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During preparation of a construction contract, the client asks the interior designer to check with an insurance agent so the correct amounts of coverage can be included in the Suppplementary General Conditions of the Contract. How should the designer respond?
a. suggest that his agent and the client's agent meet to make such a determination.
b.tell the client that insurance requirements should be placed in the General Conditions of the Contract.
c. Call the client's insurance representative to discuss the project so the correct amounts can be determined.
d. Remind the client that adive on insurance must come from the client. |
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d. Remind the client that adive on insurance must come from the client. |
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25-2 Which of the following is a reimbursable expense?
a. health insurance
b. in-house costs for copying
c. telephone calls made in connection with the project
d. charges for having a model built for office design work. |
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c. telephone calls made in connection with the project. |
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25-3 What should the interior designer fo first if a client decides to make major revisions after a project has been tendered but befor construction has started?
a. tell the contractor not to proceed until the issues have been resolved.
b. return any shop drawings to the contractor and tell him that revision will be forthcoming.
c. advise the client that making major revisions may delay the job and increase its cost and that additional fees wil be charged for design and drawing revision.
d. estimate the amount of time and extra fees needed to make the revision, and suggest that the client reconsider making major changes.
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c. advise the client that making major revisions may delay the job and increase its cost and that additional fees wil be charged for design and drawing revision. |
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25-4 Under the Standard Form of Agreement, what activities are included in an interior designer's services?
a. programming, schematic design, contract administration, and post occupancy evaluation
b. design development, specification production, shop drawing review, and final punch list.
c. financial feasibility study, design development, working drawin production, and contract administration
d. schematic design, assistance with bidding, contract administration, and furniture acceptance |
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b. design development, specification production, shop drawing review, and final punch list. |
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25-5 If a partially completed low partition constructed according to the interior designer's drawings falls over during construction and injures a worker, who is responsible?
a. interior designer
b. contractor
c. subcontractor
d. worker |
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25-6 If the interior designer specifies file cabinets that do not fit within a space the contractor built according to the contract documents, who is reponsible for paying for the correction?
a. contractor
b. interior designer
c. cabinet supplier
d. owner |
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25-7. Which type of fee is most ofter diadvantageous to the interior designer?
a. hourly rate
b. multiple of direct personnel expense
c. fixed fee
d. retail method |
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25-8. Which of the following is NOT an extra service?
a. designing and detailing custom built-in furniture
b. arranging and paying for an electrical engineering consultant
c. designing signage for a project
d. making a detailed survey of existing space prior to design |
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a. designing and detailing custom built-in furniture |
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25-9. A project construction budget prepared by the interior designer should probably NOT include
a. the contractor's profit
b. the designer's fees and reimbursables
c. estimates for built-in equipment
d. fixtures to be supplied by the owner |
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b. the designer's fees and reimbursables |
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25-10. What document is used to approve the release of funds for furnishing a project?
a. application for payment
b. certiicate for payment
c. purchase order
d. bill of lading |
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