SURIGAO DEL NORTE STATE UNIVERSITY

CE 351 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING

LECTURE 4: CONCRETE MATERIALS & TESTING

Name:________________ CYS:______

Instruction: Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. The following are components of concrete, except:

a. Water
b. Asphalt
c. Aggregates
d. Cement
2. What is the water-cement ratio?
a. 0.6
b. 0.5
c. 1
d. 0.3
3. Concrete has relatively high ________strength.
a. Tensile
b. Compressive
c. Torsion
d. Super
4. In a one bag of cement how many liters of water is added in a concrete mix design.
a. 2 milliliters
b. 1 milliliter
c. 1 liter
d. 3 gallons
5. In the ratios 1:2:4, respectively, what are those ratios stands for?
a. Sand: Coarse aggregate: Fine aggregate
b. Aggregate: cement: sand
c. Cement powder: Sand: Rough Aggregate
d. Water: cement powder: aggregates.
6. The following are types of aggregates, except:
a. Sand
b. Gravel
c. Crushed stones
d. Admixture
7. During the planning for mix design, how many days will the cement strength be
tested?
a. 30 days
b. 28 days
c. 15 days
d. 29 days
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CE 351 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING
LECTURE 4: CONCRETE MATERIALS & TESTING

8. It is a hydraulic binder which is used to produce concrete.

a. Water
b. Sand
c. Gravel
d. Cement

9. Concrete aggregates sum up to approximately ___ of the concrete weight and

___ of the concrete volume.
a. 70%, 90%
b. 80%, 70%
c. 60%, 70%
d. 90%, 80%

10. It consists of sand and gravel, representing the grain skeleton of the
concrete.
a. Pastes
b. Mixtures
c. Aggregates
d. Binders

11. The amount of water in the mix in pounds compared with the amount of
cement is called.
a. Cement/water ratio
b. Water/binder ratio
c. Cement/paste ratio
d. Water/cement ratio

12. What is the kind of water that is most suitable in creating concrete?
a. Natural Water
b. Sea Water
c. Drinking Water
d. Wastewater

13. It is liquid or powder which are added to the concrete during mixing in small
quantities.
a. Concrete Admixtures
b. Concrete Commixture
c. Concrete Solution
d. Concrete Compou
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CE 351 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING
LECTURE 4: CONCRETE MATERIALS & TESTING

14. Measures the workability of concrete by self-compaction achieved due to

falling from height. The result is attained by diving the partial weight to the
compacted weight of the fresh concrete.
a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Compaction Factor Test
d. Permeability Test
e.
15. Is the measure of ease of working with concrete which increases with the
increase in the water-cement ratio.
a. Workability Test
b. Temperature Test
c. Setting Test
d. Durability Test

16. The cement-water reaction is exothermic. Thus, to aid the chemical reaction
to progress positively, the concrete temperature must be kept low.
a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Compaction Factor Test
d. Permeability Test

17. The testing used to evaluate concrete's resistance to vulnerabilities like water
absorption, surface absorption, water permeability, or chloride permeability.
a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Compaction Factor Test
d. Permeability Test
18. Determines the water absorption rate (sorptivity) of both the outer and inner
concrete surfaces.
a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Water Absoprtion Test
d. Permeability Test
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CE 351 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING
LECTURE 4: CONCRETE MATERIALS & TESTING

19. Measures the consistency of a concrete batch to see how easily the concrete
will flow.
a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Water Absoprtion Test
d. Permeability Test

20. Measured by breaking cubic or cylindrical concrete specimens in a

compression-testing machine.

a. Temperature Test
b. Slump Test
c. Water Absoprtion Test
d. Compressive Strength Test
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CE 351 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING
LECTURE 4: CONCRETE MATERIALS & TESTING

Answer Key:

1. b

2. b

3. b

4. c

5. c

6. d

7. b

8. d

9. b

10. c

11. d

12. a

13. c

14. c

15. a

16. a

17. d

18. c

19. b

20. d