CCM Certification Exam 186 Questions with Verified Answers
Construction Management Functions - CORRECT ANSWER 1.Project Delivery Methods
2. Project
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3. Cost Management
4. Time Management
5. Quality Management
6. Contract Administration
7. Safety Management
8. Program Management
9. Sustainability
10. Risk Management
11. Building Information Modeling
Construction Management Phases - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-design
• Design
• Procurement
• Construction
• Post-construction
Project Delivery Method - CORRECT ANSWER is a contracting strategy used by an agency or owner for organizing the design, construction, operations, and maintenance services for a construction project from conception to occupancy by entering into legal agreements with one or more entities or parties.
Basic Delivery Forms - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Traditional Approach or Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B)
2. Multiple-Prime Contracting (Multi-Prime)
3. Construction Management-at-Risk (CM-at-Risk)
4. Design-Build (D-B)
5. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Traditional Approach or Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B) - CORRECT ANSWER Most common delivery method. The parties involved in the traditional delivery system include the owner, the designer, and one or more contractors with subcontractors. Executes major phases of project in linear sequence. General contractor usually selected in low bid process.
CM at Risk - CORRECT ANSWER Acts as owner's agent and provides professional services early in the project. CM role expands to general contractor after design phase then CM hires sub contractors.
Design Build (D-B) - CORRECT ANSWER Grown in popularity. For the owner, the primary benefit is the simplicity of having one party responsible for both the development of the design and the execution of the construction for the project.
Multiple Prime Contracting - CORRECT ANSWER The owner holds separate contracts with contractors of various disciplines, such as general construction, structural, mechanical, and electrical. CM administers contracts and manages budget an schedule.
IPD Contracts(Integrated Project Delivery) - CORRECT ANSWER A relatively new entry into the U.S. marketplace and very few projects have been carried out using these contracts. Requires collaboration and a multiparty agreement among the primary parties—owner, designer, CM, and builder—so that the risk, responsibility and liability for project delivery are collectively managed and appropriately shared.
Construction Management - CORRECT ANSWER A management approach that focuses on the delivery of professional services.
Construction Management Standards of Practice - CORRECT ANSWER Intended to establish industry standards of service and to serve as a guide to the range of services that constitute professional construction management.
Project Management - CORRECT ANSWER as defined by CMAA, is the use of integrated systems and procedures by a team of professionals during project design and construction.
Project Management Plan - CORRECT ANSWER typically establishes the scope, budget, schedule, environmental conditions, and the basic systems to be utilized.
Project Management Plan Components - CORRECT ANSWER Project description • Scope of work • Milestone schedule • Master schedule • Quality management approach • Safety management plan • Reference to project documents • Project organization chart and staffing plan • Explanation of roles, responsibilities, and authority of team members • Project budget/work breakdown structure • Sustainability plan • Logistics including temporary construction support requirements, i.e. laydown or marshalling area • Environmental/archeological considerations • Reference to project procedures manual • Management information system • Communications protocol • Bid packaging, contracting strategy, and delivery system evaluation • Site mobilization and utilization phase • BIM implementation strategy
Pre Design Phase - CORRECT ANSWER the owner must assemble and organize a project team composed of design and construction management professionals as well as other key professional, technical and administrative staff necessary to assure the success of the project.
Project Procedures Manual - CORRECT ANSWER It clearly define the team responsibilities, levels of authority, communication protocol, and the systems, methods, and procedures for project execution.
Design Phase - CORRECT ANSWER As the process proceeds from schematic through final design, the team must consider the issues critical to each particular phase, moving from general decisions in the early phase to detailed decisions as design progresses.
5 C's - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Clarity
2. Completeness
3. Constructibility
4. Compliance (with owner's program)
5. Coordination (among the trades and contractors as appropriate).
Procurement Phase - CORRECT ANSWER goal in this phase is to secure bidders for each bid package (or subcontractor trade) who are qualified, competitive, interested in the work, and capable of doing the work within the project time requirements.
