Free CPC Practice Questions

Question 1

Three qualified roofing subcontractors can meet the project schedule. Their bids differ only as follows: Hale bids $486,000 but excludes required perimeter flashing; Easton bids $512,000 for the complete scope; Park bids $501,000 but excludes required testing. Firm, scope-complete quotes to cover the exclusions are $18,000 for flashing and $14,000 for testing. Each bid already includes a $10,000 material allowance that must remain in the scope. The constructor is comparing total costs, including any separately purchased work. Which bid has the lowest evaluated total?

Accepted Answer

Hale, evaluated at $504,000.

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Park, evaluated at $501,000.

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Easton, evaluated at $512,000.

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Hale, evaluated at $494,000.

Question 2

Month-end cost report for a concrete work package:
Budget at completion: $1,200,000
Earned value: $480,000
Actual cost: $600,000

The entire cost overrun to date arose from a completed, one-time repair. A review confirms that the remaining unchanged scope can be completed at its original budgeted cost, with no recurrence of the repair. What estimate at completion is consistent with that assessment?

Accepted Answer

$1,320,000

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$1,200,000

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$1,500,000

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$1,800,000

Question 3

Before scoring proposals for a private project's curtain-wall package, the constructor learns that one bidder is owned by the constructor's sibling. The relationship has not been disclosed, and the constructor has not reviewed any prices. The owner's policy permits related firms to compete when the relationship is disclosed and an independent evaluator makes the award recommendation. How should the constructor handle the evaluation?

Accepted Answer

Disclose the relationship and have an independent evaluator take over both scoring and the award recommendation.

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Disqualify the related firm to remove any question about the integrity of the competition.

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Score proposals without bidder names, then disclose the relationship when submitting the recommendation.

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Disclose the relationship and score all bidders, asking the owner to review the final ranking.

Question 4

After an overnight storm, the competent person inspects a 9-foot-deep trench and finds new tension cracks, soil sloughing below a brace, and accumulating water. The installed shoring had been accepted for dry conditions. The crew is waiting outside the trench. What must occur before entry resumes?

Accepted Answer

Keep entry suspended until changed conditions are reassessed and adequate cave-in and water-accumulation protection is implemented.

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Pump out the water, then resume using the original assessment of the dry-condition shoring.

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Add another access ladder and station a watch person to monitor further soil movement.

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Restrict work to the shored section while the competent person reviews the changed conditions.

Question 5

Three successive floor handoffs show the same pattern: framing is accepted Monday; the inspector signs the wall-closure release Tuesday morning; the full planned drywall crew and all required materials are ready for Wednesday's planned start; and the drywall foreman receives the closure authorization Friday afternoon. Inspection releases reach the foreman through the project engineer's weekly report. Which failure best explains the late drywall starts?

Accepted Answer

Delayed transmission of completed inspection releases to the drywall foreman.

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Insufficient drywall staffing relative to the framing crew's output.

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An inspection backlog that prevents finished framing from being released before drywall is scheduled.

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Late material deliveries that leave the drywall crew without a ready work area.

Question 6

Today's inspection-and-test plan identifies two controls:

Hydrostatic testing: a witness point. After two working days' acknowledged notice, testing may proceed if the owner's witness does not attend.
Pipe insulation: a hold point requiring the engineer's written release after review of the test results.

The notice requirement has been met, the test setup is ready, and the owner's witness is absent. No insulation release has been issued. Which instruction should the superintendent give?

Accepted Answer

Perform the pressure test; hold insulation until the engineer issues the written release.

Answer

Test the piping and start insulation if it passes.

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Perform the pressure test and treat the owner's absence as a waiver of the insulation hold point.

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Delay both operations until the owner's witness attends.

Question 7

A loader fills one truck with 12 loose cubic yards in 6 minutes. Hauling, dumping, and returning take another 24 minutes per truck. The loader serves one truck at a time, all trucks are identical, and there are no other delays or production constraints. For steady operation, which fleet is the smallest that keeps the loader continuously supplied, and what production can that fleet sustain?

Accepted Answer

Five trucks; 120 loose cubic yards per hour.

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Four trucks; 120 loose cubic yards per hour.

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Five trucks; 150 loose cubic yards per hour.

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Six trucks; 144 loose cubic yards per hour.

Question 8

A private contractor's FLSA-covered, nonexempt carpenter works beyond 40 hours in the established workweek after the superintendent asks the crew to finish a pour. The time is accurately recorded. The project manager refuses to approve it because company policy requires advance written authorization for overtime. Which payroll instruction complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Accepted Answer

Pay the recorded time, including required overtime; address authorization separately.

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Pay straight time for the unauthorized hours.

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Defer the overtime payment until the project manager approves the work.

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Move the extra hours to next week's timesheet and pay them at the regular rate.

Question 9

An air-handling unit starts, its measured airflow meets design, and its manual controls operate. During functional testing, however, the outdoor-air dampers remain open when the approved unoccupied sequence requires them to close. The contract requires successful sequence testing and operator training before system turnover. Which closeout status accurately describes the equipment?

Accepted Answer

Start-up is complete; the required functional commissioning has not passed.

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Ready for turnover after the operating manual is delivered.

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Accepted for use because only the controls, not mechanical components, remain deficient.

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Ready for owner acceptance once the defect is placed on the manufacturer's warranty list.

Question 10

The owner's authorized representative issues a written directive to reroute a utility. The contract requires the constructor to proceed with directed changes, give written notice of any requested adjustment within five calendar days, and submit pricing later. The directive does not settle price or time. Work can proceed safely, but the subcontractor needs ten calendar days to prepare its quotation. Which response protects the constructor's contractual position?

Accepted Answer

Proceed, give timely notice, and track the changed work's costs and schedule effects.

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Suspend the reroute until price and time are settled.

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Begin work and give the first notice when the quotation arrives.

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Execute the subcontract change order and record that amount as an approved adjustment to the owner's contract.

Free CPC Practice Questions

Domain 1: Project Scope Development 11% of exam

Question 1

Domain 2: Employment Practices 9% of exam

Question 2

Domain 3: Working Relationships 12% of exam

Question 3

Domain 4: Construction Start-up and Support 10% of exam

Question 4

Domain 5: Construction Resource Management 12% of exam

Question 5

Domain 6: Construction Cost Control 12% of exam

Question 6

Question 7

Domain 7: Project Closeout 10% of exam

Question 8

Domain 8: Construction Risk Management 11% of exam

Question 9

Domain 9: Ethics 13% of exam

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