MATERIALS ENGINEER ACCREDITATION EXAMINATION

March 11, 2006 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?
Ans. Not exceeding 45 minutes
1. Quality test for cement is represented by how many bags?
Ans. 2000 bags 15. Gabions’ dimensions are subject to tolerance limit to _____ of the manufactured state.
Ans. 3%
2. Used to classify steel bars into grade?
Ans. yield strength 16. Liquid limit is usually ___ than plastic limit.
Ans. greater
3. What is the best used to determine the consistency of concrete”
Ans. slump test 17. Samples for CBR test is soaked for _____before subjecting to penetration test.
Ans. 4 days
4. What asphalt is commonly called as hot asphalt?
Ans. Asphalt cement 18. How many spheres used in abrasion test in grading B
Ans. 11 spheres
5. What is the rate of application of tack coat?
Ans. 0.2 – 0.7 L/sq.m 19. The test of asphalt w/c determines the overheating during the process of manufacture.
Ans. Spot Test
6. How to determine the proportion of cement, water, fine aggregates and coarse
aggregates? 20. The test w/c determines the amount of asphalt present.
Ans. design mix Ans. Extraction Test

7. Percent air voids will ____ as percent asphalt increases in marshal stability. 21. Job mix tolerance for the temperature of bituminous mixture of item 310.
Ans. decreases Ans. +/- 10 degree

8. Field density test is defined____ 22. The required temperature of the mix for item 310 when placed upon dumping.
Ans. Situ density test Ans.

9. SPT means? 23. A good sub-grade must have a ____ liquid limit, _____plastic limit.
Ans. Standard Penetration Test Ans. low, low

10. Type of emulsified asphalt w/c work better w/ wet aggregates and in cold weather. 25. Sub-grade having a CBR value of 2% or less is considered____.
Ans. cationic Ans. weak sub - grade

11. The apparatus used to determine the hydraulic setting of cement in the laboratory. 26. What will be the condition of soil that is considered unsuitable.
Ans. Vicat Apparatus Ans.

12. How many weeks does the producer of asphalt mix or the contractor shall submit job- 27. Describe the concrete cylinder briefly.
mix formula? Ans.
Ans. three (3) weeks
28. Determines the purity of asphalt.
13. What is the latest state of the art equipment consuming radio active material w/c is Ans. Solubility Test
commonly used in the compaction control of earth and asphalt road construction and in
measurement of moisture content? 29. Frequency of sampling and testing for asphalt mix.
Ans. Nuclear Density Gauge Ans.
30. The optimum moisture content is determine during___. 44. If the sample splitter is not advisable for use in reducing samples for test, what is the
Ans. laboratory Compaction alternative wax of reducing sample for testing size?
Ans. quartering
31. Concrete curing refers to ____.
Ans. 45. Geosynthetics may be used for____.
Ans.
32. In item 104 (embankment), field density test is carried out for every ____ sq.m.
Ans. 500 46. Concrete cylinder for testing shall be submitted to the laboratory _____ hrs. prior to
testing
33. Liquid limit is the moisture content corresponding to what no. of blows. Ans. 24 hrs
Ans. 25 blows
47. What is the maximum mass % wear for coarse aggregates by Los Angeles Abrasion
34. The samples to be used in liquid limit and plastic limit should pass to what sieve no.? Machine?
Ans. No. 40 Ans. 40 %

35. A core should be taken for every ______, if no core was taken @ the end of each days 48. As construction work progresses, you noticed that the delivered materials are different
operation. from the one tested and passed. If you are in doubt, what will you do?
Ans. 100 ln.m Ans. conduct immediate re - testing

36. Samples of aggregates for base coarse materials when tested for quality passed the 49. What is the sieve no. for the calibrated sand to be used in the FDT?
requirements except grading. What will you recommend? Ans. No. 10
Ans.
50. Steel bars is considered undersize when_______.
37. The moisture density curve is different for each soil w/c of the ff. statement is true. Ans.

38. What is the compressive strength in PSI if the concrete cylinder (6” diam.) if the samples 51. Frequency of sampling and testing for compaction of sub-base matl’s.
fails @ 92,000 Lbs.? Ans.
Ans. 3254 psi
52. Immersion-compression test is to determine______.
39. What is the degree of compaction of soil having a maximum dry density of 2.233 g/cc Ans. stability
and a dry density of soil from the hole equivalent to 2.010 g/cc
Ans. 53. If the volume of asphalt specimen is 500 cc, weight if dry specimen in air is 1200 grams.
What is the
40. Emulsified asphalt is a colloidal dispersion of asphalt in water whose color is chocolate bulk specific of asphalt specimen?
brown before and turns ______ when emulsion is broken. Ans. 2.40
Ans. black
54. The results of the immersion-compression test conducted on an asphalt mix sample are
41. What is the single test procedure to determine the suitability of an asphaltic concrete as follows.
mix? Dry Stability = 2,000 Kpa
Ans. Wet Stability = 1,000 Kpa
What is the resulting index retained strength? Does it meet the specs requirement of
42. What test determines the hardness of coarse aggregates? item 310?
Ans. Abrasion Test Ans.

43. What is the dividing line between coarse and fine aggregates?
Ans.
55. A core specimen taken from a concrete pavement was measured for thickness 66. Upon your arrival at the site, you have found out that it was already one hour and 50
determination. The minutes ago when
required pavement thickness is 23 cm. The measurement taken were: 23, 24, 23, 23, 24, the concrete ingredients were charged into the mixing drum, what will you do?
24, 24, 23. Ans.
The measurement at the center is 23 cm. Obtain the average thickness. 67. Sub-grade having a CBR value of 2 percent or less is considered ______
Ans. 23.22 Ans.

56. The required PH level of water to be used in concrete mix____. 68. What is sub-grade construction?
Ans. 4 to 6 Ans.

57. Why is it Portland cement is called in that name and why? 69. What will be the amount of water cement ratio if the slump is zero (0)?
Ans. Ans.

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

58. How many samples are required for testing a 125 concrete pipes? a) Wet b) Dry c) OCM d) MDD
Ans. Ans.

59. Which of the ff. Does not affect the coring of sample; 71. What will be the effect of using different brands of cement?
a) Length-Diameter Ratio, b) Manner of Drilling, c) Diameter of Core, d) None of the a) Texture b) Strength c) No effect
Above Ans.
Ans.
72. Temperature of Concrete upon dumping.
60. It is the dynamic test used in the field to obtain rapid empirical results which can be a) 22 to 28 b) 22 to 26 c) 18 to 28 d) 18 to 26
used to estimate Ans.
shear strength and bearing capacity.
Ans. 73. Specific gravity of concrete pavement.
Ans.
61. 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 74. Test on cement to catch fire.
3500 Psi. What will you recommend? Ans.
Ans.
75. Loss of ignition is for what?
62. Unconfined compression test if perform in what type of soil? Ans.
Ans. clayey soils
76. How to prepare concrete cylinder sample?
63. Which of the ff. need not inspection report: Ans.
a) Water, b) Top Soil, c) Pavement Markings, d) Sodding 77. Acceptance of pavement is based on ____
Ans. Ans.

64. The approval of sample because the source was already identified will lead to: 78. Quality test for boulders______
Ans. Ans.

65. The acceptance of pavement is based on what test? 79. Temperature of Asphalt upon dumping.
Ans. a) 63 C b) 71 C c) 76 C d) 85 C
Ans.

80. Used to det. The % of clay and silt.

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81. Which is more coarser Item 200 or item 201?

Ans. 201

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