AIC Study Guide 2026

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📋 AIC Exam Format at a Glance

150
Questions
240 min
Time Limit
70%
Passing Score

📚 AIC Topics to Study (69)

✍️ Sample AIC Questions & Answers

1. Resource leveling in project scheduling is used to:
✓ Smooth resource demand by shifting non-critical activities within their float

Resource leveling shifts non-critical activities within available float to smooth peaks and valleys in resource demand.

2. Which scheduling technique is best suited for repetitive construction tasks such as highway paving?
✓ Line of Balance

Line of Balance is designed for repetitive work, showing production rates and crew continuity across multiple identical units.

3. A constructor who provides false information on a project progress report to the owner is violating which fundamental ethical principle?
✓ Honesty and integrity

Providing false information directly violates the core ethical principle of honesty and integrity that underpins all professional relationships.

4. Under AIA A201, if the Architect rejects work that does not conform to the contract documents, who bears the cost of correcting it?
✓ The contractor

The contractor must promptly correct rejected work at its own expense, including added testing and compensation for design services.

5. Under AIA A201, what is the purpose of the Architect's site visits during construction?
✓ To become generally familiar with progress and quality and determine if work is in general accordance with the contract documents

A201 states the Architect is not required to make exhaustive or continuous inspections.

6. What does the doctrine of contra proferentem require when a contract term is ambiguous?
✓ It is construed against the party that drafted it

Ambiguity is resolved against the drafter, provided the other party's reading is reasonable.

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