Free CBL-Prometric Practice Questions

Question 1

An excavation uncovers a concealed utility that the contract treats as an excusable differing site condition. The contractor promptly documents a 14-day critical-path impact and requests an extension. Without issuing a formal acceleration directive, the owner leaves the request unresolved, insists on the original completion date, and the contractor adds a night shift and premium freight. The added-cost claim is best characterized as:

Accepted Answer

Constructive acceleration

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Directed acceleration

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Excusable noncompensable delay

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Cardinal change

Question 2

A nonexempt carpenter works 45 hours in one workweek at $24 per hour and earns a $90 production bonus promised in advance for meeting the week's output target. Straight time is paid for all 45 hours. Under the FLSA regular-rate method, what total gross pay is due for the week?

Accepted Answer

$1,235

Answer

$1,170

Answer

$1,230

Answer

$1,245

Question 3

During the morning inspection, a competent person finds employees entering a 7-foot-deep trench in previously disturbed soil. The walls are vertical, no protective system is installed, and excavated material is piled 18 inches from the edge. A secured ladder is already within 25 feet, and no stable-rock determination has been made. What must occur before employees reenter?

Accepted Answer

Keep employees out, install a compliant protective system, and move the spoil at least 2 feet back

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Permit entry if each employee uses personal fall arrest and an attendant remains at the surface

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Permit brief entry when a ladder is positioned within 25 feet of every employee

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Obtain OSHA approval before correcting the trench and resuming work

Question 4

An estimator has $240,000 in direct cost, $30,000 in project overhead, $15,000 in home-office overhead, and $15,000 in contingency. A separate $20,000 owner allowance will be reimbursed at actual cost and is excluded from the contractor's margin base. Which bid price, before tax and the reimbursable allowance, produces a 20% gross margin?

Accepted Answer

$375,000

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$360,000

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$384,000

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$400,000

Question 5

All activities use finish-to-start logic with zero lag. Activity A takes 3 days. After A, B takes 6 days and C takes 4 days. D takes 3 days after B; E takes 2 days after C. Final activity F takes 1 day and requires both D and E. If C finishes 2 days later than planned and all other durations remain unchanged, which schedule conclusion follows?

Accepted Answer

Project completion is unchanged, and the C-E branch retains 1 day of total float

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Project completion moves 2 days because every late activity delays the finish

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Project completion moves 1 day because the C-E branch originally had only 1 day of float

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Project completion is unchanged, and the C-E branch still has its original 3 days of float

Question 6

Using cost-to-cost percentage of completion, a contractor has a $1,500,000 contract, $540,000 of cost incurred, $360,000 of estimated cost to complete, and $850,000 billed to date. How should the WIP position be reported?

Accepted Answer

$50,000 underbilling, reported as a contract asset

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$50,000 overbilling, reported as a contract liability

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$310,000 overbilling, because billings exceed cost incurred

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$360,000 gross profit, reported as current cash

Question 7

State B requires an issued contractor license before a construction contract may be executed. A contractor licensed in State A qualifies for State B reciprocity, which waives the equivalent examination, but has not filed the State B application or received a State B license. What must happen before the contractor signs the project contract?

Accepted Answer

Complete State B's licensing process and receive authorization to contract

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Sign the contract but postpone field work until the building permit is issued

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Sign under the State A license and disclose that reciprocity is available

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Obtain the local project permit, which substitutes for the State B contractor license

Question 8

A subcontract requires the general contractor to be an additional insured for ongoing and completed operations on a primary and noncontributory basis. The subcontractor provides only a certificate naming the general contractor as certificate holder. Which action best closes the coverage gap?

Accepted Answer

Obtain and review the policy endorsements that grant the required additional-insured coverage

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Accept the certificate because certificate-holder status creates the required coverage

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Ask the broker to add the required wording to the certificate without changing the policy

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Replace the insurance requirement with the subcontractor's payment bond

Question 9

A monthly schedule depositor accumulates $100,000 in federal employment-tax liability on a Tuesday, and no federal holiday intervenes. Which deposit obligation applies?

Accepted Answer

Deposit by Wednesday and use the semiweekly schedule for the rest of this year and the following year

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Deposit by the 15th of the next month and remain a monthly depositor

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Deposit by Friday and change to semiweekly status at the next calendar quarter

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Pay the liability with Form 941 because it arose during a single day

Question 10

For two years, a contractor allowed its project superintendent to rent equipment costing up to $10,000, and the company paid those invoices without objection. The company later reduced the superintendent's internal limit to $5,000 but never notified its regular rental supplier. The superintendent then rents $8,000 of equipment. What type of authority most likely binds the contractor to the supplier?

Accepted Answer

Apparent authority created by the contractor's prior conduct

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No authority, because the undisclosed internal limit controls

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Actual implied authority because equipment rental is routine

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Ratification, even before the contractor learns of the rental

Free CBL-Prometric Practice Questions

Domain 1: Business Organization and Management 6% of exam

Question 1

Domain 2: Licensing 8% of exam

Question 2

Domain 3: Estimating and Bidding 8% of exam

Question 3

Domain 4: Contracts 12% of exam

Question 4

Domain 5: Project Management 12% of exam

Question 5

Domain 6: Risk Management 6% of exam

Question 6

Domain 7: Safety - OSHA 6% of exam

Question 7

Domain 8: Labor Laws 16% of exam

Question 8

Domain 9: Financial Management 10% of exam

Question 9

Domain 10: Tax Laws 10% of exam

Question 10

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