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Printed on: 12/6/2023

Test Name: Exam - Design of New Flexible Pavements

Learner: Muhammad Masood

Your Score 60.00%

Status Failed

Question 1 of 10
Surface layer cracking is caused by:

a) Tensile strain at the bottom of the surface layer

b) Contraction due to surface layer cooling
c) Vertical compressive strain at the bottom of the surface layer
d) a and b

e) b and c

Result:
Correct
Answer 1 is D

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Question 2 of 10
While pavement layer material has the highest modulus of elasticity (stiffness)?

a) Asphalt treated base

b) Subgrade
c) Hot mix asphalt
d) Granular base

e) a and c

Result:
Incorrect
Option D is not correct

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Question 3 of 10
Deflection based pavement rehabilitation based designs typically produce X thickness of asphalt overlays
than strain based designs.
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a) Thinner

b) The Same
c) Thicker

Result:
Incorrect
Option A is not correct

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Question 4 of 10
Typical methods to reduce the impact of frost heaving include:

a) Keep water away from the pavement

b) Increase the thickness of the pavement layers
c) Reduce the depth of frost penetration into the pavement.
d) Replace frost susceptible subgrade material.
e) All of the above

Result:
Correct
Answer 4 is E

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Question 5 of 10
John Macadam's patented road construction used large stones as the first layer on top of the subgrade.

a) True
b) False

Result:
Correct
Answer 5 is B

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Question 6 of 10
Typical failure criteria for flexible pavements includes:

a) Rutting, spalling and cracking

b) Rutting, smoothness and corner breaks

c) Smoothness, cracking and rutting
d) Rutting, joint sealant loss and smoothness
e) Rutting, traffic and smoothness

Result:
Incorrect
Option A is not correct

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Question 7 of 10
Which FHWA vehicle class has the typical truck factor?

a) 5 versus 6
b) 7 versus 10
c) 8 versus 6

d) 7 versus 12
e) 2 versus 12

Result:
Correct
Answer 7 is C

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Question 8 of 10
Typical pavement design ESALs for a roadway low-density residential subdivisions is:

a) 110,000
b) 330,000
c) 500,000
d) 1,000,000

e) 3,000,000
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Result:
Correct
Answer 8 is D

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Question 9 of 10
A typical resilient modulus for silty gravels and sand with fair drainage conditions is:

a) 3,625 psi
b) 7,240 psi

c) 5,000 psi
d) 4,250
e) 2,600

Result:
Incorrect
Option B is not correct

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Question 10 of 10
Five inches of gravel base with a layer coefficient of 0.2 provides the same structural contribution as X
inches of material with a structure layer coefficient of 0.5.

a) 1 inch
b) 2 inches

c) 2.5 inches
d) 3 inches
e) 5 inches

Result:
Correct
Answer 10 is B

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