Materials Engineer

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What is the sample for compressive strength
determination of a structural concrete? 

Answer: concrete cylinder sample

What is the test to determine the consistency
of concrete? 
Ans: Slump test 
What is the length required for RSB sample
for quality test?  

Ans: 1.0 m/10,000 kg/size/shipment

What is the required size of test specimen for
G.I. sheets? 

Ans: 3 pcs-60 mm in 1 sht/100 sheets

What kind of paint that has a reflectance or
beads?
Ans: Reflectorized Paint
What is that construction material that has a property of being a
dark brown to black cementitious material in which the
predominating substance is bitumen?

Ans: asphalt
What is the penetration grade of blown
asphalt?

Ans: 0 to 30 penetration grade

What are the tests needed for the 2.650 cu.m
Item 201 (Aggregate Base Course)?
Ans: CBR, abrasion, GPCD 
How many grading tests are required for a 3,200
cu.m selected borrow topping (Item 104)?
Ans: 3 grading tests
As a materials Engineer, what will you recommend if you find out
that the materials to be used as Item 200 if finer than the required
materials?  

Ans: blend Item 200 with coarser materials  

What is the CBR requirement for Item 201? 

80% maximum 
What asphalt is used for sealing weaken
plane joint of concrete pavement?  
Ans: Blown Asphalt
What are the other terms for sieve analysis?  
Ans: Grading Test, Particle Size Distribution
Test, Mechanical Analysis 
How many concrete cores shall be taken for
one (1) kilometer concrete pavement? 
Ans: 5 holes/km/lane
 If the group index of a soil is high, what
indication does it mean?
Ans: the soil is clayey 
As a Materials Engineer, how can you determine that
the sample placed in the oven is already oven – dried?
Ans: if the sample reaches its constant
weight 
In oven drying a sample for test, what
temperature shall be maintained? 
Ans: 110 ± 5oC 
Why is it that cooling an oven dried sample
before weighing is advisable?
Ans: because it can affect its weight
What is the difference between hygroscopic
moisture content from natural moisture content?
Ans: hygroscopic moisture content is the moisture content of an
air- dried sample while natural moisture content is the moisture
content of the original sample from the field. 
An admixture is being introduced to the fresh concrete mixture for
heavily reinforced concrete structure using a pumpcrete to pump out
the fresh concrete mix, what admixture should it be?  

Ans: Superplasticizer 
What is the use of blown asphalt?  
Ans: as joint filler and water proofing 
What asphalt is commonly known as hot
asphalt or penetration grade asphalt?  
Ans: Asphalt Cement 
How many days does the sample for Immersion
– Compression Test be soaked in water? 
Ans: 4 days @ 50 oC 
If ductility test is for asphalt, _____ is for
cement? Consistency 
Ans: Magnesium Oxide, Insoluble Residue,
Loss on Ignition 
Paint is composed of _____ 
Ans: 35% vehicle, 50% pigment, 15% beads
What is the size of tamping rod used in
tamping concrete sample?  
Ans: 16 mm Ø and 610 mm long with
hemispherical tip 
What is the temperature to be maintained
when curing sample after its initial curing?  
Ans: 23o C ± 1.7o C 
Concrete cylinders are cured and ready for test. Temperature between 63°F to
85°F are permitted for a period not to exceed _____ hours immediately prior to
test if free moisture is maintained on the surface of the specimen at all times.  

Ans: three (3)

The molds of specimen not to be transported shall be removed after
initial curing of _____ hours and should be cured to the standard
curing temperature of 73.4 °F ± 3°F  

Ans: Twenty-four (24) 

 High plasticity index means _____ of a soil?
 
Ans: high degree of compressibility 
Sample to be used for liquid limit and plastic
limit tests should pass to what sieve?  
Ans: No. 40 (0.425 mm) 
What compaction rammer shall used if the specs given for
Moisture – Density Relation Test (MDR) is T – 180? 

Ans: 4.54 kg with 457 mm drop 

A bean mold measuring 6” x 6” x 20 is to be used for sampling
concrete, how many blows/tamps per layer shall be applied?  

Ans: 60 blows/layer 
What is the material used for Bituminous
Prime Coat?  
Ans: Cut-back asphalt 
In Item 303, application of cover aggregates shall be evenly
spread over the surface at the rate of approximately _____?

Ans: 0.004 to 0.007 m3 /m2