QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)
Miller Act 1935 - √Answer :Federal Government passed
bond requiring payment and performance bonds on all
public works, what year?
Quiz :Brooks Bill 1972 - √Answer :Bill directing A/E's
selected on qualifications, what year?
Quiz :Clinger Cohen Act/Defense Procurement Reform
Act 1996 - √Answer :Allows all federal agencies to utilize
Design-Build. Prior to that no enabling legislation existed
allowing Design-Build.
Quiz :Standard of Care - √Answer :The level of quality
that any average Design Professional would be able to
perform given the circumstances.
Quiz :Design Bid Build - √Answer :Slowest Project
Delivery method, linear in nature, prescriptive (owner
knows what they want),
Quiz :Multi Prime - √Answer :Project Delivery - Many
contracts through Owner
Quiz :CM at Risk - √Answer :Project Delivery method
allowing the contractor to come on board very early in
design for preconstruction services yet maintains
separation between Designer and Builder contractually.
, Quiz :Design Build - √Answer :Fastest Project Delivery
method, fast tracking possible overlapping design with
construction utilizing incremental packages.
Quiz :Low Bid - √Answer :Procurement Method - Most
Familiar
Quiz :Negotiated (Qualifications Based) - √Answer
:Procurement Method - Common for A/E
Quiz :Best Value - √Answer :Procurement Method -
Qualifications and Price
Quiz :Sole Source - √Answer :Procurement Method -
Direct
Quiz :Lump Sum - √Answer :Contract Format w/ agreed
upon fixed price
Quiz :Cost Plus Fee - √Answer :Contract Format -
contractor reimbursed for actual cost plus an agreed
upon percentage
Quiz :GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) - √Answer
:Contract Format - Combines Cost-Plus & Lump-Sum,
contractor reimbursed for actual cost plus a fee only up
to a certain amount.
Quiz :Unit Price - √Answer :Contract Format - cost per
piece