INSTRUCTIONS: Read the questions/problems A.

Workmanship of Contract
carefully. Discuss/Calculate in detail and B. Form of Tender
clearly… C. Form of Contract
…shown below. Use a clear letter size bond D. Specification
paper to your solution and use your own
calculator. Mobile phone…. 4. Consists of schedule of the terms of work to be
…gadgets are considered cheating devices and carried out under the contract, with quantities
are therefore not allowed to be with the examines entered against each item.
during the examination. Anyone caught with the A. Material Estimates
above mentioned will his or her examination B. Quantity Surveyor
results be given a zero score. Good Luck! C. Bill of Quantities
D. Method of Measurement
I. Each question in the first section is a multiple
choice question with four answer choices. Read 5. Depict the nature and scope of the work to be
each question and answer choice carefully and carried out under the contract.
encircle the ONE best answer. A. Form of Tender
B. Contract drawings
V. Execution of Contracts and Professional C. Form of Contract
Ethics. Award and executing contract. Contract D. General Conditions of Contract
Bond. Control of Work. Specifications.
6. Constitutes a formal offer by the contractor to
1. Constitutes the formal agreement between the execute the contract works in accordance with
promoter and the contractor for the execution of the contract documents for the contract price.
the work in accordance with the other contract A. Form of Tender
documents B. Conditions of Contract
A. Form of Tender C. Form of Contract
B. Form of Contract D. Bill of Quantities Contract
C. General Conditions of Contract
D. Specification/ 7. Which all the component items of work are
listed and subsequently priced by the contractor
2. Define the terms under which the work is to be to give the tender sum
undertaken, the relationship between the A. Bill of Quantities
promoter or employer, the engineer and the B. Lump Sum Contract
contractor, the powers of the engineer and the C. Schedule Contract
terms of payment. D. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
A. General Conditions of Contract
B. Form of Tender 8. The details of the project are normally shown
C. Form of Contract on drawings and described in a specification, but
D. Contract Document no bill of quantities is supplied
A. Quantity Surveyor Contract
3. It describes in detail the work to be executed B. Lump Sum Contract
under the contract and the nature and quality of C. Specification Contract
the materials and workmanship. D. Form of Tender

9. This type of contract the employer supplied a
schedule unit rates covering each item of work
likely to be encountered, and contractors are
required to state a percentage up or down on the
rates, for which they are prepared to undertake
the work.
A. Lump Sum Contract
B. Schedule Contract
C. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
D. Cost Plus Fixed fee Contract
10. The contractor is paid the actual cost of the
work, plus an agreed percentage of the actual or
allowable cost to cover overhead, profit, etc.
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
C. Cost Plus Fluctuating Fee contract
D. All-in Contract
11. The contractor is paid the actual cost of the
work plus a fixed lump sum, which has been
previously...which does not fluctuate with the cost
of the job.
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Cost Plus Fluctuating Fee contract
C. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
D. Target Contract
12. The contractor is paid the actual cost of the
work plus a fee, with the amount of the fee being
determined by …to the allowable cost of the work
on some form of sliding scale.
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Cost Plus Fluctuating Fee contract
C. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
D. Target Contract
13. Basic fee is quoted as a percentage of an
agreed target estimate obtained from a priced bill
of quantities.
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Cost Plus Fluctuating Fee contract
C. Cost Plus Percentage Contract
D. Target Contract
14. With this type of contract, the employer gives
his requirements in broad outline to the
contractor, who submits full details of design,
construction, and cost for the project.
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Target Contract
C. Package Deal Contract
D. All-In Contract
15. The draft will be prepared in advance of the
specification, and these will show the character
and extent of the works. The specification writer
will extract a considerable amount of information
form the draiwings and will work systematically
through them when compiling the specification.
A. Contract Drawings
B. Specification Contract
C. Construction Contract
D. Standard Form Contracts
16. An agreement between an employer and a
contractor to execute the works or even demolish
something in an agreed period, for an agreed
price and to agreed standards.
A. Construction Contract
B. Package Deal Contract
C. Bespoke Contract
D. Construction Contract Arrangement
17. This is a type of contract that is not based on
a standard form contract and is specially drafted
and fully customized to cater for specific needs or
requirements for the parties.
A. Construction Contract
B. Package Deal Contract
C. Bespoke Contract
D. Construction Contract Arrangement
18. This is a form of contract where the 23. A common used within the construction
contractor is responsible for the construction of industry to resolve disputes.
works as per the specifications and design A. Adjudication
provided by (or by a third party on behalf of) the B. Mediation
employer. C. Resolution
A. Pure Construction Contract D. Litigation
B. Design-Build
C. Bespoke Contract 24. Another alternative to litigation and is a
D. Engineer, procure and construct process in which the parties will agree to refer the
dispute to a third party.
19. This is a form of contract where the A. Adjudication
contractor is responsible for both the design and B. Arbitration
the construction of works. C. Mediation
A. Pure Construction Contract D. Litigation
B. Design-Build
C. Bespoke Contract 25. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of
D. Engineer, procure and construct contracts. If the terms of a contract are clear and
leave no doubt upon the intention of the
20. This is a form of contract where the contracting parties, the literal meaning of its
contractor is responsible for design/engineering, stipulations shall control.
procurement/sourcing of materials and A. Art. 1371
construction of the works. B. Art. 1370
A. Pure Construction Contract C. Art. 1373
B. Design-Build D. Art. 1376
C. Bespoke Contract
D. Engineer, procure and construct 26. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of
contracts. In order to judge the intention of the
21. A process in which a neutral third party will contracting parties, their contemporaneous and
give a decision on a dispute. subsequent acts shall be principally considered.
A. Adjudication A. Art. 1371
B. Mediation B. Art. 1370
C. Resolution C. Art. 1373
D. Litigation D. Art. 1376