Construction Phase - CORRECT ANSWER expedite and improve the efficiency of the construction process through professional planning and execution of project activities, all focused upon fulfilling the owner's scope, cost, quality, and time requirements.
3 Meeting Types in Construction Phase - CORRECT ANSWER pre-construction, progress, and special meetings.
Pre-construction meetings - CORRECT ANSWER Pre-construction meetings orient all on-site contractors to project procedures and site utilization requirements and to review near- and long-term activity plans.
Progress Meetings - CORRECT ANSWER designed to monitor compliance with schedules and the requirements of the contract documents to coordinate contractor efforts and to allow short- and mid-term planning and problem solving.
Special Meeting - CORRECT ANSWER are called to resolve issues of an immediate or short term planning nature that cannot wait until the regularly scheduled progress meetings, or to discuss issues requiring detailed discussions not suitable for the progress meeting.
Forward pricing - CORRECT ANSWER Pricing is done prior to the start of or during the work. The estimate of costs should itemize production rates, crew compositions, hours, and equipment. Material costs should be listed and substantiated with quotes and price lists.
Post pricing - CORRECT ANSWER Pricing is done at some point during or after the work is completed and represents actual costs based on records of labor, material, and equipment.
Triple Constraint - CORRECT ANSWER cost, time, and scope
Sustainable facilities should include - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Employ integrated design principles.
2. Optimize energy performance.
3. Protect and conserve water.
4. Enhance indoor environmental quality.
5. Reduce environmental impact of materials.
Risk management plan steps - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Risk identification
2. Risk analysis
3. Risk management
Approved Changes - CORRECT ANSWER Changes in the contract documents that have been subjected to an agreed upon change approval process and have been approved by the party empowered to approve such changes.
Addendum - CORRECT ANSWER A supplement to documents, issued prior to taking receipt of bids, for the purpose of clarifying, correcting, or otherwise changing bid documents previously issued.
Additional Services - CORRECT ANSWER Services provided in addition to those specifically designated as basic services in the agreement between the owner and CM. Also known as supplemental services.
Agency - CORRECT ANSWER A legal relationship by which one party (agent) is empowered and obligated to act on behalf of another party (owner).
Agency Construction Management - CORRECT ANSWER form of construction management performed in a defined relationship between the CM and owner. The agency form of construction management establishes a specific role of the CM acting as the owner's principal agent in connection with the project/program.
Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER A document setting forth the relationships and obligations between two parties, as the CM and owner or contractor and owner. It may incorporate other documents by reference.
Apparent Low Bidder - CORRECT ANSWER The bidder who has submitted the lowest bid for a division of work described in bid documents, a proposal form, or proposed contract.
Approved Bidders List - CORRECT ANSWER The list of contractors that have been prequalified for the purpose of submitting responsible, competitive bids.
As-Built Drawings - CORRECT ANSWER Drawings (plans) that show the work as actually installed. Also known as record drawings.
At-Risk Construction Management - CORRECT ANSWER A delivery method that entails a commitment by the construction manager to deliver the project for an established amount, often a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). The construction manager acts as a consultant to the owner in the development and design phases. During construction, the CM will assume additional obligations and will undertake construction responsibilities, typically being placed in a legal position similar to that of a general contractor.
Basic Services - CORRECT ANSWER Scope of service as defined in the original agreement between the owner and CM as basic services.
Beneficial Occupancy - CORRECT ANSWER The use of the constructed facility by the owner prior to final completion of the construction.
Bid - CORRECT ANSWER An offer to perform the work described in contract documents at a specified cost.
Biddability - CORRECT ANSWER The degree to which a set of bid documents could be reasonably expected to permit a bidder to establish a competitive price to perform the work as defined in the bid documents.
