CD Risk Management & Mitigation 3

Question 1

A client verbally requests a design change during a phone call. What is the drafter's best risk mitigation step before revising the drawings?

Accepted Answer

Obtain written confirmation of the change and route it through the formal change-order process

Answer

Written change confirmation through a formal process prevents scope disputes and unauthorized revisions.

Question 2

Which backup strategy best protects a drafting office against data loss from ransomware or server failure?

Accepted Answer

The 3-2-1 approach: three copies of data on two different media types with one copy stored offsite

Answer

The 3-2-1 rule ensures at least one uninfected, physically separate copy survives most disaster scenarios.

Question 3

A drafter notices that a vendor-supplied shop drawing conflicts with the design intent drawings. Approving it without comment creates which type of risk?

Accepted Answer

Professional liability risk, since the reviewer may share responsibility for the resulting error

Answer

Reviewing and approving a conflicting shop drawing can make the reviewing firm partly liable for the error.

Question 4

In a project risk register, what does a 'risk trigger' identify?

Accepted Answer

An early warning event or condition indicating the risk is about to occur

Answer

A trigger is the observable warning sign that tells the team a risk event is materializing.

Question 5

Why do drafting standards require revision clouds and revision blocks on updated drawings?

Accepted Answer

They make changes traceable so field crews can identify exactly what was modified, reducing construction-from-stale-information errors

Answer

Clearly flagged revisions prevent builders from missing changes and constructing from superseded information.

(CD) Certified Drafter Practice Test

(CD) Certified Drafter Practice Test

CD Risk Management & Mitigation 3