answers.Histogram What graphical measurement tool is a pictorial representation of a process? - correct answers.Flow Chart What graphical measurement tool displays the causes and effects on a diagram for analyzing problems? - correct answers.Fishbone Chart What graphical measurement tool is a bar graph of identified causes shown in descending order of magnitude? - correct answers.Pareto Chart What graphical measurement tool is a graph displaying the correlation of two characteristics? - correct answers.Scatter Diagram What graphical display tool contain line graphs that show a trend over time such as the workhours per square yard of asphalt over a period of time? - correct answers.Run Chart Which of the following principles of law states that if the prime contractor reasonably relies on the promise or price of the subcontractor to its detriment, then the subcontractor must be held to its promise in order to avoid harm to the prime contractor even though a signed contract between the contractor and subcontractor does not exist at the bidding
phase of a project? - correct answers.Promissory Estoppel At which point in time must the Agreement be provided to each prospective bidder? - correct answers.During the bidding phase of the project Which document establishes the reference date from which the beginning of the project is calculated and that the contractor can occupy the site? - correct answers.Notice to Proceed Constructor "A" was low bidder on a general-contacted project which had an extensive number of alternative during bidding and negotiations. Contractor "A" received a standard contract from Mary, the lead Architect, a source of business for several years. Ed, the Estimator at Contractor "A", discovers the contract value was erroneously issued at $365,000 instead of $355,000. How should Ed handle this situation? - correct answers.Call Mary, the lead Architect, and inform her of his discovery Constructor "Z" is building an addition to an existing pharmaceutical plant of approximately 20,000 square feet. There is space on the site for one more future addition. After installing foundations, Ed, the Constructors Superintendent, is verifying the dimensions with Jim the Bricklayer crew leader and they discover that the addition has been laid out 1' - 0" out of square. All work can still be performed with very minor field adjustments. The error will compound itself if the future addition ever takes place. Ed has worked on Mary the Architect's projects for over twenty years but never for this owner. What should Ed do? - correct answers.Inform the Owner and Mary the Architect A city electrical inspector makes the following statement after discovering that the new condominium building # 13 of 25 buildings has been drywalled without an electrical inspection. The inspector says to you, the superintendent, "Gee! It will be pretty expensive to remove all of the drywall. I'd bet it will cost you at least $5, 000. I'd like to have that kind of money myself!" (You suspect that the inspector is asking for a bribe). - correct answers.Contact the building department supervisor and ask to have hidden areas removed You, as a Masonry Subcontractor recently submitted a bid of $450,000 to a General Contractor for the masonry portion of a new office building. You are invited to the General Contractor's office to discuss the project. In the midst of negotiations, the General Contractor's representative is called out of the room. In his absence, you notice the spread sheet listing all the bids received including yours. It is apparent from the spread sheet that you are $22,000 higher than the low bidder. The next highest bidder is $8,000 above you. What action should you take? - correct answers.Maintain your original price quotation, extol the virtues of your company to be
What CSI Division contains technical information on Food Service Equipment? - correct answers. According to CSI, what Division (s) are considered the Technical Specifications? - correct answers.02 - 49 What CSI Division applies to all contractors and subcontractors? - correct answers. What CSI Division contains the Bid Requirements for a project? - correct answers. What is the name of the legal principle for referring the contractor to other documents that are not contained in the documents provided? - correct answers.Incorporated by Reference What is the official name of the technical reference source that is mentioned in the documents to Design the Formwork and is published by ACI? - correct answers.Formwork for Concrete What is the official name of the technical reference source that is mentioned in the documents to Place the Slab Bolsters and it is published by CRSI? - correct answers.Manual of Standard Practice for Placing Bar Supports Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of ACI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of ACI? - correct answers.American Concrete Institute Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of CSI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of CSI? - correct answers.Construction Specifications Institute Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of CRSI that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of CRSI? - correct answers.Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of AISC that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of AISC? - correct answers.American Institute of Steel Construction Which CSI part number contains information on Reference Standards the contractor or subcontractor must consult? - correct answers. Which CSI part number contains information on the installation procedures the contractor or subcontractors must consult? - correct answers.
