NETTCP SOILS & AGGREGATE INSPECTOR
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
3 Quality Assurance Requirements - Answers - Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality
Assurance Program, Quality Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support - Answers - Commitment, Training,
Communication, Funding @ all levels of each organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements - Answers - 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify: - Answers - 1. Minimum contractor
QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition - Answers - All those planned and systematic actions
necessary to provide confidence that a product of facility will perform satisfactorily in
service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program - Answers - 1.
Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition - Answers - The core programmatic elements
required for construction quality assurance implementation
Design-Build Method - Answers - Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package
(20-30%) and issuers a request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B proposers. D-B
proposer is selected on "best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score? - Answers - 1. Technical
Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
, 23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for federally-aided D-B
Projects - Answers - Requires both design-bid-build construction QA programs and
design-build construction QA programs to both follow the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control - Answers - A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust their
process to ensure final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control - Answers - 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
4. Evaluation
5. Corrective Action
2 Quality Control Documents - Answers - 1. Contractor Quality System Manual
2. Quality Control Plans
Contractor Quality System Manual includes: - Answers - 1. Document internal QC
operator procedures
2. SOP
Quality Control Plans include: - Answers - 1. Project specific documents
2. Address specific production facility & field placement processes for individual
categories.
Quality Acceptance - Answers - Agency system used to evaluate the degree of
compliance with contract requirements and to determine the corresponding value for a
given product.
Quality Acceptance factors - Answers - 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
How is quality assessed through testing? - Answers - 1. Quality characteristics
2. Quality measures
3. Quality limits
Engineering Limits - Answers - Absolute threshold values for individual test results
Independent Assurance - Answers - Unbiased & independent evaluation of the
sampling & testing procedures used in the QA program.
Accreditation vs Qualification - Answers - Accreditation: Recognized by formal
accrediting body as meeting as quality system (ex. AASHTO Accreditation Program,
AAP)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
3 Quality Assurance Requirements - Answers - Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality
Assurance Program, Quality Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support - Answers - Commitment, Training,
Communication, Funding @ all levels of each organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements - Answers - 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify: - Answers - 1. Minimum contractor
QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition - Answers - All those planned and systematic actions
necessary to provide confidence that a product of facility will perform satisfactorily in
service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program - Answers - 1.
Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition - Answers - The core programmatic elements
required for construction quality assurance implementation
Design-Build Method - Answers - Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package
(20-30%) and issuers a request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B proposers. D-B
proposer is selected on "best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score? - Answers - 1. Technical
Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
, 23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for federally-aided D-B
Projects - Answers - Requires both design-bid-build construction QA programs and
design-build construction QA programs to both follow the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control - Answers - A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust their
process to ensure final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control - Answers - 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
4. Evaluation
5. Corrective Action
2 Quality Control Documents - Answers - 1. Contractor Quality System Manual
2. Quality Control Plans
Contractor Quality System Manual includes: - Answers - 1. Document internal QC
operator procedures
2. SOP
Quality Control Plans include: - Answers - 1. Project specific documents
2. Address specific production facility & field placement processes for individual
categories.
Quality Acceptance - Answers - Agency system used to evaluate the degree of
compliance with contract requirements and to determine the corresponding value for a
given product.
Quality Acceptance factors - Answers - 1. Sampling
2. Testing
3. Inspection
How is quality assessed through testing? - Answers - 1. Quality characteristics
2. Quality measures
3. Quality limits
Engineering Limits - Answers - Absolute threshold values for individual test results
Independent Assurance - Answers - Unbiased & independent evaluation of the
sampling & testing procedures used in the QA program.
Accreditation vs Qualification - Answers - Accreditation: Recognized by formal
accrediting body as meeting as quality system (ex. AASHTO Accreditation Program,
AAP)