Biddability Review - CORRECT ANSWER A formal review of the contract documents, addendum, and reference documents to be accomplished with respect to the local construction marketplace and the bid packaging strategy so as to eliminate ambiguities, errors, omissions, and contradictions, for the purpose of minimizing bid prices in the procurement phase and disputes during construction.
Bid Documents - CORRECT ANSWER The documents issued to the contractor(s) by the owner that describe the proposed work and contract terms. Bid documents typically include drawings, specifications, contract forms, general and supplementary general conditions, proposal, or bid forms, and other information.
Bid Bond - CORRECT ANSWER A pledge from a surety to pay up to the bond amount to the owner in the event the bidder defaults on its commitment to enter into a contract to perform the work described in the bid documents for the bid price. The bond is designed to protect the owner for the difference in price between the accepted bid and the next lowest acceptable bid.
Bond - CORRECT ANSWER A pledge from a surety guaranteeing the performance of the obligation defined in the bond, including the completion of work or payment of the bond amount to the obligee (owner or contractor) in the event of a default, or non-payment by a principal (contractor or subcontractor), as with bid, performance and labor and material bonds.
Bonus - CORRECT ANSWER Additional compensation paid or to be paid to the contractor by the owner as a reward for accomplishing predetermined objectives that are over and above the basic requirements of the contract between the owner and contractor.
Budget - CORRECT ANSWER The dollar amount and planned allocation of resources by the owner for a project/program.
Budget Estimate - CORRECT ANSWER An estimate of the cost of work based on preliminary information, with a qualified degree of accuracy.
Changed Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER Conditions or circumstances, physical or otherwise, which differ from the conditions or circumstances on which the contract documents were based.
Change Order - CORRECT ANSWER A written agreement or directive between contracted parties, which represents an addition, deletion, or revision to the contract documents, identifies the change in price and time and describes the nature (scope) of the work involved. A document directing a change in scope.
Claim - CORRECT ANSWER A formal demand requesting additional time and/or money for acts or omissions during the performance of the work filed by a contractor or the owner with the other party, in accordance with the provisions of the contract documents.
Code of Accounts - CORRECT ANSWER A systematic numeric accounting method of identifying various categories of costs incurred in the progress of a project. The segregation of engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and associated project costs into elements for accounting purposes.
Commissioning (Cx) - CORRECT ANSWER A process that includes the start-up, calibration, and certification of a facility. ASHRAE defines commissioning as "a quality-oriented process for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined objectives and criteria."
CM Fee - CORRECT ANSWER CM Fee
A form of contractual payment for services, where the CM is paid a fee for services performed.
Contingency - CORRECT ANSWER An amount of money reserved by the owner to pay for unforeseen changes in the work or increases in cost.
Constructibility - CORRECT ANSWER The ease with which a project can be built, based upon the clarity, consistency, and completeness of the contract documents for bidding, administration, and interpretation to achieve overall project objectives.
Constructibility Review - CORRECT ANSWER The process of evaluating the construction documents for clarity, consistency, completeness, and ease of construction to facilitate the achievement of overall project objectives.
Construction Budget - CORRECT ANSWER The sum established, normally during the pre-design or design phase, as available for construction of the project.
Construction Costs - CORRECT ANSWER The cost of all work required to complete the construction as defined in the construction contract documents.
Construction Management - CORRECT ANSWER A professional management practice applied to construction projects from project inception to completion for the purpose of controlling time, cost, scope, and quality.
Construction Management Plan - CORRECT ANSWER The construction management plan is a written, project-specific plan that outlines the project's scope, budget, schedule, organizational roles, quality standards, and specific methods and procedures that the CM will undertake to accomplish the various management tasks for the project.
Construction Manager (CM) - CORRECT ANSWER An organization or individual with the expertise and resources to provide construction management services.
Construction Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER A graphic, tabular, or narrative representation or depiction of the time of construction of the project, showing activities and duration of activities in sequential order.
Contract Administration - CORRECT ANSWER The function of implementing the terms and conditions of a contract, based upon established systems, policies, and procedures.
