BLUEBEAM BASICS
SCALES & QTO
CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION SKILLS
100
When measuring floor base in Bluebeam, this tool is best to use?
What is the Perimeter Tool?
100
This type of scale is typically expressed as fractions of inches.
What is an Architectural Scale?
100
Expenses directly attributable to the physical construction of a project.
What is direct cost?
100
This is a pattern for slides that includes consistent layouts, fonts, colors, and themes
What is a PowerPoint Template?
100
This is the best practice in case the presentation equipment fails during your presentation?
What is having a Plan B?
200
Name this symbol
What is Delta?
200
This type of scale is commonly expressed in ratios.
What is an Engineering Scale?
200
The income generated for the business above the total project cost.
What is profit?
200
This is the purpose of the Notes Pane in PowerPoint.
What is allow the presenter to add personal notes that are not visible to the audience?
200
This is one effective way to keep an audience engaged during a presentation?
What is telling a relevant story?
300
A cloud on a drawing denotes this.
What is a change?
300
The process of analyzing drawings and plans to list and measure the materials needed on a project.
What is a Quantity Take-off (QTO)?
300
A budgeted placeholder amount included in an estimate or bid for a specific item(s) not yet specified or selected.
What is an allowance?
300
This is one major benefit of using visual aids in PowerPoint presentations.
What is promoting better retrieval and remembering of information?
300
Creating an outline before building a presentation.
What is organizing content prior to designing slides.
400
Bluebeam primarily works with this file type.
What is pdf?
400
This can dramatically change the building’s design.
What is the building location?
400
An amount of money set aside to cover any unexpected costs that can arise throughout a construction project - typically 5% to 10% of the total project cost.
What is contingency?
400
This is a single page of a PowerPoint presentation.
What is a slide?
400
Beginning–middle–end (story-like sequence).
What is the type of structure a presentation should follow?
500
This is a common use of Blubeam in construction management.
What is Marking up drawings?
500
Estimates are primarily based on these documents.
What are Plans and Specifications?
500
The first step in building an estimate.
What is identifying scopes of work?
500
This is a collection of slides in a presentation
What is slide deck?
500
Presenters hiding behind a lectern.
What causes the audience to lose interest & looks unprofessional?