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NCIDQ - TOPIC 6: PROJECT AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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NCIDQ - TOPIC 6: PROJECT ANDBUSINESS MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
D
The standard Form of Agreement for Interior Design Services, B171, clearly states that the client is
responsible for providing all legal, accounting, and insurance counseling services necessary for the
project. - ANSWER During preparation of a construction contract, the client asks the interior designer to
check with an insurance agent so the correct amounts of coverage can be included in the Supplementary
General Conditions of the Contract. How should the designer respond?
A) Suggest that his agent and the client's agent meet to make such a determination.
B) Tell the client that insurance requirements should be placed in the General Conditions of the Contract.
C) Call the client's insurance representative to discuss the project so the correct amounts can be
determined.
D) Remind the client that advice on insurance must come from the client.
C
Options B and C are the closest choices. However, only long distance telephone calls directly related to a
project are generally considered reimbursable. - ANSWER Which of the following is a reimbursable
expense?
A) health insurance
B) in-house costs for copying
C) telephone calls made in connection with the project.
D) charges for having a model built for office design work.
C
,This question requires knowledge of the word tendered as well as of the procedures for handling these
types of changes. Tender is a term used in England and often in Canada, that means the same as to bid.
Making changes after a project has been bid can be a major problem, and the interior designer should be
sure the client understands the implications of time delays and cost changes. - ANSWER What should the
interior designer do first if a client decides to make major revisions after a project has been tendered but
before construction has started?
A) Tell the contractor not to proceed until the issues have been resolved.
B) Return any shop drawings to the contractor and tell him that revisions will be forthcoming.
C) Advice the client that making major revisions may delay the job and increase its cost and that
additional fees will be charged for design and drawing revision.
D) Estimate the amount of time and extra fees needed to make the revisions, and suggest that the client
reconsider making major changes.
B
Option A is incorrect because post occupancy evaluation is not considered a standard service. Option C is
incorrect because financial feasibility sudies are also not a standard service. Option D is incorrect
because the owner is responsible for funiture acceptance under the Standard Form of Agreement even
though the interior designer may view the furniture when it arrives and help direct the installation. -
ANSWER Under the Standard Form of Agreement, what activities are included in an interior designer's
services?
A) programming, schematic design, contract administration, and post-occupancy evaluation.
B) Design development, specification production, shop drawing review, and final punch list
C) financial feasibility study, design development, working drawing production, and contract
administration
D) schematic design, assistance with bidding, contract administration, and furniture acceptance
B
The contractor is responsible for all means and methods of construction and all safely concerns on the
job site. - ANSWER If a partially completed low partition constructed according to the interior designer's
drawings falls over during construction and injures a work, who is responsible?
, A) interior designer
B) contractor
C) subcontractor
D) worker
B
The interior designer is responsible for knowing the size of built-in items and for designing and detailing
construction into which those items are placed. - ANSWER If the interior designer specifies file cabinets
that do not fit within a space the contractor built according to the contract documents, who is
responsible for paying for the correction.
A) contractor
B) interior designer
C) cabinet supplier
D) owner
C
A fixed fee requires that the interior designer perform the services listed in your contract for a set
amount, regardless of any problems that may arise, caused by either the client or the designer. -
ANSWER Which type of fee is most often disadvantageous to the interior designer?
A) hourly rate
B) multiple of direct personnel expense
C) fixed fee
D) retail method
A
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