DBIA TEST/109 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
Project Delivery System - √Answer :How team members
are organized, establishes when parties engage,
determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Quiz :Procurement Method - √Answer :how team
members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole
source)
Quiz :contracting approach - √Answer :how team
members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target
price, unit price)
Quiz :Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - √Answer :linear,
sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC
selected on low price, design is fully completed without
input from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a
historically strong bond, process is well-established and
understood
Quiz :construction manager at risk - √Answer :similar
org structure to DBB, construction manager selected by
QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services,
negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book
estimating process, potential to fast track project,
construction cost determined before design completed,
potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from
gmp design documents
Quiz :Design-Build - √Answer :The owner contracts with
one entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and
,DBIA TEST/109 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
construction services, designer and contractor have a
direct contractual relationship, selected by QBS or best
value, wide spectrum of contracting approaches and
organizational structures, single point responsibility,
owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to
claims is significantly reduced
Quiz :engineer procure construct (epc) - √Answer
:similar to design build, in industrial and power
generation sectors, systems and performance testing
are central to scope, contractor will typically perform
engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need for
single point responsibility, contracts include plant and
process performance guarantees, contract items include
performance and schedule liquidated damages and
limitations of liability
Quiz :Multiple Prime Contracting - √Answer :owner
contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are
typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and
coordinate the work
Quiz :Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - √Answer :multi-
party agreement - all parties equal, QBS procurement
and target pricing contract approach, private sector use
(limited at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk
Quiz :public-private partnership (p3) - √Answer :Instead
of government building and maintaining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant),
build and maintenance is outsourced to a private
, DBIA TEST/109 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not
considered a delivery system but its underlying
approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB.
multiple procurement and contracting approaches
Quiz :shift left - √Answer :intense efforts to establish
scope early in the process; drives early team formation
to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big
decisions to be made early, affect project outcomes at
lowest cost, establish a need for co-location and
collaboration, and compress time during concurrent
design and construction
Quiz :traditional design build - √Answer :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 prescriptive specifications
Quiz :progressive design build - √Answer :design and
price 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
Quiz :criteria documents - √Answer :describe the end
result
Quiz :bridging documents - √Answer :prescribes how to
achieve the end result
ANSWERS (A+)
Project Delivery System - √Answer :How team members
are organized, establishes when parties engage,
determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
Quiz :Procurement Method - √Answer :how team
members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole
source)
Quiz :contracting approach - √Answer :how team
members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target
price, unit price)
Quiz :Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - √Answer :linear,
sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, GC
selected on low price, design is fully completed without
input from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a
historically strong bond, process is well-established and
understood
Quiz :construction manager at risk - √Answer :similar
org structure to DBB, construction manager selected by
QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services,
negotiated gmp contracting approach, open book
estimating process, potential to fast track project,
construction cost determined before design completed,
potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from
gmp design documents
Quiz :Design-Build - √Answer :The owner contracts with
one entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and
,DBIA TEST/109 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
construction services, designer and contractor have a
direct contractual relationship, selected by QBS or best
value, wide spectrum of contracting approaches and
organizational structures, single point responsibility,
owner does not manage designer, owner exposure to
claims is significantly reduced
Quiz :engineer procure construct (epc) - √Answer
:similar to design build, in industrial and power
generation sectors, systems and performance testing
are central to scope, contractor will typically perform
engineering with its in-house staff, owner has need for
single point responsibility, contracts include plant and
process performance guarantees, contract items include
performance and schedule liquidated damages and
limitations of liability
Quiz :Multiple Prime Contracting - √Answer :owner
contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are
typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and
coordinate the work
Quiz :Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - √Answer :multi-
party agreement - all parties equal, QBS procurement
and target pricing contract approach, private sector use
(limited at this time), key: owner's ability to accept risk
Quiz :public-private partnership (p3) - √Answer :Instead
of government building and maintaining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant),
build and maintenance is outsourced to a private
, DBIA TEST/109 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
company. Opposed by public sector unions. this is not
considered a delivery system but its underlying
approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB.
multiple procurement and contracting approaches
Quiz :shift left - √Answer :intense efforts to establish
scope early in the process; drives early team formation
to include key trade subcontractors; can enable big
decisions to be made early, affect project outcomes at
lowest cost, establish a need for co-location and
collaboration, and compress time during concurrent
design and construction
Quiz :traditional design build - √Answer :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 prescriptive specifications
Quiz :progressive design build - √Answer :design and
price 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
Quiz :criteria documents - √Answer :describe the end
result
Quiz :bridging documents - √Answer :prescribes how to
achieve the end result