What is the old Division and Section and the new Division and Level number for the interior plumbing for the water distribution system? - correct answers.15400 and 22 11 What is the old Division and Section and the new Division and Level number for the exterior sanitary sewer system? - correct answers.02700 and 33 31 What is the old Division and Section number and the new Division and Level for the interior Electrical Service and Distribution system? - correct answers.16400 and 26 24 Which Division and Section number and 2004 Division and Level contains technical information on the communications cabling? - correct answers.16700 and 27 13 Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of ASHRAE that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of ASHRAE? - correct answers.American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of TIA that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of TIA? - correct answers.Telecommunication Industry Association Your specifications reference this construction organization acronym of UL that publishes numerous Technical Reference Sources. What is the correct name of UL? - correct answers.Underwriters' Laboratories Which party is normally responsible for estimating and pricing the temporary structures?
- correct answers.Contractor Which party is normally responsible for designing the temporary structures? - correct answers.Contractor Which of the following systems is designed to restrain horizontal temporary loads such as soil and water? - correct answers.Sheet Piling Which of the following systems is designed to carry the vertical load of the structure? - correct answers.Piling Which of the following systems is utilized for supporting an existing structure when the new excavation will be below the existing structures foundation while the extension to the existing foundation is being placed? - correct answers.Underpinning Which of the following systems is utilized for restraining a vertical wall of soil and other loads where it is impractical to slope the soil, such as in a downtown area where the
gravel, and crushed stone? - correct answers.Smooth-Wheel Roller Which of the following temporary systems is utilized to support freshly placed concrete which is poured continuously in a vertical direction? - correct answers.Slip form system Which of the following temporary systems is utilized to support freshly placed concrete which is poured on the ground as a slab and lifted up to its final horizontal elevation using hydraulic jacks? - correct answers.Lift slab form system What is the concrete pouring method called that is used to pour concrete under water? - correct answers.Tremie Which organization has published a new design standard targeting loads on structures during construction? - correct answers.Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers What is the primary cause for a masonry wall to collapse while under construction? - correct answers.Lack of masonry wall bracing and a change in wind conditions Which of the following sling angle ranges is best for lifting without making the lift extremely dangerous? - correct answers.45 degrees to 90 degrees You have an assumed sling angle of 24 degrees but the actual angle is 19 degrees. What effect does this have on the pounds per leg on the sling? - correct answers.The pounds per leg will increase What is the working range of a Clam Shell? - correct answers.00 - 24 degrees What is the working range of a Lift Crane? - correct answers.55 - 80 degrees What is the working range of a Dragline? - correct answers.25 - 39 degrees Assume you are lifting an item onto the roof. The Height of the exterior wall is 27 feet above the ground and the horizontal distance from the centerline of the rotation is 40 feet. What is the minimum length of the boom required? - correct answers.70 Feet Assume you are lifting an item onto the bridge deck. The Deck is 27 feet above the ground and the horizontal distance from the centerline of the rotation is 40 feet. What is the minimum boom angle? - correct answers.57 degrees Assume you are lifting an item onto the bridge deck. The deck is 37 feet above the ground
and the horizontal distance from the centerline of the rotation is 70 feet. What is the minimum length of the boom required? - correct answers.120 Feet Assume you are lifting an item onto the bridge deck. The deck is 37 feet above the ground and the horizontal distance from the centerline of the rotation is 70 feet. What is the minimum boom angle? - correct answers.57 degrees Which document is submitted to the Owner for bid consideration before the Contractor can receive the bidding documents? - correct answers.Pre-qualification Forms Which document describes the duties and responsibilities of each party and the business procedures for administering the contract? - correct answers.General Conditions What is the name of the law principle for referring the Contractor to other documents that are not contained in the package provided? - correct answers.Incorporated by Reference Which of the following documents is normally incorporated by reference? - correct