CSI CDT 2026 EXAM PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔MasterFormat - ✔✔Organizational structure providing numbers and titles. 6 and 8
digit number titles. 50 division format does not follow the sequence of construction.
✔✔SectionFormat - ✔✔A uniform approach to organizing a spec into 3 primary parts.
Part 1: General, Part 2: Products, Part 3: Execution.
✔✔PageFormat - ✔✔Standard Page Format with 3 objectives:
1. Present text clearly, best suited for easy reading and rapid reference.
2. Provide an acceptable standard suitable for use in specs throughout the construction
industry.
3. Provide a flexible format compatible with most current production techniques and
electronic software.
✔✔GreenFormat - ✔✔Voluntary product sustainability information structure that works
in conjunction with MasterFormat. Designed to communicate sustainability features of
building materials, products, systems and technologies. Addresses info needs of A/E,
suppliers, constructors and regulators.
✔✔Factors that influence Drawing Set Organization - ✔✔1. Number of Disciplines
2. Number of Project Parts (ex. Individual Buildings)
3. Number of Contracts
4. Project Phase
5. Construction Sequence
6. Number and Extent of Systems
7. Project Delivery Method
✔✔US National CAD Standard - ✔✔Consensus standard comprised of interrelated
standards, guidelines and tools for uniformly organizing and presenting drawing
information. Comprised of 4 parts:
1. National Institute of Building Sciences Forward and Administration.
2. AIA CAD Layer Guidelines
3. CSI Uniform Drawing System (UDS)
4. Plotting Guidelines
✔✔AIA CAD Layer Guidelines - ✔✔Hierarchical organization describing four data fields
within layers:
1. Discipline Designator
2. Major Group
3. Minor Groups
4. Status
, ✔✔Historical Record - ✔✔Every doc is discoverable and should be clearly written,
accurate, contain sufficient info and understood when read by others at a future time.
Someone will be looking for a "smoking gun".
✔✔Professional Standard of Care - ✔✔Professionals have a duty to adhere to the
standard of reasonable care. Defined as taking the same course of action as another
reasonable A/E in the same area would have taken under the same circumstances.
✔✔Who's responsible for complying with Building Codes, Laws and Regulations? -
✔✔A/E
✔✔Spearin Doctrine - ✔✔Contractor is not responsible for defects, errors or omissions
in the contract docs (specs).
✔✔Court Interpretation Rules - ✔✔1. Autonomy of Contract
2. Entire Agreement
3. Specific Takes Precedence over General
4. Trade Customs
5. Practical Interpretation
6. Construction Against the Drafter
✔✔What does Green or Sustainable Building Involve according to the EPA? -
✔✔Develop healthier methods of construction, operation and demolition while using
resources more efficiently.
✔✔Six Fundamental Sustainable Design Approaches - ✔✔1. Site Optimization
2. Use of Energy
3. Water Use
4. Indoor Environmental Quality
5. Building Materials and Products
6. Optimizing Operational and Maintenance Practices
✔✔What is the USGBC - ✔✔US Green Building Council, a private corporation that
developed the LEED program.
✔✔Assessing Facility Sustainability - ✔✔LEED rating by USGBC
✔✔LEED rating is based on the following categories - ✔✔1. Sustainable Sites
2. Water Efficiency
3. Energy and Atmosphere
4. Materials and Resources
5. Indoor Environmental Quality and
6. Innovations in Design
SURE A+
✔✔MasterFormat - ✔✔Organizational structure providing numbers and titles. 6 and 8
digit number titles. 50 division format does not follow the sequence of construction.
✔✔SectionFormat - ✔✔A uniform approach to organizing a spec into 3 primary parts.
Part 1: General, Part 2: Products, Part 3: Execution.
✔✔PageFormat - ✔✔Standard Page Format with 3 objectives:
1. Present text clearly, best suited for easy reading and rapid reference.
2. Provide an acceptable standard suitable for use in specs throughout the construction
industry.
3. Provide a flexible format compatible with most current production techniques and
electronic software.
✔✔GreenFormat - ✔✔Voluntary product sustainability information structure that works
in conjunction with MasterFormat. Designed to communicate sustainability features of
building materials, products, systems and technologies. Addresses info needs of A/E,
suppliers, constructors and regulators.
✔✔Factors that influence Drawing Set Organization - ✔✔1. Number of Disciplines
2. Number of Project Parts (ex. Individual Buildings)
3. Number of Contracts
4. Project Phase
5. Construction Sequence
6. Number and Extent of Systems
7. Project Delivery Method
✔✔US National CAD Standard - ✔✔Consensus standard comprised of interrelated
standards, guidelines and tools for uniformly organizing and presenting drawing
information. Comprised of 4 parts:
1. National Institute of Building Sciences Forward and Administration.
2. AIA CAD Layer Guidelines
3. CSI Uniform Drawing System (UDS)
4. Plotting Guidelines
✔✔AIA CAD Layer Guidelines - ✔✔Hierarchical organization describing four data fields
within layers:
1. Discipline Designator
2. Major Group
3. Minor Groups
4. Status
, ✔✔Historical Record - ✔✔Every doc is discoverable and should be clearly written,
accurate, contain sufficient info and understood when read by others at a future time.
Someone will be looking for a "smoking gun".
✔✔Professional Standard of Care - ✔✔Professionals have a duty to adhere to the
standard of reasonable care. Defined as taking the same course of action as another
reasonable A/E in the same area would have taken under the same circumstances.
✔✔Who's responsible for complying with Building Codes, Laws and Regulations? -
✔✔A/E
✔✔Spearin Doctrine - ✔✔Contractor is not responsible for defects, errors or omissions
in the contract docs (specs).
✔✔Court Interpretation Rules - ✔✔1. Autonomy of Contract
2. Entire Agreement
3. Specific Takes Precedence over General
4. Trade Customs
5. Practical Interpretation
6. Construction Against the Drafter
✔✔What does Green or Sustainable Building Involve according to the EPA? -
✔✔Develop healthier methods of construction, operation and demolition while using
resources more efficiently.
✔✔Six Fundamental Sustainable Design Approaches - ✔✔1. Site Optimization
2. Use of Energy
3. Water Use
4. Indoor Environmental Quality
5. Building Materials and Products
6. Optimizing Operational and Maintenance Practices
✔✔What is the USGBC - ✔✔US Green Building Council, a private corporation that
developed the LEED program.
✔✔Assessing Facility Sustainability - ✔✔LEED rating by USGBC
✔✔LEED rating is based on the following categories - ✔✔1. Sustainable Sites
2. Water Efficiency
3. Energy and Atmosphere
4. Materials and Resources
5. Indoor Environmental Quality and
6. Innovations in Design
