NICET LEVEL 1 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
COMPLETE
Substantial Completion - Answer- When all work is complete, with the exception of
landscaping Items listed in 811.04, removal of SESC measures, FINAL CLEANUP, and
repair of unacceptable work; provided the RE has determined that: 1. The Project is
safe and convenient for use by the public. 2. Failure to complete work and repairs
excepted above will not result in the deterioration of other completed work. 3. The value
of the remaining landscaping work, removal of SESC measures, repairs, and FINAL
CLEANUP is less than 2 percent of the Total Adjusted Contract Price.
Superintendent - Answer- The Contractor's authorized representative responsible for
and in charge of the Work and is authorized by the Contractor to receive all
communications from the Department.
Surety. - Answer- The individual, partnership, or corporation, other than the Contractor,
that has provided a proposal bond, a performance bond, or a payment bond.
Testing Agency - Answer- A privately-owned facility capable of testing and evaluating
component parts, or the whole, for certification of the composition or construction of the
material or product. Must be an AASHTO-accredited laboratory for each field of
accreditation and type of material to be tested
Total Adjusted Contract Price - Answer- The Total Contract Price as it is adjusted
through the issuance of Change Orders and the calculation of as-built quantities.
Total Contract Price - Answer- The correctly determined summation of lump sum bids
and products of all quantities for Items shown in the Proposal multiplied by the unit
prices bid.
traveled way - Answer- . The portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles
exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes (see Figure 101-1).
Utility - Answer- The company, agency, or other entity that provides services, including,
but not limited to: electric, water, gas, sewer, fiber optic, communications, and railroad,
and the Department with regard to ITS and electrical facilities.
, utility - Answer- The rails, lines, facilities, or systems owned by Utilities
Work - Answer- Labor, services, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, supplies,
and incidentals necessary or convenient for Completion by the Contractor of the
construction described in the Contract and the carrying out of all duties and obligations
imposed by the Contract wholly, or any portion thereof, on the Contractor.
work - Answer- Particular elements, Items, or portions of the Work.
working day - Answer- Any day, exclusive of: 1. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. 2.
Days on which the Contractor is specifically required by the Contract to suspend
construction operations. 3. Days on which the Contractor is prevented by any conditions
beyond the control of the Contractor and adverse to the current controlling operation or
operations, as determined by the RE, from proceeding with at least 75 percent of the
normal labor and equipment force engaged on such operation or operations for at least
60 percent of the total daily time being currently spent on the controlling operation or
operations for all shifts.
working drawings - Answer- Stress sheets, shop drawings, catalogue cuts, calculations,
diagrams, illustrations, schedules, performance charts, brochures, and other
supplementary plans or similar data prepared by the Contractor or subcontractors,
manufacturers, suppliers, or distributors.
Acceptance - Answer- The written acceptance by the Department of the Work.
acceptance testing - Answer- Testing conducted by the Department to measure the
degree of compliance to the Contract
actual cost - Answer- The computed cost using calculations provided
addendum - Answer- A Contract revision or response to a Contractor inquiry issued
after advertisement and before the opening of bids.
as-built quantity - Answer- The quantity of a completed Item eligible for payment
authorized funding amount - Answer- The amount of funds authorized by the
Department for the Contract
Bidder - Answer- The individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or any
acceptable combination thereof that submits a bid to the Department.
bridge - Answer- . A structure, other than a culvert, including supports, erected over a
depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and having a track or
passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having a length 3 measured
along the center of the structure of more than 20 feet between undercopings of
