2014 March

1. Quality test for cement is represented by how many bags?

a. 1000 bags
b. 2000 bags
c. 5000 bags
d. 10,000 bags

2. Used to classify steel bars into grade?

a. Rupture Strength
b. yield strength
c. Tensile Strength

3. What is the best used to determine the consistency of concrete?

a. Grading
b. slump test
c. mix design
d. strength

4. What asphalt is commonly called as hot asphalt?

a. Asphalt aggregates
b. Asphalt cement
c. Asphalt mix
d. Stone Mastic Asphalt

5. What is the rate of application of tack coat?

a. 0.5 -0.7 L/sq.m
b. 0.5 - 0.8 L/sq.m
c. 0.2 - 0.7 L/sq.m
d. 0.4 - 0.6 L/sq.m

6. How to determine the proportion of cement, water, fine aggregates and coarse aggregates?
a. Trial Mix
b. design mix
c. job-mix

7. Percent air voids will _____ as percent asphalt increases in marshal stability.
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. The same

8. Field density test is defined _____

a. Laboratory test
b. Situ density test

9. SPT means?
a. Special Proctor Test
b. Standard Proctor Test
c. Standard Penetration Test
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d. Special Penetration Test

10. Type of emulsified asphalt w/c work better w/ wet aggregates and in cold weather.
a. anionic
b. cationic
c. emulsified asphalt

11. The apparatus used to determine the hydraulic setting of cement in the laboratory.
a. Vicat Apparatus
b. Vacit Apparatus
c. Penetration

12. How many weeks does the producer of asphalt mix or the contractor shall submit job-mix formula?
a. three (3) weeks
b. 2 weeks
c. 4 weeks

13. What is the latest state of the art equipment consuming radioactive material w/c is commonly used
in the compaction control of earth and asphalt road construction and in measurement of moisture
content?
a. Field density test
b. Nuclear Energy
c. Nuclear Density Gauge
d. Speedy Moisture content

14. If there's a necessity to add water to the concrete mix in order to increase its workability provided
that concrete does not exceed specified slump, how many minutes after the initial time of mixing does
adding of water be permitted?
a. Not exceeding 45 minutes
b. More than 30 minutes
c. Not more than 90 minutes

15. Gabions' dimensions are subject to tolerance limit to ____ of the manufactured state.
a. 3%
b. 4%
c. 5%

16. Liquid limit is usually ______ than plastic limit.

a. Greater
b. Equal
c. less

17. Samples for CBR test is soaked for _______ before subjecting to penetration test.
a. 24 hours
b. 4 days
c. 2 days
d. 4 days
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18. How many spheres used in abrasion test in grading B

a. 12 Spheres
b. 10 Spheres
c. 9 Spheres
d. 11 spheres

19. The test of asphalt w/c determines the overheating during the process of manufacture.
a. Spot Test
b. Ductility Test
c. Extraction

20. The test w/c determines the amount of asphalt present.

a. Extraction Test
b. Spot Test
c. Ductility Test

21. Job mix tolerance for the temperature of bituminous mixture of item 310.
a. +/- 5 degree
b. +/- 10 degree
c. +/- 15 degree

22. The required temperature of the mix for item 310 when placed upon dumping.
a. 107 degrees Celsius
b. 135 degrees Celsius
c. 160 degrees Celsius

23. A good sub-grade must have a ____ liquid limit, ____ plastic limit.
a. High, high
b. low, low
c. high, low
d. low, high

24. Sub-grade having a CBR value of 2% or less is considered______.

a. High strength sub-grade
b. weak sub-grade
c. very good sub-grade

25. What Hill be the condition of soil that is considered unsuitable?

a. Peat and muck
b. Inorganic
c. Chemicalized soil
d. Subbase course

26. Describe the concrete cylinder briefly.

a. Used for compressive strength test
b. Used for bending test
c. Used for flexural strength test
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27. Determines the purity of asphalt.

a. Extraction
b. Spot test
c. Solubility Test

28. Frequency of sampling and testing for asphalt mix.

a. For every 75 cu. Meter or 130 T, 1-G, 1 Ext., 1 sty., 1-C lab.
b. For every 75 cu. Meter or 100 T, 1-G, 1 Ext., 1 sty., 1-C lab.
c. For every 70 cu. Meter or 130 T, 1-G, 1 Ext., 1 sty., 1-C lab.
d. For every 75 cu. Meter or 40 T, 1-G, 1 Ext., 1 sty., 1-C lab.

