1. Methods of Specifying
Review Questions

2. 1. The four methods of specifying are:
Performance, descriptive, proprietary and alternate
Descriptive, performance, proprietary and reference standard
Open, closed, performance and descriptive
Tentative, standard, descriptive and performance

3. 1. The four methods of specifying are:
Performance, descriptive, proprietary and alternate
Descriptive, performance, proprietary and reference standard
Open, closed, performance and descriptive
Tentative, standard, descriptive and performance

4. Allowances Submittals Substitutions Alternates
2. The difference between open and closed proprietary specifications concerns:
Allowances
Submittals
Substitutions
Alternates

5. Allowances Submittals Substitutions alternates
2. The difference between open and closed proprietary specifications concerns:
Allowances
Submittals
Substitutions
alternates

6. 3. Substitutions may do all of the following EXCEPT:
Limit competition
Increase the specifier’s work load
Be conductive to permitting products of lower quality
Increase maintenance costs

7. 3. Substitutions may do all of the following EXCEPT:
Limit competition
Increase the specifier’s work load
Be conductive to permitting products of lower quality
Increase maintenance costs

8. 4. A method of opening a proprietary
4. A method of opening a proprietary specification to alternate products is to:
Request alternate proposal in the specifications.
Permit contractors to submit request for substitutions.
Define the procedures for controlled substitutions in Division 1 of the project manual
All of the above

9. 4. A method of opening a proprietary
4. A method of opening a proprietary specification to alternate products is to:
Request alternate proposal in the specifications.
Permit contractors to submit request for substitutions.
Define the procedures for controlled substitutions in Division 1 of the project manual
All of the above

10. Manufacturer Contractor Architect/Engineer Owner
5. The burden of performance is assumed by whom when a descriptive specification is used?
Manufacturer
Contractor
Architect/Engineer
Owner

11. Manufacturer Contractor Architect/Engineer Owner
5. The burden of performance is assumed by whom when a descriptive specification is used?
Manufacturer
Contractor
Architect/Engineer
Owner

12. Descriptive Performance Reference standard Proprietary
6. Public projects generally forbid the use of ________ specifications, except under special circumstances, since they can effectively eliminate competition:
Descriptive
Performance
Reference standard
Proprietary

13. Descriptive Performance Reference standard Proprietary
6. Public projects generally forbid the use of ________ specifications, except under special circumstances, since they can effectively eliminate competition:
Descriptive
Performance
Reference standard
Proprietary

14. 7. Disadvantages of the proprietary substitution include:
Elimination or narrowing of competition
Requiring of products with which the contractor has perhaps had little or bad experience
Favoring of certain products and manufacturers over others
All of the above

15. 7. Disadvantages of the proprietary substitution include:
Elimination or narrowing of competition
Requiring of products with which the contractor has perhaps had little or bad experience
Favoring of certain products and manufacturers over others
All of the above

16. Enforce the requirements of the standard
8. Adherence to which of the following guidelines will help eliminate problems associated with reference standards:
Know the standard
Enforce the requirements of the standard
Incorporate the standard properly
All of the above

17. Enforce the requirements of the standard
8. Adherence to which of the following guidelines will help eliminate problems associated with reference standards:
Know the standard
Enforce the requirements of the standard
Incorporate the standard properly
All of the above

18. Descriptive and Performance Performance and Reference
9. Which two specification methods are both prescriptive, i.e., the products and processes are specified, but not the results:
Descriptive and Performance
Performance and Reference
Proprietary and Reference
Descriptive and Proprietary

19. Descriptive and Performance Performance and Reference
9. Which two specification methods are both prescriptive, i.e., the products and processes are specified, but not the results:
Descriptive and Performance
Performance and Reference
Proprietary and Reference
Descriptive and Proprietary

20. Name of the issuing organization Number of the standard Title
10. Incorporating the reference standard properly requires the use if designations that distinguish each standard from all the others, which of the following would be included in a complete designation:
Name of the issuing organization
Number of the standard
Title
Date of issue
All of the above

21. Name of the issuing organization Number of the standard Title
10. Incorporating the reference standard properly requires the use if designations that distinguish each standard from all the others, which of the following would be included in a complete designation:
Name of the issuing organization
Number of the standard
Title
Date of issue
All of the above

22. Answers b c a d e