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1. If, during bidding, your client asked you to provide a full-time staff member on the job site during construction, you would be entitled to extra compensation . Under what provision would this be?

CONTRACT SUM

CONTIGENT ADDITIONAL SERVICES

PROJECT REPRESENTATION BEYOND BASIC SERVICES

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES

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2. What fee method would you prefer if your Client was doing the first project and did not yet have a program?

FIXED SUM

MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL EXPENSE

PERCENTAGE PF CONSTRUCTION COST

UNIT COST BASED ON SQUARE METER

3. You have a client who owns a large manufacturing plant and needs to expand to new facilities without interruption in production. The owner has already arranged for a flexible line of credit to finance construction but wants to minimize project cists. If the new facility will be very similar to the previous one, only sized for grater production capacity, which type of construction would you recommend?

DESIGN-BUILD

FAST-TRACK

MULTIPLE PRIME CONTRACT

DESIGN-AWARD-BUILD

4. What is used to encourage the contractor to finish the job or to satisfy mechanics lien claims by sub-contractors?

RETAINAGE

FIXED LIMIT

SURETY BOND

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

5. Which of the following are part of the bidding documents? I. SPECIFICATIONS II. INVITATION TO BID 111. LIST OF SUB CONTRACTORS IV. OWNER-CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT V. PERFORMANCE BOND

I,II, IV, and V

II, III, and IV

II, III, IV, and V

All of the above

6. Which of the following may the owner NOT do?

Stop work if the contractor’s performance in not satisfactory or in variance with the contract documents.

Carry on the work and deduct costs normally due to the contractor for these corrections.

Stop the work if the Architect reports safety problems on the site.

7. A project is about 60 percent complete when the owner begins receiving field reports from the Architect stating that the contractor is failing to properly supervise the job, resulting in incorrect work. After several weeks of this, the owner becomes worried and asks the Architect what to do. What should be done if the work is being performed under the terms and conditions of the BUILDING CONTRACT?

8. Which of the following would be used to formally incorporate a substitution into the work prior to the award of the contract?

CHANGE ORDER

ADDENDUM

ALTERNATE LISTING

CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVE

9. The standard owner-architect agreement separates the architect from the contractor with what?

DUTIES TO THE CONTRACTOR

PRIVITY

ARCHITECT’S SERVICES

THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIP

10. Which of the following describes agency?

The Architect mediates between the owner and the contractor and vendors for the benefit of the owner.

The Architect is the principal of the relationship who balances the needs of the contractor and the owner.

The Architect works fir the owner in certain designated area with the authority to act on the owner’s behalf.

11. Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement?

The owner has the sole right to make changes in the work but must do it through the Architect.

The Architect does not have to verify and test reports given by the owner.

12. Which of the following are part of the contract documents? I. an addendum II. a change order III. special supplementary IV. the contractor's bid V. a written amendment condition

I, III, and V

I, II, III, and V

II, III, IV, and V

. all of the above

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