29. The optimum moisture content is determined during ____.

a. Field density test
b. laboratory Compaction
c. marshall stability test

30. Concrete curing refers to _____.

a. Soaking of the specimen in water for a specified time before testing
b. Breaking of sample
c. Providing paste on cracked sample

31. In item 104 (embankment), field density test is carried out for every _____ sq.m.
a. 500
b. 1000
c. 1500
d. 2000

32. Liquid limit is the moisture content corresponding to what no. of blows.
a. 20 blows
b. 25 blows
c. 30 blows
d. 24 blows

33. The samples to be used in liquid limit and plastic limit should pass to what sieve no.?
a. No. 30
b. No. 50
c. No. 40

34. A core should be taken for every ______, if no core was taken @ the end of each day's operation.
a. 100 l.m
b. 200 l.m
c. 300 l.m
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35. Samples of aggregates for base coarse materials when tested for quality passed the requirements
except grading. What will you recommend?
a. Rework/Reblend
b. Reject
c. Remove
d. Replace

36. The moisture density curve is different for each soil w/c of the ff. statement is true.
a. Max wet density is identified immediately though MC is not known
b. There will always be max dry density at optimum moisture content.
c. Natural Moisture content will be known
d. The max dry density always ranges from 8 to 15%.

37. What is the compressive strength in PSI if the concrete cylinder (6" diam.) if the samples fails @
92,000 Lbs.?
a. 3254 psi
b. 552 ksi
c. 15.33 ksi

38. What is the degree of compaction of soil having a maximum dry density of
2.233 g/cc and a dry density of soil from the hole equivalent to 2.010 g/cc?
a. 111%
b. 90%
c. 95%
d. 95.5%

39. Emulsified asphalt is a colloidal dispersion of asphalt in water whose color is chocolate brown before
and turns _____ when emulsion is broken.
a. blue
b. black
c. Yellow

40. What is the single test procedure to determine the suitability of an asphaltic concrete in mix?
a. Marshall Stability
b. Core
c. Ductility

41. What test determines the hardness of coarse aggregates?

a. Abrasion Test
b. Grading
c. Proctor Test

42. What is the dividing line between coarse and fine aggregates?
a. Sieve no. 10
b. Sieve no. 4
c. Sieve no. 30
d. Sieve no. 40
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43. If the sample splitter is not advisable for use in reducing samples for test, what is the alternative wax
of reducing sample for testing size?
a. Mechanical Sieve
b. Mechanical Splitter
c. quartering

44. Geosynthetics may be used for ______.

a. To stabilize terrain.
b. Concrete as aggregates
c. Additive to asphalt

45. Concrete cylinder for testing shall be submitted to the laboratory ______ hrs. prior to testing
a. 24 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 20 hours
d. 30 hours

46. What is the maximum mass % wear for coarse aggregates by Los Angeles Abrasion Machine?
a. 30%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 60%

47. As construction work progresses, you noticed that the delivered materials are different from the one
tested and passed. what will you do?
a. conduct immediate re - testing
b. Reject the materials
c. Replace the materials with new from a different source

48. What is the sieve no. for the calibrated sand to be used in the FDT?
a. No. 4
b. No. 10
c. No. 30
d. No. 200

49. Steel bars is considered undersize when______.

a. The nominal mass is less than to the required mass per size
b. The size does not correspond to the elongation during testing
c. The variance in the required length exceeds 1%

50. Frequency of sampling and testing for compaction of sub-base materials.

a. For every 1500 cu.m. or fraction thereof: 1-G, Grading Test, 1-P, Plasticity Test (LL, PL, PI)
b. For every 300 cu.m. or fraction thereof: 1-G, Grading Test, 1-P, Plasticity Test (LL, PL, PI)
c. For every 300 cu.m. or fraction thereof: 1-G, Grading Test, 1-P, Plasticity Test (LL, PL, PI)), 1-C
Compaction
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51. Immersion-compression test is to determine ______.

