Landscape Pro-Practice Final Exam Questions and Answers
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PLA - Professional Landscape Architect
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PLA - Professional Landscape Architect
What is the name of records which are necessary to reconstruct the landscape architecture firm in the event of a disaster? - Answer-vital
What is the type of record keeping system that works well for arranging files chronologically? - Answer-numeric
It is recommended that payroll checks and f...
Landscape Pro-Practice Final Exam
Questions and Answers
What is the name of records which are necessary to reconstruct the landscape
architecture firm in the event of a disaster? - Answer-vital
What is the type of record keeping system that works well for arranging files
chronologically? - Answer-numeric
It is recommended that payroll checks and financial records be kept permanently by a
firm. - Answer-false
The need to access an employee's personnel files ends when she/he leaves the
company. - Answer-false
Which federal tax form is used to determine an employee's amount of withholding tax? -
Answer-W-4
Which is the most important security tool for a landscape architecture or landscape
contracting company? - Answer-Virus protection software
Off‐site storage of vital electronic and hard‐copy records is a part of most disaster
recovery plans. - Answer-true
Which of the following provides a useful option for landscape architecture and/or
landscape contracting offices faces with large data storage requirements for dead files?
- Answer-online scanning
digital information storage services
online backup service
off-site storage areas
Workers' compensation insurance is provided by private insurance companies or state‐
authorized agencies. - Answer-true
Color coding is usually combined with a numeric o alphabetic system, providing a dual
overlay function to the filing system. - Answer-true
Professional liability insurance sometimes called errors and omissions (E&O) insurance.
- Answer-true
Professional liability insurance policy usually does nor provide legal counsel to defend
the insured policy holder until the limits set by the policy is exhausted but pays claims if
the insured professional is found negligent. - Answer-false
, Who is responsible for making payments for the unemployment insurance? - Answer-
employer
Social Security Number may be used instead of Federal Employer Identification Number
(EIN) regardless of number of employees. - Answer-false
Certain type of common employee benefits such as company cars, fringe benefits,
commuting and moving expenses are subject to income tax withholding. - Answer-false
In‐house payroll administration is always the best option regardless of the size of the
companies. - Answer-false
Dead project files, or project archives, may not be accessed on a daily basis, but there
is a recurring need to access archived project materials. - Answer-true
Active project files, whether they are digital or hard copy, are used for active project
data, contracts, and other active information. They are accessible, only, to a limited
number of people, such as project managers, principals, and supervisors. - Answer-
false
All project‐related materials should be filed, no matter how insignificant they may seem.
- Answer-true
Keeping track of time spent on projects is not an effective way of managing projects. -
Answer-false
The marketing used by a firm's competition is not a factor in developing its own
marketing strategy. - Answer-false
In the ___________________ corporate philosophy, everyone in the company is
empowered to be responsible for the quality of the product or service. - Answer-total
quality management (TQM)
Changes in the tax code that may affect the business structure of a firm is an example
of the ___________ factors that impact the nature and profitability of a landscape
architecture or contracting firm. - Answer-external
A firm's mission statement should specify the types of services to be provided by the
landscape architecture and/or landscape contracting office and the markets the firm
seeks to serve. - Answer-false
Which is a benefit to working as a subconsultant rather than a prime on a contract? -
Answer-don't have to be involved in the preparation of a proposal
A firm's principal is not typically involved in marketing. - Answer-false
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