CNST 450 || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.
Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or Owner and
the Contractor?
A. Job Diary
B. Memorandum
C. Construction Report
D. Formal Business Letter correct answers D
Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office and the
job site?
A. Job Diary
B. Memorandum
C. Construction Report
D. Formal Business Letter correct answers B
What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Participants?
A. As a follow-up to the meeting
B. At the beginning of the meeting
C. About one day after the meeting
D. About one day prior to the meeting correct answers D
Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting?
A. General Conditions
B. General Requirements
C. TechnicalSpecifications
D. Supplementary Conditions correct answers B
What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants?
A. At the beginning of the meeting
B. About one day after the meeting
C. About one hour prior to the meeting
D. About one day prior to the meeting correct answers B
Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting minutes?
A. To, from, project, date, time place and subject
B. Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role
C. Objective clear and measurable, attendance, role of each person, their expertise
D. Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion correct
answers D
Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?
A. Plan with goals and specific activities, priority, time needed, scheduled events
B. Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role
C. Activity description, days, information needed crew size, material & equipment
,D. Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion correct
answers B
What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during the
planning phase of a meeting?
A. Coordinating, Listening Attentively, Responding Critically, and Soliciting Ideas
B. Planning, Timing, Coordinating, Probing, Responding Critically, and Follow-up
C. Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring
D. Goals, Planning, Scheduling, Priorities,Analyzing, Delegating, and Monitoring correct
answers C
What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive meeting?
A. Planning, Probing Questions, Responding Critically, and Decision Making
B. Planning, Timing, Coordinating, Probing, Responding Critically, and Follow-up
C. Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching
Decision Making to the Situation
D. Coordinating, Listening Selectively, Responding Critically, Soliciting Supportive Ideas and
Adjusting Decision Making to the Situation correct answers C
Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another?
A. Words
B. Meaning
C. Information
D. Understanding correct answers A
What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 90% correct answers A
Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the
communication has been understood?
A. You the sender should ask closed ended questions and tell them twice
B. You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak
C. You the sender should ask how they feel and their attitude toward the activity
D. You the sender should tell them what to do and get them back to work quickly correct
answers B
Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question?
A. Do you understand what work is supposed to be completed?
B. Do you know what shovel to get me from the tool shed?
C. What steps are you going to take to complete the activity?
D. How do you feel about completing the activities assigned? correct answers C
,Which source or organization promotes a uniform organization system for organizing
construction materials, specifications and documentation into Divisions and Sections for
projects?
A. Sweet's Catalog
B. Underwriters Laboratories
C. Construction Specifications Institute
D. American Society for Testing Materials correct answers C
Assume you have a beam that is 16 feet long and carries a concentrated load of 900 pounds at a
distance of 4 feet from R2. Reaction (R1) is pinned 12 feet from the load. Reaction R1 = 225 lbs
and R2 = 675 lbs. What is the maximum bending moment in lb-ft?
A. 900
B. 1,800
C. 2,700
D. 3,600 correct answers C (12 x 225) = 2700
Assume that you are pouring a wall that is 151 feet - 4 inches long, 14 feet high and 16 inches
thick and the daily placement rate is 375 cubic yards per 8-hour day. What is the rate of pour in
feet per hour?
A. 00.23
B. 06.27
C. 07.51
D. 60.11 correct answers B. 375/8hr = 46.875 x 27cf^3 = 1,265.625/hr 151'-4" x 16" =
201.72sq.ft 1265.625/201.72=6.27ft/hr
Using the average soil weights from the table in figure 1, what is the swell percentage using a
loam soil?
A. 8.3%
B. 23.8%
C. 31.9%
D. 81.0% correct answers B
Using the psychrometric chart provided in figure 2, what is the enthalpy value of one pound of
air given a dry-bulb temperature of 75 degrees F. and a relative humidity of 50%?
A. .0092
B. 28.5000
C. 56.0000
D. 69.0000 correct answers B
The Owner wants to Fast-Track a construction project. Which project delivery system best
supports this process?
A. Partnering
B. Design-Bid-Build
C. Construction Management
D. Design-Build correct answers D
, A contract is entered into whereby the design and scope are undefined and the Owner agrees to
pay for all Direct Labor, Materials, Equipment, plus some agreed upon allowance to the
Contractor for their services. What is this type of contract called?
A. Cost Plus
B. Turn Key
C. Unit Price
D. Lump Sum correct answers A
A contract is entered into whereby the Design and Scope are partially undefined, the Owner
holds a contract with the A/E, the Owner holds the contracts with each trade and the Owner also
holds a contract with a management service company to perform the trade coordination, cost
control and scheduling services. What is this project delivery called?
A. Partnering
B. Joint Venture
C. Design-Build
D. Construction Management correct answers D
Which legal entity is considered perpetual?
A. Partnership
B. Corporation
C. Joint Venture
D. Sole Proprietorship correct answers B
Which law are corporations formed under?
A. City
B. State
C. Federal
D. Municipal correct answers B
Which law establishes basic rules governing the sale of goods, used to establish a Purchase
Order?
A. Davis Bacon Act
B. Uniform Commercial Code
C. National Labor Relations Act
D. Uniform Transportation Code correct answers B
What graphical measurement tool is a bar graph displaying a frequency distribution?
A. Histogram
B. Pareto Chart
C. Control Chart
D. Fishbone Chart correct answers A
Which of the following principles of law states that if the prime contractor reasonably relies on
the promise or price of the subcontractor to its detriment, then the subcontractor must be held to
its promise in order to avoid harm to the prime contractor even though a signed contract between
the contractor and subcontractor does not exist at the bidding phase of a project?
