38. One quality test for every _______ bags of cement. B.

a. 1,500.00 bags
b. 2,000.00 bags
c. 2,500.00 bags
d. 3,000.00 bags
39. Bit. Material for sealing weakened plane joints and const. joints for PCCP. D.

a. Asphalt cement
b. Emulsified asphalt
c. Cutback asphalt
d. Joint filler asphalt
40. Angular coarse aggregates when tested and used in concrete mix will require more D.
________.
a. Water
b. Fine aggregates
c. Cement
d. Both a and b
41. The standard rate of loading in compressive strength test A.

a. 20 to 50 psi
b. 50 to 70 psi
c. 75 to 100 psi
d. 30 to 40 psi
42. Common test used to measure the workability of concrete mix C.

a. Proctor test
b. Consistency test
c. Slump test
d. Water-cement ratio test
43. What kind of sample is taken for flexural test? B.
a. Concrete cylinder sample
b. Concrete beam sample
c. Concrete core sample
d. Both b and c
44. Given:
A.
 Wt. of dry specimen air – 1,200 g
 Wt. of SSD specimen - 1,300 g
 Wt. of specimen in water – 800 g
 What is the Bulk SG?
a. 2.4
b. 2.0
c. 1.0
d. 0.40

45. The average min. compressive strength of load bearing concrete hollow blocks. B.

a. 800 psi
b. 1,000 psi
c. 1,200 psi
d. 1,500 psi
46. In item 309, Bit. Plant mix must have quality for every _______ tonnes or fraction A.
thereof.
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 70
47. In trial batch, a sample was taken for Extraction Test. The bitumen content failed to D.
comply with the requirement. What should be your recommendation?
a. Outright rejection
b. Request the supplier to add asphalt
c. Additional of bitumen
d. Redesign and conduct retrial
48. How many layer of compaction for item 200 having a thickness of 300 mm. A.

a. 2 layers
b. 3 layers
c. 4 layers
d. One layer only
49. Concrete samples should be shipped to the laboratory for testing ________ hours B.
before testing.
a. 12
b. 24
c. 36
d. 48
50. How can you protect the core samples in transporting going to the laboratory for C.
testing?
a. Samples is in wooden crate
 b. Samples is in top of the sandy materials
c. Samples is in a crate with saw dust and rice straw
d. Samples is in a sack

51. How much is the PI of item 300-Surface Coarse Aggregates? C.

a. 6
b. 12
c. 4 to 9
d. 3 to 9
52. If the temp. of the asphalt concrete mix is 15% deficient from the desired temp. D.

What is your recommendation?

a. Reject
b. Recompact
c. Provide more heavier roller
d. Compact until attained the desired degree of compaction
53. The highest fitness modulus is for A.
a. Fine aggregates
b. Very fine aggregates
c. Coarse aggregates
d. Very coarse aggregates
54. What is an abrasion loss for item 200 and 201? B.
a. 40 %
b. 50% max
c. 60%
d. 70%
55. How many pcs. Of concrete hollow block to be tested for every 10,000 pcs? B.

a. 3 samples
b. 6 samples
c. 8 samples
d. 10 samples
56. What should be obtained in the Moisture-Density Relation Curve? D.
a. Maximum Dry Density
b. Optimum moisture content
c. Water-cement ratio
d. a and b
57. Sub-grade immediately under pavement structure needs _____ degree of compaction. B.
 a. 95%
b. 100%
c. Either a and b
d. Not less than 95%
58. Determines the grain size distribution of the soil which is widely used in the classification D.
and identification of soil.
a. Liquid limit test
b. Plastic limit test
c. Soundness test
d. None of the above
59. The Tag-open Cup Test the temp. at which a bit. Materials, during heating will evolve B.
that will temporarily ignite with a small flame is __________.
a. Ignition temperature
b. Flash point temperature
c. Threshold point
d. Burning point temperature
60. It determines the proportion of the ingredients that will produce if the proper B.
workability when fresh and durability when it is hardened?
a. Job-mix Formula
b. Design of concrete mixtures
c. Slump test
d. None of the above
61. In quality control of concrete construction the following control measures should be D.
strictly observed except:
a. The measuring scales should be calibrated and checked periodically
b. Sampling and curing of concrete is properly implemented
c. The moisture content of the aggregates should be checked for correction of mix
proportions
d. Consolidation is inadequate and improper
62. Determine the minimum number of tests required for grading, plasticity and compaction D.
of item 104 – 4,600.00 m3 where 1,200.00 m3 is waste materials.
a. G = 4, P = 4, C = 4
b. G = 2, P = 2, C = 2
c. GPC = 5
d. GPC = 3
63. Two common method used of soil aggregates in reducing samples to its appropriate D.
testing size.
a. Shelby tube
 b. Mechanical splitter
c. Quartering
d. b and c