22. Whilst there are many methods of alternative 27. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of
dispute resolution, court proceedings are still one contracts. However general the terms of a
of the most common forms of resolving disputes contract may be, they shall not be understood to
within the construction industry. comprehend things that are distinct and cases
A. Adjudication that are different from those upon which the
B. Mediation parties intended to agree.
C. Resolution A. Art. 1372
D. Litigation B. Art. 1373
C. Art. 1371
D. Art. 1377 32. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of
contracts. The interpretation of obscure words or
28. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of stipulation in a contract shall not favor the party
contracts. If some stipulation of any contract who caused the obscurity.
should admit of several meanings, it shall be A. Art. 1376
understood as bearing that import which is most B. Art. 1375
adequate to render it effectual. C. Art. 1374
A. Art. 1372 D. Art. 1377
B. Art. 1373
C. Art. 1371 33. When the Department of Labor and
D. Art. 1377 Employment (DOLE) was founded.
A. December 8, 1953
29. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of B. December 8, 1933
contracts. The various stipulations of a contract C. December 8, 1973
shall be interpreted together, attributing to the D. September 8m 1933
doubtful ones that sense which may result from
all of them taken jointly. 34. When the Philippine Overseas Employment
A. Art. 1374 Administration (POEA) was established.
B. Art. 1375 A. 1982 through Executive Order No. 797
C. Art. 1374 B. 1987 through Executive Order No. 797
D. Art. 1377 C. 1982 through Executive Order No. 798
D. 1987 through Executive Order No. 798
30. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of
contracts. Words which may have different 35. Legal bond (Vinculum Juris) by which one or
significations shall be understood in that which is more parties (obligants) are bound to act or
most in keeping with the nature and object of the refrain from acting.
contract. A. Obligation
A. Art. 1376 B. Payment
B. Art. 1375 C. Compensation
C. Art. 1374 D. Prescription
D. Art. 1377

31. Civil law of the Philippines, interpretation of

contracts. The usage or custom of the place shall
be borne in mind in the interpretation of the
ambiguities of a contract, and shall fill the
omission of stipulation which are ordinarily
established.
A. Art. 1376
B. Art. 1375
C. Art. 1374
D. Art. 1377