DESIGN, OPERATION &
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING
SYSTEMS, PART 1 EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
GRADED A+
What are the responsibilities of the design professional during a construction project? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ represent the owner; advise and consult with the owner; coordinate
with other disciplines; generate a complete set of drawings; coordinate all drawings and
specifications; participate in the bid process and contract selection; verify that
workmanship and materials conform to requirements; periodically inspect the project;
prepare punch lists
What are the three traditional principal roles in a construction process? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ owner, design professional, and contractor
What is the most vital contribution of the owner during a construction project? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ providing financial resources
The ________ is the project manager unless he or she chooses to delegate or contract
out the responsibility. - Correct Answer ✔✔ The owner is the project manager unless he
or she chooses to delegate or contract out the responsibility.
The ________ prepares the punch lists. - Correct Answer ✔✔ The design professional
prepares the punch lists.
It is the responsibility of the ________ to notify the building owner of discrepancies in
the design. - Correct Answer ✔✔ It is the responsibility of the contractor to notify the
building owner of discrepancies in the design.
Responsibilities of the contractor for a construction project include:
a. supplying the project concept and requirements.
b. taking responsibility for all materials and workmanship.
c. providing and arranging the financing. - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. taking responsibility
for all materials and workmanship.
,Which party in the construction process is responsible for verifying that the
workmanship and materials conform to the requirements of the drawings and
specifications?
a. The architect/engineer
b. The owner
c. The building manager - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. The architect/engineer
A list of deficiencies in the construction compiled by the project manager or architect
near the end of a job is a:
a. punch list.
b. bid.
c. contract. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. punch list.
The responsibilities of a contractor include all of the following except:
a. generating a complete set of drawings and specifications.
b. giving personal attention to the work.
c. alerting the building owner to discrepancies in the design. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a.
generating a complete set of drawings and specifications.
What is the most important responsibility of the owner during the construction process?
a. giving personal attention to the work
b. providing financing
c. following the drawings and specifications - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. providing financing
What is speculative development and build-to-suit development? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Speculative development is when a building is built without a commitment from a user,
but with the belief that a demand exists for the space; build-to-suit development is
designing and constructing a building to meet the specific needs of a user who is
committed to a project.
The most challenging and most common construction project in property and facilities
management is:
a.speculative development.
b.build-to-suit development.
c.renovation.
d.energy performance contracting. - Correct Answer ✔✔ c.renovation
A ________ can let clients know when they must make decisions about organizational
and project values, goals, and requirements. - Correct Answer ✔✔ program developer
________ is restoration of a property to satisfactory condition without changing the plan,
form, or style of the structure. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Rehabilitation
Modernization is conforming the exterior or interior of a property with changes in
________. - Correct Answer ✔✔ style
,________ is changing the plan, form, or style of a structure to correct functional or
economic deficiencies. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Remodeling
When alterations to a primary function area are being performed, which requires that
you remove barriers from the path of travel?
a.BOCA (Building Officials Code Administration)
b.ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
c.ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
d.UBC (Uniform Building Code) - Correct Answer ✔✔ c.ADA (Americans with
Disabilities Act)
Most buildings built prior to ________ are excellent candidates for energy performance
contracting and can save at least 15-20 percent on energy bills. - Correct Answer ✔✔
1995
All new construction must comply with the standards established in the ________. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ ADA
All of the following are characteristics that should be possessed by people recruited for
a project team except:
a. complimentary skill sets and ample experience.
b. passion for what they are doing and a strong work ethic.
c. a willingness to support the owner regardless of the circumstances. - Correct Answer
✔✔ c. a willingness to support the owner regardless of the circumstances.
Speculative development refers to:
a. a building built without a commitment from a user.
b. design and construction built to suit a specific committed user.
c. changing the plan, form, or design to fit the speculations of an existing user. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a. a building built without a commitment from a user.
Build-to-suit development involves the design and construction of a building to:
a. fulfill the unique specifications of a long-term tenant.
b. meet a specific market demand as identified by an in-depth market study.
c. accommodate the changing space requirements of a growing business. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a. fulfill the unique specifications of a long-term tenant.
Speculative development is a practice that:
a. creates demand.
b. implies uncommitted users.
c. became unpopular in the 1980s. - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. implies uncommitted users.
Alterations to buildings must comply with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act):
a. in every building regardless of cost and reasonableness.
b. only in public properties.
, c. to the maximum extent feasible. - Correct Answer ✔✔ c. to the maximum extent
feasible.
What are building codes? - Correct Answer ✔✔ rules and regulations that promote
general safety by regulating the design and construction of a building's components
A needs assessment is an analysis of the ________ requirements of a specific user. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ space
A Program Of Requirements is divided into two sections: the ________ program and
the ________ program. - Correct Answer ✔✔ fuctional, architectural
A ________ program involves creating written documents that identify the tangible
needs a building must meet. - Correct Answer ✔✔ functional
The architectural program establishes the size and general character of the proposed
building in a detailed ________ plan. - Correct Answer ✔✔ architectural
What design phase also is sometimes referred to as sketch design? - Correct Answer
✔✔ schematic design phase
Space utilization standards identify the space needed for all of the following except:
a.window or vision area.
b.job title.
c.function.
d.level within an organization. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a.window or vision area.