Contractor - CORRECT ANSWER The organization or individual who undertakes responsibility for the performance of the work, in accordance with plans, specifications and contract documents, providing and controlling the labor, material and equipment to accomplish the work.
Construction Contract Documents - CORRECT ANSWER The documents which provide the basis for the contract entered into between parties. They typically include the bid documents updated to reflect the agreement between the owner and the contractor(s).
Cost Control - CORRECT ANSWER The function of limiting the cost of the construction project to the established budget based upon owner-approved procedures and authority.
Cost Management - CORRECT ANSWER The act of managing all or partial costs of a planning, design, and construction process to remain within the owner's budget.
Cost of Construction - CORRECT ANSWER All costs attributed to the construction of the project, including the cost of contracts with the contractor(s), construction support items, general condition items, all purchased labor, material, and fixed equipment.
Critical Path Method (CPM) - CORRECT ANSWER A scheduling technique used to plan and control a project. CPM combines all relevant information into a single plan defining the sequence and duration of operations, and depicting the interrelationship of the work elements required to complete the project. The critical path is defined as the longest sequence of activities in a network that establishes the minimum length of time for accomplishment of the end event of the project. Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM) and Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) are both common forms of CPM scheduling.
Design-Build - CORRECT ANSWER A project delivery method, which combines architectural and engineering design, services with construction performance under one contract agreement.
Designer - CORRECT ANSWER The individual or organization that performs the design and prepares plans and specifications for the work to be performed. The designer can be an architect, an engineer, or an organization, which combines design services with other professional services.
Design - Schematic - CORRECT ANSWER Traditionally the first stage of the designer's basic services. In the schematic stage, the designer ascertains the requirements of the project and prepares schematic design studies consisting of drawings and other documents illustrating the scale and relationships of the project.
Design - Preliminary - CORRECT ANSWER The transition from the schematic stage to the completion of design development. During this stage, ancillary space is developed and dimensions are finalized. Outline specifications are developed into technical specifications; sections are delineated and elevations are defined. Also known as design development.
Design - Final - CORRECT ANSWER The stage of the design process when drawings and specifications are completed for construction bid purposes. It is preceded by the preliminary design stage, and followed by the procurement phase.
Direct Costs - CORRECT ANSWER The field costs directly attributed to the construction of a project, including labor, material, equipment, subcontracts, and their associated costs.
Drawings - CORRECT ANSWER Graphic representations showing the relationships, geometry, and dimensions of the elements of the work.
Estimated Cost to Complete - CORRECT ANSWER The current estimate of the remaining costs to be incurred on a project at a specific point in time.
Estimated Final Cost - CORRECT ANSWER The anticipated cost of a project or project element when it is complete. The sum of the cost to date and the estimated cost to complete.
Fast Track - CORRECT ANSWER The process of dividing the design of a project into sub-phases in such a manner as to permit construction to start before the entire design phase is complete. The overlapping of the construction phase with the design phase.
Field Order - CORRECT ANSWER A written order issued at the site by the owner or CM to clarify and/or require the contractor(s) to perform work not included in the contract documents. A field order normally represents a minor change not involving a change in contract price or time and may or may not be the basis of a change order.
Final Completion - CORRECT ANSWER The date on which all the terms of the construction contract have been satisfied.
Float - CORRECT ANSWER Contingency time that exists on a scheduled activity. It represents the amount of time that activity may be delayed without effecting the end date of the schedule. It is measured by comparing the early start and late start, or early finish and late finish dates, of an activity.
Force Account - CORRECT ANSWER Directed work accomplished by the contractor outside of the contract agreement usually paid for on a time and material basis.
