Practice-Wide Delivery of Services
Business Operations
Finances, Risk and Development of Practice
Practice Methods
IDPX
100

This is the tool used to communicate the site conditions and design and construction recommendations.

What is a Geotechnical Report?

100

This is the act of reexamining drawings, specifications, and product recommendations to find alternative, lower priced solutions. 

What is the Value Engineering?

100

This is a one-part standard form of agreement between owner and architect for building design and construction contract administration. 

What is the B101?

100

The type of lighting most suitable for highlighting specific features or objects in a room.

What is accent lighting?

100

This is one of the six practice-based divisions of the A.R.E.

Practice Management, Project Management, Programming & Analysis, Project Planning & Design, Project Development & Documentation, Construction & Evaluation

200

This project delivery method involves a contract that has a guaranteed maximum price.

What is Construction Manager at Risk?

200

This summarizes each of the firms’ projects in terms of the amount of revenue it has generated, the expenses it has incurred, unbilled services, percentage of completion and profit or loss to date.

What is the Office Earnings Report?

200

A school district's property tax rate consists of one of these two things. 

What is Maintenance & Operations (M&O) tax rate and if applicable an Interest & Sinking (I&S) tax rate. 

200

This document is the standard form of agreement between the owner and the contractor. 

What is the A101?

200

This is the maximum percentage of wall or ceiling area that combustible trim can occupy a wall or ceiling area in a room. 

What is 10%?

300

What IPD stands for.

What is Integrated Project Delivery?

300

This represents a type of ownership where employees own stock in the company, often based on the duration of their employment. 

What is an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)?

300

The written contract serving as the owner/architect agreement should include one of three things.

What is the description of reimbursable expenses? 

What are the owner’s responsibilities?

What is the architect’s fee?

300

This design phase consists of moderately detailed sets of MEP and structural systems.

What is Design Development?

300

This is the stage when the work or a designated portion of it, is sufficiently complete according to the contract documents that the owner can occupy or use the site, even though a few minor items may yet need to be finished or corrected. 

What is Substantial Completion?

400

This project delivery system gives a high degree of predictability and control about outcomes in terms of schedule, quality, and cost.

What is Design-Bid-Build? (DBB)

400

This is the name of the revenue that remains from billing after deducting fees and expenses, reimbursable expenses, and non-reimbursable project-related expenses.

What is Net Operating Revenue (Net Revenue)

400

A type of insurance that helps protect design professionals from claims arising from the professional services given. 

What is Professional Liability Coverage or Errors & Omissions Insurance?

400

These are known as the development phases in a project, name one of 6. 

What is Pre-Design? Schematic Design? Design Development? Construction Documents? Permits and Bidding? Construction Administration. 

400

This is a common finishing material used with Millwork, it is made of Kraft paper overlaid with a patterned or colored sheet and a layer of melamine resin

What is High Pressure Decorative Laminate? (HPDL)

500

Name one of the six construction project delivery methods.

What is Design-Bid-Build? Design-Build? Construction Manager at Risk? Construction Management Multi-Prime? Public-Private Partnerships? Integrated Project Delivery?

500

This act protects the privacy of health information.

What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996? (HIPPA)

500

This is one of four types of risk level.

What is Client Type?

What is Standard of Care?

What is Financial?

What is Project-Delivery?

500

This is the Standard Form of Agreement Between the Architect and the Consultant

What is the AIA document C401?

500

This tests the flammability of draperies, curtains, and other window treatments.

What is the NFPA 701 test?