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What are the three stages of the design and construction process for public construction projects in MA  Planning, Design, and Construction What does the design stage result in?  A complete set of plans and specifications describing the project to be built. What happens after a set of plans and specifications is complete?  Bids are solicited on the completed design, and the selected contractor completes the construction stage. Who is always responsible and accountable for the ...

Public Purchasing Objectives:  obtain the materials, services and facilities required by public organizations, when and where the materials, services, and facilities are needed, at the best price reasonably available through open, fair competition, at a reasonable cost. Price = ?  contract amount Cost =?  What's paid to vendor and other cost associated e.g., soft costs -time, research, etc., bid process, contract administration. Key control activities related to procureme...

Owner/Awarding Authority is responsible for defining project:  - scope - budget - schedule - procuring/managing design & construction - paying for project - operating & maintaining - always accountable Owner/Awarding Authority Owner's Project Manager Requirement  - public building projects estimated over $1.5M - before the designer procurement - must be independent from designer, GC or subs - services: planning, design, implementation of construction (CM services) MSBA OP...

What does Chapter 30B apply to?  -procurement of supplies and services -disposal of surplus supplies -acquisitions and dispositions of real property and interests in real property...by governmental body What does governmental body include?  -cities -towns -regional school districts -horace mann charter schools -counties -agencies, boards, commissions, authorities, departments, or instrumentalities of above What is an invalid contract?  any contract in violation of MGL c30B...

What is the purpose of "resection landmarks"?  They are used to compute condylar resection thickness, based on the planned implant position Which of the following is the appropriate location for the "femur knee center" landmark?  The most distal point in the trochlea in both the coronal and sagittal window There are a total of eight CT landmarks?  True What is the main difference between "estimated cartilage" and "bone resection"?  "Estimated carti...

The steps for identifying and resolving a loose/bumped checkpoint are: 1. walk three planes in bone registration to confirm it is still accurate. 2. retighten the array. 3. clear the associated bone registration, checkpoint, and patient landmarks. 4. recapture the associated patient landmarks, checkpoint, and bone registration.  False - this is for correcting shifted array. When entering bone preparation, the surgeon tries to verify the femoral bone checkpoint and the result is grea...

All surgeons who use Mako are certified on all applications  False Which of the following devices or systems are compatible with Mako? Choose all that apply  Accolade II, Triathlon cementless, and MDM In 2013, when Stryker acquired Mako Surgical, which applications were available?  PKA and THA Dynamic joint balancing allows for more correct knee kinematics and soft tissue balance prior to resection  True In the following pre-op plan, what is the femoral flexion?  Top ri...

What type of joint is the knee?  Modified Hinge Extracapsular Ligaments of the knee  MCL (Ant.); LCL (Ant.); Oblique Popliteal Ligament (Post.); Arcuate Popliteal Ligament (Post.) Intraarticular Ligaments  ACL (Ant.); PCL (Post.) Blood Vessels that supply the Knee  Descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery; genicular branches of the popliteal artery; descending genicular artery derived from the femoral artery; recurrent branches from the anterior tibial ...

Proximal Distal  Closer to limbs insertion or origin Further from limbs insertion or origin Sagittal  Plane that produces left and right portions Mid-sagittal Para-sagittal  Sagittal plane cut at midline Sagittal plane not cut at midline Frontal (coronal)  Plane that produces anterior and posterior portions Transverse  Plane that produces superior and inferior portions and is perpendicular to the sagittal and frontal (coronal) planes Anatomical position  Arms a...