General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER A section of general clauses in the contract specifications that establish how the project is to be administered. These may include, but are not limited to such items as temporary work, insurance, field offices, site security, scaffolding, hoists, signs, safety barricades, water boys, cleaning, dirt chutes, cranes, shanties, preparation for ceremonies including minor construction activity in connection therewith, temporary toilets, fencing, sidewalk, bridges, first aid station, trucking, temporary elevators, special equipment, winter protection, temporary heat, water and electricity, temporary protective enclosures, field office and its related costs thereof such as equipment, furnishings and office supplies, progress photographs, messenger service, installation of owner furnished items, post and planking, general maintenance, subsoil exploration, refuse disposal, field and laboratory tests of concrete, steel, and soils, surveys, bench marks, and monuments, storage on-site and off-site of long lead procurement items, and miscellaneous minor construction work.
Guarantee - CORRECT ANSWER A legally enforceable assurance by the contractor and/or a third party of satisfactory performance of products or workmanship during a specific period of time stated and included in the contract.
Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) - CORRECT ANSWER A contractual form of agreement wherein a maximum price for the work is established based upon an agreed to scope. Established with an understanding by the parties that the actual cost of the work could be more or less.
Lien - CORRECT ANSWER A claim, encumbrance, or charge against or an interest in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation.
Lifecycle Cost - CORRECT ANSWER All costs incident to the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and demolition of a facility, or system, for a given life expectancy, all in terms of present value.
Liquidated Damages - CORRECT ANSWER An amount of money usually set on a per day basis, which the contractor agrees to pay the owner for delay in completing the work in accordance with the contract documents.
An amount of money usually set on a per day basis, which the contractor agrees to pay the owner for delay in completing the work in accordance with the contract documents. - CORRECT ANSWER Material or equipment having an extended delivery time. Such items may be considered for early procurement and purchase under separate contract to facilitate on time completion of the project.
Low Bidder - CORRECT ANSWER The responsible bidder who has submitted the lowest bid, which is determined to be responsive to the request for bids for a division of work described in a bid document, proposal form, or contract.
Lump Sum Fee - CORRECT ANSWER A fixed amount (fee) that includes the cost of overhead and profit paid for work or a service, that does not change with the time the work takes or the scope of the services provided.
Master Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER An executive level summary schedule identifying the major components of a project, their sequence, and durations. The schedule can be in the form of a network, milestone schedule, or bar chart.
Milestone Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER A schedule representing important events along the path to project completion. Not all milestones are equally significant. The most significant are termed "major milestones" and usually represent the completion of a group of activities.
Multiple-Prime Contracts - CORRECT ANSWER Separate contractors contracting directly with the owner for specific and designated elements of the work.
Non-Conforming Work - CORRECT ANSWER Work that does not meet the requirements of the contract documents.
Notice of Award - CORRECT ANSWER The written notice of acceptance of the bid by the owner to a bidder stating that, upon compliance with the conditions precedent enumerated therein, within the time specified, the owner will sign and deliver the contract.
Notice to Proceed - CORRECT ANSWER A formal document and/or point in the project's lifecycle authorizing an individual or organization to commence work under its contract. The issuance of the notice to proceed typically marks the end of the procurement phase and establishes the date for commencement of the contract time.
Owner Construction Management - CORRECT ANSWER A form of construction management that does not use an independent construction management organization as a team member. The owner performs all required construction management services with in-house staff.
Owner's Representative - CORRECT ANSWER The individual representing the owner on the project team.
Penalty - CORRECT ANSWER A punitive measure, usually associated with failure to fulfill a contractual obligation.
Performance Bond - CORRECT ANSWER A pledge from a surety guaranteeing the performance of the work or payment of the bond amount to the obligee (owner or contractor) in the event of a default in performance of contractual obligations.
Phased Construction - CORRECT ANSWER An incremental approach to construction or design and construction. Each overlapping or sequential phase or element has a defined work scope.
Plans - CORRECT ANSWER Graphic representations showing the relationships, geometry, and dimensions of the elements of the work.
Post-Construction Phase - CORRECT ANSWER The period following substantial completion.
Pre-Design Phase - CORRECT ANSWER The period before schematic design commences during which the project is initiated and the program is developed; the planning and conceptual phase.
