30 items Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose as many letters of your choice.

1. Which of the following is not a part of the civil engineering services mentioned in
the discussion?
a. Teaching
b. Expert Testimony
c. Design, consultations and advice
d. Design of gears and machines
2. Which of the following is part of the civil engineering services mentioned in the
discussion?
a. Design of furniture’s
b. Balancing of accounts
c. Design, consultations and advice
d. Programming games and applications
3. Only private employed civil engineers have the right to do these services?
a. True
b. False
c. Slightly true
d. Slightly false
4. Civil engineers are only limited to these services?
a. True
b. False
c. Slightly true
d. Slightly false
5. In consulting, who is the one who asks for help?
a. Civil engineers
b. Client
c. Random stranger
d. Government
6. In designing, what do laymans call the final drawings/plans?
a. Whiteprint
b. Blueprint
c. Printing plans
d. Final plans
7. Which of the following is needed in the designing process for procurement?
a. Blueprint
b. Bill of materials/quantities
c. Preliminary design/s
d. Final design/s
8. A report that will usually include such items as purpose of study, requirements and
needs of project, alternate solutions, estimated construction cost,
recommendations and conclusion.
 a. Procurement
b. Bidding reports
c. Feasibility studies
d. Surveying reports
9. What does EIA stand for?
a. Engineering In Action
b. Engineering Institute of Aggregates
c. Environmental Impact Assessment
d. Environmental Involvement and Action
10. Is construction documents and bid specifications are similar throughout the
construction industry for any building project?
a. True
b. False
c. Slightly true
d. Slightly false
11. In what stage of the designing does the detailed architectural and engineering
drawings (the blueprints) of all physical components of the project be produced?
a. Preliminary design
b. Mid design stage
c. Final design
d. Complete design
12. During preliminary design stage, what designs are given major emphasis?
a. Civil, mechanical and architecture
b. Civil
c. Mechanical
d. Architecture
13. A process that re-evaluates all the major cost centres in the project to determine if
the most cost effective design solutions have been used.
a. Bill of materials
b. Feasibility studies
c. Value engineering
d. Observation
14. Which of the following is not part of the civil engineers assistance in bidding as per
discussed?
a. Advertising of the work to obtain suitable contractors
b. Evaluating the bids from the contractors
c. Selecting the contractor
d. Befriending the contractor for bigger commission
15. The preparation of construction documents and bid specifications are the last
stage in?
a. Preliminary design
b. Project design
c. Surveying
d. Final design
16. It is commonly a part of our Basic Design Services where engineers proactively
tracks every project’s progress to meet our clients’ needs on time, within budget.
a. Expert testimony
b. Project management
c. Construction administration and observation
d. Observation
17. Which of the following is not part of the specific responsibilities of construction
administration and observation?
a. Respond to Requests for Information (RFI)
b. Review contractor shop drawings and submittals
c. Review and approve monthly pay estimates
d. Re-evaluating plans
18. Which of the following is not part of the specific responsibilities of construction
administration and observation?
a. Process Field Orders
b. Process Change Orders
c. Conduct pre-final and final inspections
d. Convince workers to work properly
19. Is construction administration and construction observation more or less the
same?
a. Agree
b. Disagree
c. One half
d. One fourth
20. Which of the following is not part of the specific responsibilities of construction
administration and observation?
a. Issue letter of substantial completion
b. Prepare Record Drawings
c. Conduct Annual Warranty Inspections
d. Produce detailed plans of machines
21. It is used in the quality control processes associated with the analysis of soils,
concrete, asphalt, bitumen, cement and mortar, steel, aggregates, and other
materials used in civil engineering.
a. Civil engineering testing equipment
b. Laboratory equipment
c. Site quality control
d. Engineering machines
22. As per testing of materials and equipment, civil engineering projects largely
depend on the?
a. Quantity of materials
b. Quality of materials
c. Performance of workers
d. Performance of machines
23. How many methods are usually used in computing the charges in Civil
Engineering Services?
a. 6
 b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
24. Which of the following is not part of the methods usually used in charging Civil
Engineering Services?
a. Fixed Price
b. Percentage of Construction Cost (“Percentage”)
c. Client choice and will
d. Cost plus fixed fee (“CPFF”)
25. It is the testimony made by a qualified person about a scientific, technical, or
professional issue.
a. Professionals Testimony
b. Expert Testimony
c. Apprentice Testimony
d. Masters Testimony
26. A person is often called upon to testify due to his/her familiarity with the subject
or special training in the field.
a. Professional
b. Expert
c. Apprentice
d. Master
27. It is a thorough look at your workplace to identify those things, situations,
processes, etc. that may cause harm, particularly to people.
a. Risk Assessment/Assessment of Risk
b. Observation
c. Project management
d. Construction Administration
28. What does risk assessment eliminate or control from happening?
a. Harm
b. Illness
c. Death
d. Bad Luck
29. These are the data gathering, management and analytical processes used to
predict, understand and constructively influence the time and cost outcomes of
a project or program; through the communication of information in formats that
assist effective management and decision making.
a. Expert Testimony
b. Preliminary Design
c. Surveying
d. Project Management and controls
30. It is the process of attending to people’s needs, experiences and feelings, and
intervening so that they learn particular things, and go beyond the given.
a. Teaching
b. Project Management
c. Construction Administration
d. Project Designing
Answer Keys:
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. C
10.A
11.C
12.A
13.C
14.D
15.B
16.C
17.D
18.D
19.A
20.D
21.A
22.B
23.A
24.C
25.B
26.B
27.A
28.A
29.D
30.A