answers.General Conditions Which document establishes the forms, content and procedures for submitting the bid proposals? - correct answers.Instructions to Bidders Which document makes changes, modifications and corrections prior to bid opening? - correct answers.Addenda Which document issued by the Architect illustrates what is to be built? - correct answers.Plans Which document is submitted by each bidder stating that their bid was arrived at without any conferring with other prime bidders? - correct answers.Noncollusive Affidavit Which document describes quality of work, the quality of the materials, and the construction execution procedures? - correct answers.Technical Specifications Which document applies to the Contractor and the Subcontractors and describes the administrative, procedural and temporary procedures on the job site? - correct answers.General Requirements Which document describes the business procedures for a specific project and changes the initial procedures? - correct answers.Supplementary Conditions
Which type of insurance is needed because the high winds mangle the rebar inside the forms? - correct answers.Builders Risk Which type of insurance is needed because a 150-year rated rain storm has removed the structure from its foundation and it flows down the river? - correct answers.Soil Erosion Which type of insurance covers all parties and all risks under one unified insurance program and purchased by the Owner? - correct answers.Wrap Up Policy Which type of insurance that covers the Contractor assuming the liability of another party through a hold harmless clause? - correct answers.Indemnification You have a Contract for a Dredging Project on Lake Michigan. Which of the following is required as an Insurance Rider? - correct answers.Marine Workers Compensation Which of the following Insurance Coverage items are purchased as a Rider? - correct answers.Broad Indemnify, Flood, Soil Erosion, Rail and Marine Workers Compensation Assume that you are working on a three-story addition to an existing building and there isn't any work contracted in the existing building. You allow your subcontractor to store their material on the 3rd floor of the existing structure which does not contain any work. According to the legal system, WORK is defined by the Contract Documents and the Builders Risk Policy and it has a very specific trade meaning in Construction. Which of the following clearly defines the word works according to the courts - correct answers.Work within the contract limits of the new structure Assume that you are working on a three-story addition to an existing three-story structure. You allow your subcontractor to store their material on the 3rd floor of the existing structure which does not contain any work. A fire burns down the 3rd floor of the existing structure. Does the Contractor have insurance coverage? - correct answers.No. The Contractor is not covered and Insurance can recover under negligence What does the abbreviation EMR stand for? - correct answers.Experience Modification Rating What is the purpose of an EMR? - correct answers.Adjust Workers Compensation Manual Rate to reflect a company Which entity sets the worker's compensation manual rates? - correct answers.State
Which period of time does the Bid Bond cover? - correct answers.Bid submittal until the signing of the agreement Which document specifies the Bid Bond Percentage? - correct answers.Instruction to Bidders The Contractor submits a bid for $1,303,071 with the appropriate forms. They receive a Notice of Award letter indicating that their bid has been selected. The Contractor decides not to accept the contract. Will the Contractor lose anything? - correct answers.Yes, they will lose the amount of their Bid Bond Face Value Which document guarantees to the Owner that the successful Contractor will sign a contract? - correct answers.Bid Bond Which document guarantees to the Owner that all third parties will be paid or else the Bond will be invoked? - correct answers.Labor/Material Bond Which document specifies the time frame for submitting the contract bonds & insurance? - correct answers.Instructions to Bidders Which documents must be submitted to the Owner from the Contractor at the signing of the Owner-Contractor Agreement? - correct answers.Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Insurance Certificates Which party backs the face value of the Bonds? - correct answers.Surety Which party invokes a bond? - correct answers.Owner What does the Surety do if a bond is invoked? - correct answers.Pay the Owner the bond face value, then sues the contractor for face value plus What are the financial obligations of the Contractor if the Payment Bond is invoked? - correct answers.Pay the Surety for the face value of the bond plus all other expenses incurred What is the correct name for the acronym OSHA? - correct answers.Occupational Safety and Health Administration What is the purpose of the OSHA law? - correct answers.Provide a place of employment free from safety hazards The Safety Standards utilize the abbreviation 29 CFR Part 1926. What does the acronym
