LARE SECTION 4: PROJECT &
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
1.) During the course of construction, the landscape architect discovers an error in the construction that
may cause a portion of the project used by the public to fail. The landscape architect informs the client,
but the client refuses to allow corrections to be made. The landscape architect should do which of the
following?
I. Report the problem to the appropriate building official.
II. Report the issue to the state [provincial] licensing board.
III. Refuse to go along with the client's decision.
IV. Terminate services on the project.
A. I only
B. II and III only
C. I, III and IV only
D. I, II, III and IV - ANSWER C I, III and IV only
2.) As an agent in the administration of a construction project, the landscape architect owes all of the
following duties to the owner EXCEPT for which of the following?
A. Experience and reasonable care, skill and diligence in performing his/her duties
B. Follow the owner's instructions
C. Maintain the trust and confidence owed to the owner
D. Maintain the owner's position in rendering decisions about disputes with the contractor - ANSWER D.
Maintain the owner's position in rendering decisions about disputes with the contractor
3.) A landscape architect has a part-time job selling construction materials. He also specifies that
company's materials on a public job. This is known as
A. incompetence.
B. a conflict of interest.
C. turn key.
, D. performance bonding. - ANSWER B. a conflict of interest
4.) A landscape architect is invited to contribute to a government official's re-election. The official is
indirectly involved in a zoning decision on the landscape architect's project. The landscape architect
should do which of the following? - ANSWER A. Refuse to contribute
B. Contribute
C. Contribute but inform his client
D. Provide full disclosure and contribute\\
A. Refuse to contribute
5.) When the nature of a project extends beyond the competence and experience of the practitioner,
A. he/she must engage a qualified consultant.
B. there must be a disclosure of this inadequacy.
C. he/she must proceed with caution and due care.
D. he/she must refrain from encompassing this work. - ANSWER A. he/she must engage a qualified
consultant.
6.) A landscape architect has been out of town and is unable to seal a set of documents. The landscape
architect asks a colleague and former business partner to attend to this responsibility by quickly
reviewing the work and applying the seal. If the colleague carries out this request, the colleague will
A. breach a rule of professional conduct.
B. be in a conflict of interest.
C. be assuming responsibility for the work.
D. need to fully disclose lack of involvement in this project. - ANSWER A. breach a rule of professional
conduct.
7.) Liquidated damages
A. are considered by the courts to be punitive.
B. must have a corresponding bonus clause in order to be enforceable.
C. must represent a reasonable measure of actual damages suffered by the owner.
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