a. Stability
b. Durability

52. If the volume of asphalt specimen is 500 cc, weight if dry specimen in air is 1200 grams. What is the
bulk specific of asphalt specimen?
a. 2.40
b. 2.00
c. 2.50
d. 0.42

53. The results of the immersion-compression test conducted on an asphalt mix sample are as follows.
Dry Stability = 2,000 Kpa
Wet Stability = 1,000 Kpa
What is the resulting index retained strength? Does it meet the specs requirement of item 310?
a. 200
b. 50
c. 70
d. 120

54. A core specimen taken from a concrete pavement was measured for thickness determination. The
required pavement thickness is 23 cm. The measurement taken were: 23, 24, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 23. The
measurement at the center is 23 cm. Obtain the average thickness.
a. 23.22
b. 23.50
c. 23.00

55. The required PH level of water to be used in concrete mix _____.

a. 5 to 8
b. 7 to 9
c. 4 to 6

56. Why is it Portland cement is called in that name?

a. It resembled cement obtained by grinding natural rocks found on the Isle of Portland.
b. It come from Portland, USA
c. It is the surname of the inventor

57. How many samples are required for testing 125 concrete pipes?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

58. Which of the ff. Does not affect the coring of sample;
a. Length-Diameter Ratio
b. Manner of Drilling
c. Diameter of Core
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59. It is the dynamic test used in the field to obtain rapid empirical results which can be used to estimate
shear strength and bearing capacity.
a. Dynamic Cone Penetrometer
b. Falling Weight Deflectometer
c. Ground Penetrating radar
d. International Roughness Index

60. Three cores taken a pavement section poured on a single day were tested for strength compliance.
The results are 2400 Psi, 3500 Psi and 4000 Psi. The required strength is 3500 Psi. What will you
recommend?
a. Re-core
b. Reject
c. Accept
d. Test for compressive

61. Unconfined compression test if perform in what type of soil?

a. Undisturbed
b. vv
c. sandy soil

62. Which of the ff. need not inspection report?

a. Water
b. Top Soil
c. Pavement Markings
d. Sodding

63. The approval of sample because the source was already identified will lead to:
a. disapproval of the test done before
b. rejection of the untested materials though they have the same source
c. replacement of the sample

64. The acceptance of concrete pavement is based on what test?

a. Coring
b. Compressive strength
c. FDT
d. All of the Above

65. Upon your arrival at the site, you have found out that it was already one hour and 50 minutes ago
when the concrete ingredients were charged into the mixing drum, what will you do?
a. Reject the concrete
b. Remix the concrete and add water
c. Test first the concrete for slump before pouring

66. Sub-grade having a CBR value of 2 percent or less is considered ______.

a. Unsuitable
b. Suitable
c. Organic
d. Inorganic
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67. What is sub-grade CBR requirement?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 30
d. 5

68. What will be the amount of water cement ratio if the slump is zero (0)?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 0.5
d. 0.65

69. What will be the condition of soil before compaction?

a. Wet
b. Dry
c. OCM
d. MDD

70. What will be the effect of using different brands of cement?

a. Texture
b. Strength
c. No effect

71. Temperature of Concrete upon clumping.

a. 32
b. 34
c. 36
d. 40

72. Specific gravity of concrete pavement.

a. 2.1
b. 2.2
c. 2.4
d. 2.5

73. Test on asphalt to catch fire.

a. Ductility
b. Spot
c. Marshall

74. Loss of ignition is for what?

a. Fine Aggregates
b. Coarse Aggregates
c. Cement
d. Asphalt
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75. How to prepare concrete cylinder sample?

a. prepare mix design then mold, and cure
b. mold, cure, and test
c. mold, test, and cure

76. Acceptance of pavement is based on _____.

a. coring
b. flexural
c. compressive

77. Quality test for boulders _____.

a. IR, Weight, Size
b. Weight, Size, Abrasion
c. Abrasion, IR, Size

78. Temperature of Asphalt upon placing when tar is used.

a. 60
b. 65
c. 70
d. 110

79. Used to det. The % of clay and silt in the field, except.
a. Dilatancy
b. Plasticity
c. Dispersion
d. None of the above

80. Which is coarser, Item 200 or item 201?

a. 201
b. 200
c. None
d. All of the above