DBIA EXAM TEST PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
estimator - ✔✔✔ANSWER-must be in step with the designer
from start to finish; receives assistance from key trade partners
Project Delivery System - ✔✔✔ANSWER-How team members
are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines roles
of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ✔✔✔ANSWER-how team members are
selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source)
shift left - ✔✔✔ANSWER-intense efforts to establish scope
early in the process; drives early team formation to include key
,trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early,
affect project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-
location and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent
design and construction
designer of record (a/e) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-licensed to protect
health, safety, and welfare of the public, leads the overall design
effort, or design and engineering of a specific discipline
design manager - ✔✔✔ANSWER-facilitates "marriage"
between design professionals and cost estimators,
advocates for design excellence within the design-build
team, and manages the design information flow and
deliverables
, contracting approach - ✔✔✔ANSWER-how team members
are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-linear, sequential
process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low
price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E
acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond,
process is well-established and understood
construction manager at risk - ✔✔✔ANSWER-similar org
structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or
best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp
contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential
to fast track project, construction cost determined before design
completed, potential issues over what is reasonably inferable
from gmp design documents
Design-Build - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The owner contracts with one
entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and construction
services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual
relationship, selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
estimator - ✔✔✔ANSWER-must be in step with the designer
from start to finish; receives assistance from key trade partners
Project Delivery System - ✔✔✔ANSWER-How team members
are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines roles
of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and
construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Procurement Method - ✔✔✔ANSWER-how team members are
selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source)
shift left - ✔✔✔ANSWER-intense efforts to establish scope
early in the process; drives early team formation to include key
,trade subcontractors; can enable big decisions to be made early,
affect project outcomes at lowest cost, establish a need for co-
location and collaboration, and compress time during concurrent
design and construction
designer of record (a/e) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-licensed to protect
health, safety, and welfare of the public, leads the overall design
effort, or design and engineering of a specific discipline
design manager - ✔✔✔ANSWER-facilitates "marriage"
between design professionals and cost estimators,
advocates for design excellence within the design-build
team, and manages the design information flow and
deliverables
, contracting approach - ✔✔✔ANSWER-how team members
are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-linear, sequential
process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC selected on low
price, design is fully completed without input from GC, A/E
acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong bond,
process is well-established and understood
construction manager at risk - ✔✔✔ANSWER-similar org
structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or
best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp
contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential
to fast track project, construction cost determined before design
completed, potential issues over what is reasonably inferable
from gmp design documents
Design-Build - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The owner contracts with one
entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and construction
services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual
relationship, selected by QBS or best value, wide spectrum of