Prime Contract - CORRECT ANSWER A direct contract with an owner. It can be a single contract and/or include the work specified for several contracts depending upon the division of work.
Prime Contractor - CORRECT ANSWER A contractor who has a contract with an owner.
Professional Services - CORRECT ANSWER Services provided by a professional or by an organization that has specific competence in a field of endeavor that requires professional (and technical) knowledge and capabilities and that meets recognized standards of performance.
Program Management - CORRECT ANSWER The practice of professional construction management applied to a capital improvement program of one or more projects from inception to completion. Comprehensive construction management services are used to integrate the different facets of the construction process, planning, design, procurement, construction, and activation, for the purpose of providing standardized technical and management expertise on each project.
Progress Meeting - CORRECT ANSWER A meeting dedicated to the subject of progress during any phase of project delivery.
Progress Payment - CORRECT ANSWER Partial payment of the contract amount periodically paid by the owner, upon approval by the CM, verifying that portions of the work have been accomplished.
Project - CORRECT ANSWER The total effort required in all phases from conception through design and construction completion to accomplish the owner's objectives. Also, defined as all work to be furnished or provided in accordance with the contract documents prepared by the designer.
Project Budget - CORRECT ANSWER The sum or target figure established to cover all the owner's costs of the project. It includes the cost of construction and all other costs such as land, legal and consultant fees, interest, and other project-related costs.
Project Cost - CORRECT ANSWER The actual cost of the entire project.
Punchlist - CORRECT ANSWER A list made near the completion of the construction work indicating items of work that remain unfinished, do not meet quality or quantity requirements as specified or are yet to be performed and which must be accomplished by the contractor prior to completing the terms of the contract.
Quality - CORRECT ANSWER The degree to which the project and its components meet the owner's expectations, objectives, standards, and intended purpose; determined by measuring conformity of the project to the plans, specifications, and applicable standards.
Quality Assurance (QA) - CORRECT ANSWER The application of planned and systematic methods to verify that quality control procedures are being effectively implemented.
Quality Control (QC) - CORRECT ANSWER The continuous review, certification, inspection, and testing of project components, including persons, systems, materials, documents, techniques, and workmanship to determine whether or not such components conform to the plans, specifications, applicable standards, and project requirements.
Quality Management (QM) - CORRECT ANSWER The process of planning, organization, implementation, monitoring and documenting of a system of policies and procedures that coordinate and direct relevant project resources and activities in a manner that will achieve the desired quality.
Record Drawings - CORRECT ANSWER Drawings (plans), prepared after construction is complete, that represent the work accomplished under the contract.
Recovery Schedule - CORRECT ANSWER The schedule that depicts action(s) and special effort(s) required to recover lost time in the approved schedule. It can depict activities of any member of the project team.
Request for Change Proposal - CORRECT ANSWER A written document issued by the CM to the contractor that describes a proposed change to the contract documents for purposes of establishing cost and time impacts. May also be known as a bulletin or request for quote.
Schedule of Values - CORRECT ANSWER A list of basic contract segments, in both labor and material, where each line item consists of a description of a portion of work and a related cost and the sum of the line items equals the total contract price. Generally used to determine progress payments to the contractor(s).
Scope - CORRECT ANSWER Identification of all requirements of a project or contract.
Scope Change - CORRECT ANSWER Changes that expand or reduce the requirements of the project during design or construction.
Shop Drawings - CORRECT ANSWER All drawings, diagrams, illustrations, schedules and other data which are specifically prepared by or for the contractor to illustrate some portion of the work and all illustrations, brochures, standard schedules, performance charts, instructions, diagrams and other information prepared by a supplier and submitted by the contractor to the designer or construction manager to demonstrate understanding of and compliance with the provisions of the contract documents.
Special Consultants - CORRECT ANSWER The designation for various professionals, including engineers, architects, designers and other experts, who provide expertise in specialized fields.