Which part of the functional program identifies the space needed for each job title,
function, or level within an organization?
a. Space utilization standards
b. Performance criteria
c. Statement of need - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Space utilization standards
Which type of legal control promotes general safety by regulating the design and
construction of a building's components?
a. Zoning variance
b. Zoning codes
c. Building codes - Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Building codes
Which type of legal control promotes health, safety, and welfare of the general public by
controlling the use, height, and mass of a building?
a. Zoning variance
b. Zoning codes
c. Building codes - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Zoning codes
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING
SYSTEMS, PART 1 EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
GRADED A+
What are the responsibilities of the design professional during a construction project? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ represent the owner; advise and consult with the owner; coordinate
with other disciplines; generate a complete set of drawings; coordinate all drawings and
specifications; participate in the bid process and contract selection; verify that
workmanship and materials conform to requirements; periodically inspect the project;
prepare punch lists
What are the three traditional principal roles in a construction process? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ owner, design professional, and contractor
What is the most vital contribution of the owner during a construction project? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ providing financial resources
The ________ is the project manager unless he or she chooses to delegate or contract
out the responsibility. - Correct Answer ✔✔ The owner is the project manager unless he
or she chooses to delegate or contract out the responsibility.
The ________ prepares the punch lists. - Correct Answer ✔✔ The design professional
prepares the punch lists.
It is the responsibility of the ________ to notify the building owner of discrepancies in
the design. - Correct Answer ✔✔ It is the responsibility of the contractor to notify the
building owner of discrepancies in the design.
Responsibilities of the contractor for a construction project include:
a. supplying the project concept and requirements.
b. taking responsibility for all materials and workmanship.
c. providing and arranging the financing. - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. taking responsibility
for all materials and workmanship.
,Which party in the construction process is responsible for verifying that the
workmanship and materials conform to the requirements of the drawings and
specifications?
a. The architect/engineer
b. The owner
c. The building manager - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. The architect/engineer
A list of deficiencies in the construction compiled by the project manager or architect
near the end of a job is a:
a. punch list.
b. bid.
c. contract. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. punch list.
The responsibilities of a contractor include all of the following except:
a. generating a complete set of drawings and specifications.
b. giving personal attention to the work.
c. alerting the building owner to discrepancies in the design. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a.
generating a complete set of drawings and specifications.
What is the most important responsibility of the owner during the construction process?
a. giving personal attention to the work
b. providing financing
c. following the drawings and specifications - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. providing financing
What is speculative development and build-to-suit development? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Speculative development is when a building is built without a commitment from a user,
but with the belief that a demand exists for the space; build-to-suit development is
designing and constructing a building to meet the specific needs of a user who is
committed to a project.
The most challenging and most common construction project in property and facilities
management is:
a.speculative development.
b.build-to-suit development.
c.renovation.
d.energy performance contracting. - Correct Answer ✔✔ c.renovation
A ________ can let clients know when they must make decisions about organizational
and project values, goals, and requirements. - Correct Answer ✔✔ program developer
________ is restoration of a property to satisfactory condition without changing the plan,
form, or style of the structure. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Rehabilitation
Modernization is conforming the exterior or interior of a property with changes in
________. - Correct Answer ✔✔ style
,________ is changing the plan, form, or style of a structure to correct functional or
economic deficiencies. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Remodeling
When alterations to a primary function area are being performed, which requires that
you remove barriers from the path of travel?
a.BOCA (Building Officials Code Administration)
b.ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
c.ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
d.UBC (Uniform Building Code) - Correct Answer ✔✔ c.ADA (Americans with
Disabilities Act)
Most buildings built prior to ________ are excellent candidates for energy performance
contracting and can save at least 15-20 percent on energy bills. - Correct Answer ✔✔
1995
All new construction must comply with the standards established in the ________. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ ADA
All of the following are characteristics that should be possessed by people recruited for
a project team except:
a. complimentary skill sets and ample experience.
b. passion for what they are doing and a strong work ethic.
c. a willingness to support the owner regardless of the circumstances. - Correct Answer
✔✔ c. a willingness to support the owner regardless of the circumstances.
Speculative development refers to:
a. a building built without a commitment from a user.
b. design and construction built to suit a specific committed user.
c. changing the plan, form, or design to fit the speculations of an existing user. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a. a building built without a commitment from a user.
Build-to-suit development involves the design and construction of a building to:
a. fulfill the unique specifications of a long-term tenant.
b. meet a specific market demand as identified by an in-depth market study.
c. accommodate the changing space requirements of a growing business. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a. fulfill the unique specifications of a long-term tenant.
Speculative development is a practice that:
a. creates demand.
b. implies uncommitted users.
c. became unpopular in the 1980s. - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. implies uncommitted users.
Alterations to buildings must comply with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act):
a. in every building regardless of cost and reasonableness.
b. only in public properties.
, c. to the maximum extent feasible. - Correct Answer ✔✔ c. to the maximum extent
feasible.
What are building codes? - Correct Answer ✔✔ rules and regulations that promote
general safety by regulating the design and construction of a building's components
A needs assessment is an analysis of the ________ requirements of a specific user. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ space
A Program Of Requirements is divided into two sections: the ________ program and
the ________ program. - Correct Answer ✔✔ fuctional, architectural
A ________ program involves creating written documents that identify the tangible
needs a building must meet. - Correct Answer ✔✔ functional
The architectural program establishes the size and general character of the proposed
building in a detailed ________ plan. - Correct Answer ✔✔ architectural
What design phase also is sometimes referred to as sketch design? - Correct Answer
✔✔ schematic design phase
Space utilization standards identify the space needed for all of the following except:
a.window or vision area.
b.job title.
c.function.
d.level within an organization. - Correct Answer ✔✔ a.window or vision area.
Which part of the functional program identifies the space needed for each job title,
function, or level within an organization?
a. Space utilization standards
b. Performance criteria
c. Statement of need - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Space utilization standards
Which type of legal control promotes general safety by regulating the design and
construction of a building's components?
a. Zoning variance
b. Zoning codes
c. Building codes - Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Building codes
Which type of legal control promotes health, safety, and welfare of the general public by
controlling the use, height, and mass of a building?
a. Zoning variance
b. Zoning codes
c. Building codes - Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Zoning codes
