When the reviewer opens the backup package, a foreman is asked verbally to add weekend work, and the contract requires written authorization. What protects payment rights?
Correct Answer
C) Document the direction and follow the change-notice procedure
Document the direction and follow the change-notice procedure is the contract-appropriate response: the distractors either bypass required review, conceal a defect, or create a payment or quality dispute in scenario item 334.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Document the direction and follow the change-notice procedure is the contract-appropriate response
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Select do the work silently for unauthorized change
In procurement and contracting, Do the work silently is the wrong selection for Unauthorized change: the option does not produce the required Unauthorized change outcome.
Option B: The foreman should hide it in retainage
The trap in B is Hide it in retainage. That selection is wrong because the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option D: Make treat it as warranty the answer for unauthorized change
Choice D (Treat it as warranty) is rejected because it leaves out the controlling Unauthorized change result.
Memory Technique
Pair unauthorized change with the real field trigger, then choose the response that produces Document the direction and follow the change-notice procedure.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Change authorization" to confirm that Document the direction and follow the change-notice procedure is the contract-appropriate response
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