DBIA Practice Exam QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
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Typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines project
requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-based technical requirements
with limited perspective specifications - CORRECT ANSWER-traditional design build
design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-builder is under contract;
final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part of the selection process;
two phases; preliminary services and final design and construction services - CORRECT
ANSWER-Progressive design build
What documents describe the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Criteria documents
Prescribes how to achieve the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Bridging Documents
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its details to 100%
complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of details of
the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to the contractor. The owner is therefore
liable to the contractor for any gaps between plans and specs and owner's requirements for
project performance - CORRECT ANSWER-Design bid build paradigm
The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the basis of
preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for completing the design in
accordance with the owner's performance requirements. That also causes the design-builder to
, warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the
design to subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER-
Design details responsibility
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies, useful for
preliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models and conceptual
estimating - CORRECT ANSWER-Uniformat
subdivides work by results/trades, focuses on building materials, products, and activities, useful
for detailed information during final design and construction phases, and aligns with detailed
estimating - CORRECT ANSWER-master format
a specific business need or behavior as seen by an external user of the system; describe what
functions/operations the end product must perform/accommodate; examples: regulatory
permitting, economic, and others that define functions and operational capability. "Build an
office building on my existing lot to provide office space for 1,000 workers" - CORRECT
ANSWER-functional requirement
describes what product(s) components must do/achieve with a measurement metric;
challenges: developing objective and definable standards to validate performance, tendency to
drift to prescriptive specs; examples: uniformat C10, interior construction. "Provide durable,
paintable interior walls between offices with STC 35 (min)". - CORRECT ANSWER-performance
requirement
describes in terms of exactly how the product and/or its components must be built; cookbook
approach - CORRECT ANSWER-prescriptive requirement
Takes the best of "qualified" teams; a key to design-build success - CORRECT ANSWER-shortlist
owners define their goals and selection criteria, one or two phase process if shortlisting is
applicable, price is not a factor in selection - CORRECT ANSWER-competitive procurement
process
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines project
requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-based technical requirements
with limited perspective specifications - CORRECT ANSWER-traditional design build
design and procurement are progressively developed after the design-builder is under contract;
final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part of the selection process;
two phases; preliminary services and final design and construction services - CORRECT
ANSWER-Progressive design build
What documents describe the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Criteria documents
Prescribes how to achieve the end result - CORRECT ANSWER-Bridging Documents
Prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its details to 100%
complete plans and specs. The owner is therefore responsible for success or failure of details of
the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to the contractor. The owner is therefore
liable to the contractor for any gaps between plans and specs and owner's requirements for
project performance - CORRECT ANSWER-Design bid build paradigm
The owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the basis of
preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for completing the design in
accordance with the owner's performance requirements. That also causes the design-builder to
, warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the
design to subcontractors/suppliers that have no design responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER-
Design details responsibility
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies, useful for
preliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models and conceptual
estimating - CORRECT ANSWER-Uniformat
subdivides work by results/trades, focuses on building materials, products, and activities, useful
for detailed information during final design and construction phases, and aligns with detailed
estimating - CORRECT ANSWER-master format
a specific business need or behavior as seen by an external user of the system; describe what
functions/operations the end product must perform/accommodate; examples: regulatory
permitting, economic, and others that define functions and operational capability. "Build an
office building on my existing lot to provide office space for 1,000 workers" - CORRECT
ANSWER-functional requirement
describes what product(s) components must do/achieve with a measurement metric;
challenges: developing objective and definable standards to validate performance, tendency to
drift to prescriptive specs; examples: uniformat C10, interior construction. "Provide durable,
paintable interior walls between offices with STC 35 (min)". - CORRECT ANSWER-performance
requirement
describes in terms of exactly how the product and/or its components must be built; cookbook
approach - CORRECT ANSWER-prescriptive requirement
Takes the best of "qualified" teams; a key to design-build success - CORRECT ANSWER-shortlist
owners define their goals and selection criteria, one or two phase process if shortlisting is
applicable, price is not a factor in selection - CORRECT ANSWER-competitive procurement
process
