NICET LEVEL 3 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
● acceptance testing. Answer: Testing conducted by the Department to
measure the degree of compliance to the Contract
● actual cost. Answer: The computed cost using calculations provided
● addendum. Answer: A Contract revision or response to a Contractor
inquiry issued after advertisement and before the opening of bids.
● as-built quantity. Answer: The quantity of a completed Item eligible
for payment
● authorized funding amount. Answer: The amount of funds authorized
by the Department for the Contract
● Bidder. Answer: The individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint
venture, or any acceptable combination thereof that submits a bid to the
Department.
, ● bridge. Answer: . A structure, other than a culvert, including supports,
erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or
railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other
moving loads and having a length 3 measured along the center of the
structure of more than 20 feet between undercopings of abutments or
extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes. Structure dimensions are
defined as follows:
● bridge length. Answer: The overall length measured along the line of
survey stationing from back to back of backwalls of abutments, if
present, otherwise end to end of the bridge floor; but, in no case less
than the total clear opening of the structure
● bridge width. Answer: The clear width measured at right angles to the
longitudinal centerline of the bridge between the bottom of curbs, or in
the case of multiple height of curbs, between the bottoms of the lower
risers or, if curbs are not used, between inner faces of parapet or railing
● Change Order.. Answer: A written order issued by the Department to
the Contractor after execution of the Contract authorizing one or more of
the following: 1. Changes in the Work. 2. Modifications in the basis of
payment. 3. Modifications to Contract Time.
● Commercially Useful Function. Answer: Occurrences in which the
subcontractor is responsible for the execution of a distinct element of the
work of a contract and carrying out its responsibilities by actually
performing, managing, and supervising the work involved, and with
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
● acceptance testing. Answer: Testing conducted by the Department to
measure the degree of compliance to the Contract
● actual cost. Answer: The computed cost using calculations provided
● addendum. Answer: A Contract revision or response to a Contractor
inquiry issued after advertisement and before the opening of bids.
● as-built quantity. Answer: The quantity of a completed Item eligible
for payment
● authorized funding amount. Answer: The amount of funds authorized
by the Department for the Contract
● Bidder. Answer: The individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint
venture, or any acceptable combination thereof that submits a bid to the
Department.
, ● bridge. Answer: . A structure, other than a culvert, including supports,
erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or
railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other
moving loads and having a length 3 measured along the center of the
structure of more than 20 feet between undercopings of abutments or
extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes. Structure dimensions are
defined as follows:
● bridge length. Answer: The overall length measured along the line of
survey stationing from back to back of backwalls of abutments, if
present, otherwise end to end of the bridge floor; but, in no case less
than the total clear opening of the structure
● bridge width. Answer: The clear width measured at right angles to the
longitudinal centerline of the bridge between the bottom of curbs, or in
the case of multiple height of curbs, between the bottoms of the lower
risers or, if curbs are not used, between inner faces of parapet or railing
● Change Order.. Answer: A written order issued by the Department to
the Contractor after execution of the Contract authorizing one or more of
the following: 1. Changes in the Work. 2. Modifications in the basis of
payment. 3. Modifications to Contract Time.
● Commercially Useful Function. Answer: Occurrences in which the
subcontractor is responsible for the execution of a distinct element of the
work of a contract and carrying out its responsibilities by actually
performing, managing, and supervising the work involved, and with
