NICET LEVEL III WATER BASED LAYOUT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | 100%
VERIFIED | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+.
General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - What is not included in the
technical specification?
•contract
•specifications
•contract drawings - CORRECT ANSWER - Bid documents include?
General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Codes, standards, Authority
Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), clean-up, safety requirements, barricades, fencing,
insurance and bond requirements, ect.
Supplementary Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Addendums, time
schedules, working days allowed, delay agreements, payment schedules
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Specifications typically use what format?
Contractors - CORRECT ANSWER - Construction manager concept is when
the owner contracts with the construction manager who oversees ____________
working on the project
Design-Build Concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Sometimes referred to as a
turn-key type agreement or contract?
,general contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple Prime Contractor
Method has the intent is eliminate the middleman __________ __________.
•architectural/structural contractor
•mechanical contractor
•electrical contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple prime contractor
method involve more than one prime contractor which consist of?
General category and supplementary conditions - CORRECT ANSWER -
Contract conditions is divided into two categories which is?
Addendum - CORRECT ANSWER - Changes to the contract or other
modifications.
•up-front payments
•progress payments
•lump sum - CORRECT ANSWER - Types of payment schedules are?
Bidding requirements, sample forms, conditions of the contract and
specifications, including general conditions and supplementary conditions -
CORRECT ANSWER - What comprises the project manual?
•contract itself
•contract conditions
•specifications
•drawings - CORRECT ANSWER - Contract documents include:
Preliminary, bid, approval, construction, as-built - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drawings have different stages which are?
, Request for proposal (RFP) - CORRECT ANSWER - Oftentimes a project will
begin with a _________.
•certified value specialist
•owner's representatives
•designers and consultants
•the construction team
•cost estimator
•building management staff
•third-party (independent) reviewers - CORRECT ANSWER -
Valueengineering team typically consist of?
•Information gathering
•brainstorming
•analysis
•development
•recommendations - CORRECT ANSWER - Value-engineering typically goes
through phases which are?
Planning stage - CORRECT ANSWER - At what stage does value-engineering
provide the most benefit?
•federal government
•general services administration (GSA)
•large companies - CORRECT ANSWER - Who commonly uses the multiple
prime contractor method?
Owner, architect, general contractor, subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER -
Traditional method contract uses the typical chain of command which is?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | 100%
VERIFIED | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+.
General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - What is not included in the
technical specification?
•contract
•specifications
•contract drawings - CORRECT ANSWER - Bid documents include?
General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Codes, standards, Authority
Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), clean-up, safety requirements, barricades, fencing,
insurance and bond requirements, ect.
Supplementary Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Addendums, time
schedules, working days allowed, delay agreements, payment schedules
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Specifications typically use what format?
Contractors - CORRECT ANSWER - Construction manager concept is when
the owner contracts with the construction manager who oversees ____________
working on the project
Design-Build Concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Sometimes referred to as a
turn-key type agreement or contract?
,general contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple Prime Contractor
Method has the intent is eliminate the middleman __________ __________.
•architectural/structural contractor
•mechanical contractor
•electrical contractor - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple prime contractor
method involve more than one prime contractor which consist of?
General category and supplementary conditions - CORRECT ANSWER -
Contract conditions is divided into two categories which is?
Addendum - CORRECT ANSWER - Changes to the contract or other
modifications.
•up-front payments
•progress payments
•lump sum - CORRECT ANSWER - Types of payment schedules are?
Bidding requirements, sample forms, conditions of the contract and
specifications, including general conditions and supplementary conditions -
CORRECT ANSWER - What comprises the project manual?
•contract itself
•contract conditions
•specifications
•drawings - CORRECT ANSWER - Contract documents include:
Preliminary, bid, approval, construction, as-built - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drawings have different stages which are?
, Request for proposal (RFP) - CORRECT ANSWER - Oftentimes a project will
begin with a _________.
•certified value specialist
•owner's representatives
•designers and consultants
•the construction team
•cost estimator
•building management staff
•third-party (independent) reviewers - CORRECT ANSWER -
Valueengineering team typically consist of?
•Information gathering
•brainstorming
•analysis
•development
•recommendations - CORRECT ANSWER - Value-engineering typically goes
through phases which are?
Planning stage - CORRECT ANSWER - At what stage does value-engineering
provide the most benefit?
•federal government
•general services administration (GSA)
•large companies - CORRECT ANSWER - Who commonly uses the multiple
prime contractor method?
Owner, architect, general contractor, subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER -
Traditional method contract uses the typical chain of command which is?