Specifications - CORRECT ANSWER The detailed written descriptions of materials, equipment, systems, and required workmanship and other qualitative information pertaining to the work.
Start-Up - CORRECT ANSWER The period prior to occupancy when systems are activated and checked out, and the owner's operating and maintenance staff assumes the control and operation of the systems.
Subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER Any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity that has a contractual relationship with a contractor or any other subcontractor to furnish labor, equipment, or materials for performance of the work at the site.
Substantial Completion - CORRECT ANSWER The date, certified by the designer or CM or both, that the contractor has reached that stage of completion when the facility may be used for its intended purposes, even though all work is not fully completed.
Submittals - CORRECT ANSWER Transmittals of information as required by the contract documents.
Supplementary General Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER Additions and/or modifications to the general conditions, which are part of the bid documents and/or contract documents.
Testing - CORRECT ANSWER The application of specific procedures to determine if work has been completed in the prescribed manner and at the required levels of workmanship. See "Non-Conforming Work."
Trade Contractors - CORRECT ANSWER Construction contractors who specialize in providing and/or installing specific elements of the overall construction requirements of a complete project.
Trade-Off Study - CORRECT ANSWER The study to define the comparative values and risks of a substitution or exchange of a design component. The trade-off can identify both monetary and functional values. Also known as an alternatives analysis.
Value Engineering - CORRECT ANSWER A specialized cost control technique, which utilizes a systematic and creative analysis of the functions of a project or operation to determine how best to achieve the necessary function, performance, and reliability at the minimum lifecycle cost.
Warranty - CORRECT ANSWER Assurance by a party that it will assume stipulated responsibility for its own work for a given period of time.
Work - CORRECT ANSWER Contractor requirements to provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, supplies, services, supervision, and performance for all operations as required by the contract documents.
Economic loss rule - CORRECT ANSWER shields a party from tort liability when damages are purely economic and without accompanying personal injury or property damage
Cost plus contract - CORRECT ANSWER is a form of contract wherein the contractor is paid for all of their construction-related expenses. Plus, the contractor is paid a specific agreed-upon amount for profit. That's the "plus"!
Encumbrance - CORRECT ANSWER a claim against a property by a party that is not the owner.
Lien - CORRECT ANSWER represents a monetary claim levied against property to secure payment
MasterFormat - CORRECT ANSWER a standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada
Impact cost - CORRECT ANSWER originate in one or more isolated problems and spread unabated through a project like ripples across a pond.
Front-end loading - CORRECT ANSWER Front loading a schedule of values, (also known as front-end loading) refers to shifting the value of the contract to the beginning of the project.
Occupancy Plan - CORRECT ANSWER The CM may develop an occupancy plan that provides the owner with a smooth and orderly transition into the completed project and facilitates revenue income or beneficial use as quickly as possible
Community ALternatives - CORRECT ANSWER Agenicies, outside an institutional setting, which porovide care, support, and/or services to people with disabilities.
developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER any mental or physical disability that has na onset before age 22 and may continue indefinately. mental retardation, CP, autism, epilepsy, sensory impairment, TBI, MDystrophy, polio may be considered developmentally disabled.
care managment - CORRECT ANSWER a health care delivery process that helps achieve better health outcomes by anticipating and linking clients with services they need more quickly. It helps avoid unnecessary services by preventing medical problems from esclating.
case management - CORRECT ANSWER a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual healthneeds using communication and resources to promote quality, cost effective outcomes.
clinical pathway - CORRECT ANSWER timeline of patient care activities and expected outcomes of care that address the plan of care of each discipline involved in the care of a particular patient.
