Construction of major projects

Course questionnaire: what is a defect, and how far does it reach?

Six simple questions on the main ideas of the course: the three defects, the defective part, causal role, the dormant defect, series losses and the statutory warranties.

6 questions, 5 minutes

Course questionnaire

Easy questions on the central ideas of the course, several of them true or false. Get 5 out of 6 right and the course is passed. After each answer, you see whether it is right, and why.

1 / 6 · True or false

Answers are marked together when you submit: choose, move on to the next one, and your score comes at the end.

A non conformity with the contract is a defect, so the policy is the first thing to call on.

Review

Every question, its answer and the reasoning

The same material, in continuous reading. Each point links to the matching glossary entry, where the notion is covered in full with its worked example.

Course questionnaire: what is a defect, and how far does it reach?

Every question, its answer and the reasoning

1. A non conformity with the contract is a defect, so the policy is the first thing to call on.

2. A clause excludes the defective part but covers the resulting damage. What mainly decides the amount paid?

3. Proving that a defect exists is not enough: it must also be proved that this defect caused the damage.

4. Thirty nine welds from the same batch as the one that failed are intact but suspect. Is their preventive replacement a loss?

5. With a serial defect, the installed machines that are still intact are realized losses, just like those that have already failed.

6. In France, what does most of a ten year liability file turn on?