64. How many numbers of spheres on Grading A for abrasion Test? A.

a. 12
b. 11
c. 8
d. 6
65. Portland Cement is process and manufactured in compliance under ____________. B.
a. ISO 9000
b. ISO 9001
c. ISO 9002
d. ISO 9003
66. It was first manufactured in Britain in the early part of the 19th Century, and its name is C.
derived from its similarity to Portland stone, a type of building stone that was quarried on
the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England.
a. Brickstone
b. Mactan stone
c. Portland cement
d. Either a and b
67. Concrete in the area represented by the cores will be considered adequate if the B.
average strength of the cores is equal to
a. At least 80% of, and if no single core is less than 70% of, the strength, f’c.
b. At least 85% of, and if no single core is less than 75% of, the strength, f’c.
c. At least 85% of, and if no single core is less than 70% of, the strength, f’c.
d. At least 80% of, and if no single core is less than 75% of, the strength, f’c.
68. It is a new technology of rehabilitating worn-out concrete pavement by breaking the C.
PCCP into places and rolling it to seat prior to overlaying with new concrete or hot mix
asphalt.
a. High – Impact Method
b. Reflection Cracking
c. Cracking and seating of PCCP
d. None of the above
69. It is a measuring device used for the rapid in-situ measurement of the structural D.
properties of existing road pavement with unbound granular materials.
a. Nuclear Density Gauge (NDG)
 b. Pundit Ultrasonic Concrete Tester
c. Benkelman Beam
d. Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP)

70. It is high technology equipment containing radioactive source that can read in-place C.
density or moisture content.
a. Pundit Ultrasonic Concrete Tester
b. Merlin Road Roughness Measuring Device
c. Nuclear Density Gauge (NDG)
d. Falling Weight Deflectometer
71. In asphalt pavement, if no core was taken at the end of each day’s operation and the D.
project has already been completed, what should you do?
a. A core shall be taken for every 200 linear meter per lane.
b. At least one but no more than three cores should be taken per lane.
c. Two cores shall be taken for every 100 linear meter per lane.
d. A core shall be taken for every 100 linear meter per lane.
72. A core specimen for thickness determination of concrete pavement shall have a C.
diameter of what?
a. Not more than 100mm
b. At least 50mm
c. At least 100mm
d. None of the above
73. When concrete is mixed in a central mixing plant for pavement, the mixing time shall? D.

a. Not be less than 45 minutes

b. At least 90 seconds
c. At least 45 minutes nor more than 90 minutes
d. Not be less than 50 seconds nor more than 90 seconds
74. The required width of the weakened joint of concrete pavement? D.

a. Should be more than 6mm

b. Should be 7mm
c. Should be 6.5mm
d. Should not be more than 6mm
75. What is the required flexural strength of concrete pavement when tested by third-point A.
method?
a. Not less than 3.8 Mpa (550 psi)
b. Not less than 4.5 Mpa (650 psi)
c. Not more than 3.8 Mpa (550 psi)
 d. Not more than 4.5 Mpa (650 psi)

76. What is a viscous liquid obtained from the distillation of coal or wood? C.
a. Emulsified asphalt
b. Asphalt cement
c. Tar
d. None of the above
77. The bituminous mixture shall have an Index of Retained Strength of not less than what? B.
a. 3% to 5%
b. 70%
c. 200 psi
d. None of the above
78. The required depth of the weakened joint of concrete pavement? B.
a. Should be more than 60mm
b. Should not be less than 50mm
c. Should be less than 60mm
d. Should not be more than 50mm
79. In concrete pavement, what is the slump requirement if the concrete is not vibrated? A.

