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 LAPM Chapter 17: Project Completion

  1. The local agency person who signs the Final Inspection Form FIF-6/05 shall be the one with the authority to accept the completed contract for the agency and authorize final payment to the contractor.
    2. True

    False
  2. The Resident Engineer shall send a copy of "as built" drawings to the DLAE for any structural work performed on the project.
    3. True

    False
  3. The agency must submit a Report of Expenditures to the DLAE within twelve months of project completion.
    4. True

    False
  4. Report of Expenditures must include, as a minimum, which of the following:
    5. Final inspection form

    Cover letter and report of expenditures checklist

    Final invoice

    Final detail estimate

    Change order summary

    Final report, utilization of DBE

    DBE certification change

    Materials certificate

  5. A final detail estimate cannot be prepared until all pending claims are resolved.
    6. True

    False

 LAPM Chapter 18: Maintenance

  1. Agencies are responsible to the Federal government to maintain Federal-aid projects during their normal service life.
    2. True

    False
  2. If a Federal-aid project is in disrepair, it must be repaired by the agency within 90 days notice from Caltrans, or approval of other Federal-aid projects may be withheld.
    3. True

    False
  3. All local bridges, whether or not constructed with Federal funds, are inspected by Caltrans every five years.
    4. True

    False
  4. The DLAE should review each local agency's maintenance of Federal-aid projects at least once every ten years.
    5. True

    False
  5. Caltrans is responsible for certifying to the State Controller the miles of roadway maintained by each County each year.
    6. True

    False
  6. The State Controller uses the maintained mileage information provided by Caltrans for the distribution of Highway User's Tax Funds to the Counties.
    7. True

    False
  7. The maintenance review by Caltrans includes which of the following items:
    8. Pavement & Shoulders

    Markings & Signs

    Guardrails

    Drainage

    Litter Removal & Vegetation Control

    Signals & Lights

    Snow & Ice

    Structures

    Non-Motorized Facilities

 LAPM Chapter 19: Process Reviews

  1. Process Reviews are used to evaluate all aspects of the local agency's Federal-aid program.
    2. True

    False
  2. Agencies to be reviewed will be based on recommendations from DLAEs and Area Engineers.
    3. True

    False
  3. A process review of an agency can take from one hour to all day.
    4. True

    False
  4. A report of each process review is prepared, and a synopsis is posted on the internet.
    5. True

    False
  5. Project deficiencies are not brought to the attention of the agency during the review.
    6. True

    False
  6. Local agencies shall make all project documentation and backup records available, when convenient, for inspection by Caltrans and FHWA.
    7. True

    False

 LAPM Chapter 20: Deficiencies and Sanctions

  1. An unrecoverable project deficiency will result in withdrawal of all, or a portion of the Federal or State funds on a project.
    2. True

    False
  2. Sanctions against an agency found with major project deficiencies could include which of the following (select all that apply):
    3. Freeze on all future programming of Federal or State funds

    Freeze on progress payments for a project.

    Withdrawal of some or all of the Federal or State funding from a project.

    Disincorporation