ENCE 325 UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ENCE 325
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ENCE 325
ENCE 325 UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the primary ingredients of a contract? - CORRECT ANSWER- Mutual
agreement, Capacity, Consideration, Lawfulness
From an owners perspective a cost plus fee contract is the riskiest of all types of contracts. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ...
ENCE 325 UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the primary ingredients of a contract? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mutual
agreement, Capacity, Consideration, Lawfulness
From an owners perspective a cost plus fee contract is the riskiest of all types of contracts. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
One way to reduce owners risk is to have a cap on the contract of a project. This is an
example of which type of contract? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cost Plus with a GMP
According to Dykstra what issues impact the choice of contract? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔The project delivery method, Risk allocation, The quality of design information
The key to mutual agreement is that all parties agree to exactly what is written in the contract
documents. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
The following is an example of which type of contract? A contractor bids a fixed unit price
and the completion of work is paid based on actual quantities. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Unit Price
Contract documents include many components except which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Change Orders
Specifications complement drawings by answering several key information requirements.
Select all of the following applicable areas that specifications address. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Submittals, Quality of material and products and quality assurance, Special
installation requirements
General conditions are standards that can be used on multiple projects and are provided with
the agreement. General conditions outline and specify how many Key provisions including
which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Outline broad rights and
responsibilities of the parties, Outline terms for making changes to the work, Provide
guidance for dealing with disputes or delays, Specify the procedures for contractor payment
, The agreement is one of the documents that make up a contract and is sometimes referred to
as the contract because it includes by reference all the other documents. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Address of the project and brief description of the work, List of documents
referenced by the agreement, Time for completion and contractor exclusions
GC's develop a rough schedule called a "big schedule" And as a part of preparing their bid.
They refine this as a "master construction schedule" with more detail after they are awarded
the job. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
There are many good reasons why scheduling is an important part of project management, as
it assists contractors in providing value in several ways except which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Drive subcontractor quality performance
Select all of the following types of schedules that are common in construction project
management. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bar charts, Network diagrams, Network bar charts
Select all of the following steps required to develop a master schedule. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Identify work activities, Sequence the work activities, Estimate activity
durations
The method by which activities are organized is called the Contractor Work Structure (CWS).
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False, it's called a Work Breakdown Structure
An example of a software package relevant in project scheduling includes Primavera 6. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Preconstruction include several activities orchestrated by the project manager and
superintendent which of the following are considered pre-construction activities? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Job-site layout plan, Permits, Buying out the job, Adjusting the
bid estimate
Plans and drawings tell the General Contractor what needs to be done. The GC is responsible
for deciding how to do the job. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
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