a. Between 40 and 75mm

b. Between 10 and 40mm
c. Between 50 and 75mm
d. Between 10 and 75mm
80. The bituminous prime coat shall be left undisturbed for a period of? C.

a. At least 12 hours
b. At least 20 hours
c. At least 24 hours
d. None of the above
81. What is the maximum temperature of asphalt cement to be used for bituminous mix? B.

a. 160°C
b. 159°C
c. 169°C
d. 170°C
82. When concrete mix will be poured or deposited in still water, what class of structural B.
concrete is applicable?
 a. Class P
b. Class Seal
c. Class C
d. Class A
83. What is the minimum compressive strength requirement for item 405-Structural A.
Concrete Class “A” when tested at 28 days?
a. 3,000 psi
b. 2,000 psi
c. 2,500 psi
d. 2,400 psi
84. Admixtures generally slow down the setting of concrete? B.

a. Plasticizers
b. Retarders
c. Accelerators
d. None of the above
85. What is the nominal maximum size of coarse aggregates in item 405-Structural Concrete C.
Class A?
a. 1”
b. 1-½”
c. 2”
d. 2-½”
86. The Bituminous material commonly used in item 310 Bituminous Concrete Surface B.
Course?
a. Emulsified asphalt
b. Asphalt cement
c. Blown asphalt
d. None of the above
87. The thickness of concrete core is taken on how many measurements B.

a. 8 measurements
b. 9 measurements
c. 4 measurements
d. None of the above

C.
88. What sieve number used to separate fine and coarse aggregates of the composite
aggregates for asphalt mixture?
a. 2.00 mm /No. 10 sieve
b. 0.425 mm /No. 40 sieve
 c. 2.360 mm /No. 8 sieve
d. None of the above

89. What admixture shall be used to the fresh concrete mixture for heavily reinforced C.
concrete structure using a pumpcrete to pump out the fresh concrete mix?
a. Retarder
b. Accelerator
c. Superplasticizer
d. None of the above
90. Slump test is a very important test in fresh concrete mix to determine what? C.

a. Solubility of concrete
b. Hardness of concrete
c. Consistency of concrete
d. None of the above
91. What is the Index of Retained Strength of a bituminous mix if it has a dry stability of B.
2,500 lbs. and wet stability of 2,000 lbs?
a. 125%
b. 80%
c. 205
d. 120%
92. Does the Index of Retained Strength in problem No. 28 meet the required specification? C.

a. Yes, because the Index of Retained Strength should not be greater than 70
b. No, because the Index of Retained Strength should not be less than 70
c. Yes, because the Index of Retained Strength should not be less than 70
d. None of the above
93. The asphalt pavement represented by the cores is acceptable if the deficiency in the A.
degree of compaction is?
a. Less than or equal to 2%
b. More than 2%
c. Less than 94%
d. None of the above
94. What is the unit weight of 16mm reinforcing steel bar? C.

a. 0.616 kg/m
b. 0.888 kg/m
c. 1.578 kg/m
d. 2.460kg/m
95. What kind of water shall be used n laboratory test especially if it deals with chemicals? C.

a. Mineral water
b. Raw water
c. Distilled water
d. a and b
96. How many core specimens should be taken for 375 m³ of bituminous mixture which was D.
laid in a full day’s operation?
a. 5 core specimens
b. 4 core specimens
c. 6 core specimens
d. None of the above
97. As a Contractor’s Material Engineer of the project, what is the report to be submitted D.
every month?
a. CQCA – Certificate of Quality Control Assurance
b. Status of Tests
c. Summary of Field Tests
d. b and c
98. The surface of the newly placed concrete when it is sufficiently set shall be cured for a C.
period of ________?
a. 24 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 72 hours
d. a and b
99. What is the maximum speed of the roller when compacting the newly laid bituminous D.
mixture?
a. 4 mile/hour
b. 4 km/hour
c. 4 km/minute
d. None of the above
100. Factors affecting strength of concrete. A.

a. Water-cement ratio
b. Favorable weather during pouring
c. Adequate curing and protection
d. None of the above