01. While drafting a program report the designer establishes that the requirements gathered from users cannot be delivered within the budget stated in the client's approved business case.
What is the correct handling in the report?
a) Record the requirements and note that the business case figure was underestimated.
b) Reduce the requirements until they fit the business case figure.
c) Record the requirements as gathered and let the bid returns reveal the gap.
d) Record the requirements with the cost gap quantified and options for closing it.
02. At close-out, an integrator offers to retain the control system source code and provide any future changes as a chargeable service, noting that the client's staff are not trained to modify it.
How should the designer advise the client?
a) Accept, provided the integrator commits to a defined response time for change requests
b) Require the source code and its documentation to be handed over, and engage the integrator for changes as a commercial choice
c) Require the source code to be placed in escrow with release triggered by the integrator ceasing to trade or losing its authorization
d) Accept, since the integrator that wrote the code is best placed to modify it safely
03. Equipment for a 40-room project will arrive over four months while the building is still under construction. There is no secure storage on site.
What must the documentation establish?
a) That the contractor must not deliver equipment until the building is secure.
b) That equipment must be delivered in manufacturer's packaging and remain sealed.
c) Who stores the equipment, who insures it, and when risk passes.
d) The date on which each item of equipment must be delivered to site.
04. Midway through design development the client changes a room's purpose from a 20-person training room to an executive boardroom. The room's dimensions and services allowances are unchanged.
What should the designer establish before revising the AV design?
a) The requirements the new use imposes on this room.
b) Whether the client will accept the delay, and the cost, the revision will cause.
c) Whether an alternative room in the building better suits the executive use.
d) Which items already specified can be carried over to limit abortive work.
05. Commissioning of a divisible conference space reveals an audible low-frequency rumble at the presenter position whenever the air handling unit serving that zone runs at full speed.
Which coordination action addresses the cause rather than the symptom?
a) Raise the reinforcement system's gain so that speech remains intelligible above the background noise, and that headroom before feedback is preserved
b) Return to the mechanical engineer with the measured spectrum, and agree a remedy in the air path
c) Reposition the presenter microphone away from the nearest supply diffuser to reduce the captured level
d) Apply a low-frequency shelving filter at the presenter microphone channel to reduce the captured rumble before it reaches the reinforcement system
06. On site, the AV designer observes that the installing contractor has routed several signal cables alongside a mains supply within a shared containment run for approximately eight meters, contrary to the specified separation.
What is the most appropriate action?
a) Record the observation, report it through the contractual channel, and require correction or justification
b) Accept it if commissioning tests show no measurable interference
c) Issue a revised drawing showing the containment as installed, so the documentation matches the site condition at the point of handover to the client
d) Instruct the contractor's site operative to reroute the cables into a separate containment run, and confirm the separation before the ceiling closes
07. Which document in a completed AV project package states the measurable results the installed systems must achieve?
a) The drawing package
b) The bill of materials
c) The scope of work
d) The specification
08. Late in design development the client increases the seating in a divisible conference suite from 60 to 90. The architect confirms the room's dimensions are unchanged and the tables will be replaced with rows of chairs.
Which AV consequence most needs to be assessed and reported?
a) That the divisible partition must now be rated for a larger combined room.
b) That the rear seats now sit further back, so viewing and coverage must be retested.
c) That the additional occupants raise the room's heat load and cooling demand.
d) That more microphones will be needed to cover the additional participants.
09. Two weeks before AV installation begins, the general contractor reports that the equipment room will not be ready and offers a temporary secure store instead.
Which consideration should shape the designer's advice?
a) Whether the delay to the equipment room will affect the contractual completion date for the AV works
b) Whether the AV contractor's insurance covers equipment stored away from its own premises, and whether the cover extends to the handover date
c) Whether the equipment can be delivered directly to site later instead, avoiding storage altogether
d) Whether the temporary store's environmental conditions and access suit the equipment for the period involved
10. During installation, the AV contractor discovers that a specified display mount cannot achieve the tilt angle the design requires because of the bracket's fixing pattern.
What information should the designer request to resolve the issue?
a) The contractor's proposed alternative mount, so it can be reviewed against the specification
b) Photographs of the installed bracket in position, so the fixing pattern can be examined
c) The installed height and the achievable tilt range at that position, so the viewing geometry can be re-evaluated
d) The manufacturer's confirmation that the specified mount cannot achieve the required angle