CDS EXAM 1UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Labor and material payment bonds provide the necessary protection on public projects - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Miller act corresponds with what.? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Labor and material payment bond
Architects should not advise owners and the legal sufficiency of required affidavits, waivers, or releases
of liens. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Liens are not permitted on public projects. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Architect must review, approve, and promptly submit shop drawings required by the contract
documents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
An architect approved shop drawings which deviated from the contract documents. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅General
Contractor
Revisions not requested by the architect on resubmitted shop drawings don't require architect's
approval? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
A contractors stamp of approval on shop drawings means that the contractor has already determined all
criteria related thereto. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
AIA document B101 is used to outline the architects service obligations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The architects responsibilities are re-stated within the AIA General Conditions Doc A201. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE
, Contractors may not know what services the architect is obligated to perform if what document is not
part of the contract documents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AIA Document B101
In review of shop drawings the general conditions Document A201 clearly states? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Standard of care
Calendar days - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅7 / Week
Liquidated damages is a provision included in the? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Liquidated damages
What clause should be used when a slight delay in schedule can cause a breach of contract? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Time is of the essence
CPM is superior to a Bar Chart because it shows durations, sequences and relationships to other
activities. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
And small projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bar chart
And larger complex projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Critical path method CPM
Labor and material payment bonds provide the necessary protection on public projects - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Miller act corresponds with what.? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Labor and material payment bond
Architects should not advise owners and the legal sufficiency of required affidavits, waivers, or releases
of liens. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Liens are not permitted on public projects. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
Architect must review, approve, and promptly submit shop drawings required by the contract
documents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
An architect approved shop drawings which deviated from the contract documents. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅General
Contractor
Revisions not requested by the architect on resubmitted shop drawings don't require architect's
approval? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
A contractors stamp of approval on shop drawings means that the contractor has already determined all
criteria related thereto. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
AIA document B101 is used to outline the architects service obligations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The architects responsibilities are re-stated within the AIA General Conditions Doc A201. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE
, Contractors may not know what services the architect is obligated to perform if what document is not
part of the contract documents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AIA Document B101
In review of shop drawings the general conditions Document A201 clearly states? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Standard of care
Calendar days - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅7 / Week
Liquidated damages is a provision included in the? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Liquidated damages
What clause should be used when a slight delay in schedule can cause a breach of contract? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Time is of the essence
CPM is superior to a Bar Chart because it shows durations, sequences and relationships to other
activities. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
And small projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bar chart
And larger complex projects what type of progress schedule should be used? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Critical path method CPM
