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CDS - Exam 1 Practice Questions and
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Labor and material payment bonds provide the necessary protection on public projects - ✔✔TRUE
Miller act corresponds with what.? - ✔✔Labor and material payment bond
Architects should not advise owners and the legal sufficiency of required affidavits, waivers, or releases
of liens. - ✔✔TRUE
Liens are not permitted on public projects. - ✔✔TRUE
Architect must review, approve, and promptly submit shop drawings required by the contract
documents. - ✔✔TRUE
An architect approved shop drawings which deviated from the contract documents. - ✔✔Changes in
contract drawings must be submitted in writing to architect before becoming affective, not equal to
revisions within shop drawings.
Who is responsible for errors and omissions in shop drawings? - ✔✔General Contractor
Revisions not requested by the architect on resubmitted shop drawings don't require architect's approval?
- ✔✔FALSE
A contractors stamp of approval on shop drawings means that the contractor has already determined all
criteria related thereto. - ✔✔FALSE
AIA document B101 is used to outline the architects service obligations? - ✔✔TRUE
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The architects responsibilities are re-stated within the AIA General Conditions Doc A201. - ✔✔TRUE
Contractors may not know what services the architect is obligated to perform if what document is not
part of the contract documents. - ✔✔AIA Document B101
In review of shop drawings the general conditions Document A201 clearly states? - ✔✔Matters outside
the scope of the design concept and the contract documents are not reviewed.
If an architect had performed their services using stipulations of AIA documents A201 & B141 within a
______ there should be no concern about professional liability. But general liability is different. -
✔✔Standard of care
Calendar days - ✔✔7 / Week
Liquidated damages is a provision included in the? - ✔✔Owner-contractor agreement. Document A101.
An amount of money stipulated in the contract that is chargeable against the contractor is reimbursement
for damages suffered by the owner because the contractors failure to fulfill his or her contractual
obligation's. - ✔✔Liquidated damages
What clause should be used when a slight delay in schedule can cause a breach of contract? - ✔✔Time is
of the essence
CPM is superior to a Bar Chart because it shows durations, sequences and relationships to other
activities. - ✔✔TRUE
And small projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - ✔✔Bar chart
And larger complex projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - ✔✔Critical path method
CPM
How many days the contractor have to notify the architect in conditions of force majeure? - ✔✔21 days
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CDS - Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Labor and material payment bonds provide the necessary protection on public projects - ✔✔TRUE
Miller act corresponds with what.? - ✔✔Labor and material payment bond
Architects should not advise owners and the legal sufficiency of required affidavits, waivers, or releases
of liens. - ✔✔TRUE
Liens are not permitted on public projects. - ✔✔TRUE
Architect must review, approve, and promptly submit shop drawings required by the contract
documents. - ✔✔TRUE
An architect approved shop drawings which deviated from the contract documents. - ✔✔Changes in
contract drawings must be submitted in writing to architect before becoming affective, not equal to
revisions within shop drawings.
Who is responsible for errors and omissions in shop drawings? - ✔✔General Contractor
Revisions not requested by the architect on resubmitted shop drawings don't require architect's approval?
- ✔✔FALSE
A contractors stamp of approval on shop drawings means that the contractor has already determined all
criteria related thereto. - ✔✔FALSE
AIA document B101 is used to outline the architects service obligations? - ✔✔TRUE
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The architects responsibilities are re-stated within the AIA General Conditions Doc A201. - ✔✔TRUE
Contractors may not know what services the architect is obligated to perform if what document is not
part of the contract documents. - ✔✔AIA Document B101
In review of shop drawings the general conditions Document A201 clearly states? - ✔✔Matters outside
the scope of the design concept and the contract documents are not reviewed.
If an architect had performed their services using stipulations of AIA documents A201 & B141 within a
______ there should be no concern about professional liability. But general liability is different. -
✔✔Standard of care
Calendar days - ✔✔7 / Week
Liquidated damages is a provision included in the? - ✔✔Owner-contractor agreement. Document A101.
An amount of money stipulated in the contract that is chargeable against the contractor is reimbursement
for damages suffered by the owner because the contractors failure to fulfill his or her contractual
obligation's. - ✔✔Liquidated damages
What clause should be used when a slight delay in schedule can cause a breach of contract? - ✔✔Time is
of the essence
CPM is superior to a Bar Chart because it shows durations, sequences and relationships to other
activities. - ✔✔TRUE
And small projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - ✔✔Bar chart
And larger complex projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - ✔✔Critical path method
CPM
How many days the contractor have to notify the architect in conditions of force majeure? - ✔✔21 days
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