Minimum Data Set MDS - CORRECT ANSWER assessment tool used in skilled nursing facility settings to place patients into RUGS or resource utilization groups. which determines the facilities reimbursement rate.
risk management - CORRECT ANSWER the science of the identification evaluation and treatment of financial and clinical loss. a program that attempts to provide positive avoidance of negative results.
sub acute care facility - CORRECT ANSWER a healthcare facility that is a step down from an acute care hospital and a step up form a conventional SNF intesity of services.
actuary - CORRECT ANSWER a trained insurance professional who specializes in determing policy rates calculating premiums and conducting statistical studies.
capitiation - CORRECT ANSWER fixed amt of money per member per month (PMPM) paid to a care provider for covered services rather than based on specific services provided. Used by HMOs.
DRG Diagnosis related group - CORRECT ANSWER groups of paitents using similar resource consumption and length of stay. THis is the form of reimbursement that CMS uses to pay hospitals for MC/MD recipients.
FFS Fee for service - CORRECT ANSWER providers are pain for each service performed as opposed to capitation. fee schedules are an example of fee for service.
health maintenance organization (HMO) - CORRECT ANSWER FOUR basic models: group model, IPA or individual practice association, Network model, staff model.
IPA - CORRECT ANSWER HMO model - contracts with private practice physician to provide HC services in return for negotiated fee.
Medicaid Waiver - CORRECT ANSWER waiver prgms, auth under section 1915 of the SS act provide states with greater flexibilty to servie individuals with LTC needs in the home or in the community rather than in an institution.the federal govt ¨waives" certain medicaid rules. this allows the state to select a portion of the population on MD to receive specialized services nto available to MD patients.
network model HMO - CORRECT ANSWER fastest growing form of managed care. plan contracts with a variety of groups of physicians and other proviers in a network of care with organized referral patterns. networks allow providers to practice outside the HMO.
point of service plan - CORRECT ANSWER health care plan allows the covered person to choose to receive a service from a participating or non participating provider which different benefit levels assoc with the use of the participating providers. members pay higher costs in terms of increasedpremiums, deductibles and coinsurance.
short term disability income insurance - CORRECT ANSWER pay benefits to covered disabled person/employee as long as he/she remains disabled up to a specific period not exceeding two years.
staff model HMO - CORRECT ANSWER most rigid of HMO models, physician are on the staff of the HMO with some sort of salaried arrangement and provide care exclusively for the health plan employees.
utilization - CORRECT ANSWER the frequency which which a benefit is used during a one year period. usually expressed in occurrences per 1000 covered lives.
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER an obligation and duty to promote good, to further support a patientś legitimate interests and decisions to actively prevent or remove harm.
bona fide - CORRECT ANSWER in good faith
normal damages - CORRECT ANSWER awarded when the injury is judgesd to be slight
compensatory damages - CORRECT ANSWER are to repay or compensate the injured party for the injury incurred
punitive damages - CORRECT ANSWER awared when injury is judged to have been committed maliciously or in disregard of the injured palintiffs interests.
non maleficence - CORRECT ANSWER refraining from doing harm to others; that is empasizing quality are outcomes.
veracity - CORRECT ANSWER act of telling the truth
benchmarking - CORRECT ANSWER act of comparing a work process with that of the best competitor.
JCAHO - CORRECT ANSWER Joint commission on accrediation of health care organizations
CARF - CORRECT ANSWER Commission on accrediation of rehabilitation facilites
work adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER use of real or simulated work activity under close supervision of rehab facility to develop appropriate work behaviors, attitudes..
work conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER program designed to restore neuromuscular functions
work hardening - CORRECT ANSWER provides clients with a transition between acute injury stage and a safe productive return to work. - multidispilinary in nature and use real/simulated work activities designed to resore physial behavioral and vocational functions.
work modification - CORRECT ANSWER altering work environment to accommodate a persons physical or mental limitations by making changes in equip, methods of completing tasks or job duties.
work rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER physical conditioning and strenghtening exercises and functional tasks in conjuction with real or simulated job activities. treatment to improve persons cardiopulmonary, neuromusculoskeletal, functions, biometical human performance levels and psychosocial aspects as they relate to the demands of work. [Show Less]