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1.
Which section of a contract contains guidelines that ensure fair
practices?
A.
General conditions
B.
Unit price clause
C.
Project schedule
D.
Specifications

2.
Which of the following parties involved in the construction of a
building is responsible for maintaining up-to-date
manufacturer's safety data sheets (MSDS)?
A.
Contractor
B.
Designer
C.
Architect
D.
Owner

3.
When choosing construction materials, choices based on each of
the following promote sustainability as a building design factor
except
A.
expense.
B.
useful life span.
C.
effect on energy consumption.
D.
recycling ability.

4.
A stainless steel pipe measuring 120 feet in length is exposed to
temperatures ranging from 30 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. By
how many inches would you expect the pipe's length to change
as its temperature changes from one extreme to the other?
A.
0.75
B.
0.50
C.
0.25
D.
1.25

5.
Four equal-length beams, each made of a different type of
metal, are exposed to a 10-degree F change in temperature. If
each of the beams is made from one of the metals listed below,
which would experience the greatest change in length?
A.
Wrought iron
B.
Structural steel
C.
Gray cast iron
D.
Tungsten steel

6.
The change in the exterior dimensions of an object that results
from the application of a force is known as
A.
deformation.
B.
compression.
C.
strain.
D.
stress.

7.
What is the safety factor of a steel beam with an allowable
stress of 30,000 psi and a failure stress of 45,000 psi?
A.
1.5
B.
0.15
C.
0.66
D.

6.6
8.
A rectangular metal bar is subjected to an external applied
tensile load of 180,000 pounds. If this results in a calculated
stress of 45,000 psi at failure, what are the bar's cross-sectional
dimensions?
A.
2 inches by 2 inches
B.
1.5 inches by 2 inches
C.
1.5 inches by 1.5 inches

D.
1.5 inches by 2.5 inches
9.
A material that breaks with very little deformation is best
described as
A.
brittle.
B.
malleable.
C.

ductile.
D.
tensile.
10.
Repeated exposure to and release from stress over time can
cause material failure to occur in a structure. This process is
known as
A.
fatigue.
B.
creep.

C.
shock load.
D.
shear modulus.
11.
_______ describes a material's ability to maintain a new
different shape after a changing force is removed.
A.
Plasticity
B.
Elasticity

C.
Conformability
D.
Durability
12.
The lowest level of stress at which the increased strain on an
object does not cause an increase in stress is called yield
A.
point.
B.

stress.
C.
value.
D.
strain.
13.
A manufacturers' association is an organization that seeks to
increase the sales of a certain product through different
strategies. The _______ would be an example of a
manufacturers' association.
A.
American Iron and Steel Institute

B.
American Standards Association
C.
American Product Association
D.
American Institute of Steel Construction
14.
Which of the following is not considered an aggregate?
A.
Undisturbed soil

B.
Gravel
C.
Sand
D.
Slag
15.
_______ rock is formed when small particles are deposited by
natural causes and combined with cementing material.
A.

Sedimentary
B.
Granular
C.
Igneous
D.
Metamorphic
16.
The type of rock mostly formed from the remains of sea
creatures is called
A.

dolomite.
B.
basalt.
C.
gneiss.
D.
shale.
17.
A wheel load force is spread over a rectangular area 24-inches-
by-18-inches and results in a pressure of 2575 lbs per square
foot. What is the weight of the wheel load force?

A.
7725 lbs
B.
596 lbs
C.
858 lbs
D.
11,124 lbs
18.
A compactor with a five-foot drum is traveling at eight miles
per hour over a one foot lift of aggregate base. If it makes five
passes, the device will compact _______ cubic yards per hour.

A.
1565
B.
2026
C.
163
D.
130
19.
_______ measure is used to determine the volume of aggregates

during the transportation process.
A.
Loose
B.
Compacted
C.
Bank
D.
Transient
20.

To strengthen 2½ tons (5000 lbs) of aggregate using
stabilization, how many pounds of salt must be added to the
proper amount of water?
A.
100 lbs
B.
50 lbs
C.
25 lbs
D.
10 lbs

21.
The type of filter that prevents particles from entering a well is
a
A.
gravel pack.
B.
sand filter.
C.
gravel filter.
D.
water filter.

22.
In sieve analysis, the percentage of the total larger than the
sieve is the
A.
cumulative percent retained.
B.
percent retained.
C.
percent passing.
D.
weight retained.

23.
A gradation in which most of the particles are either very large
or very small is called
A.
skip graded.
B.
size graded.
C.
uniform graded.
D.
well graded.

24.
A fine aggregate has a bulk-unit weight of 117.5 pcf and a
specific gravity of 2.7. What is the approximate percentage of
voids in this particular aggregate?
A.
30
B.
50
C.
70
D.
90

25.
_______ is the weight-to-volume description that defines an
aggregate's weight as solid matter and having enough water to
fill its pores.
A.
Saturated surface dry weight
B.
Saturated surface dry volume
C.
Bulk volume
D.
Wet weight

26.
An aggregate with a volume of .3727 cubic feet and a moisture
content of 7.2 percent weighs 42.31 pounds. What is its dry
density?
A.
105.89 pcf
B.
66 pcf
C.
113.52 pcf
D.
157.66 pcf

27.
An aggregate has the following measured values: a SSD weight
of 4670 g in air, a submerged weight of 2860, and an OD weight
of 4550. What is the apparent-specific gravity of the aggregate?
A.
2.69
B.
2.58
C.
2.51
D.
0.026

28.
You're building a sidewalk using Portland cement-concrete in a
place that will have a mild exposure to weather. Because of
these factors, the amount of chert allowed in the coarse
aggregate must be _______ percent or less.
A.
5
B.
7
C.
3
D.
1

29.
The lightweight aggregate created from burning coal is called
A.
fly ash.
B.
lignite.
C.
slag.
D.
diatomite.

30.
Which of the following aggregates would best increase heat
insulation in concrete?
A.
Vermiculite
B.
Diatomite
C.
Lignite
D.

Cinders
1. The total amount of alloys contained in high-strength, low-
alloy steels is _______ percent.
A. 3–4
B. 1–2
C. 4–5
D. 2–3
2. A _______ test determines the relative amount of asphalt-
cement present as strings or large globules.
A. demulsibility
B. sieve
C. settlement
D. distillation
3. The most frequently used type of welding process is a
_______ weld.
A. groove
B. plug
C. butt
D. fillet
4. To build a 12-foot-by-20-foot parking area designed to be 2

inches thick, how many tons of asphalt
concrete would the rule-of-thumb estimating method require?
A. 22
B. 45
C. 3
D. 4.5
5. The welding method that protects metal from atmospheric
damage by using a welding rod coated with
flux is known as the _______ method.
A. gas metal-arc
B. flux-coated arc
C. submerged-arc
D. shielded metal-arc
6. Before starting the overlaying process, older pavements with
small cracks should be treated with a
A. wax seal.
B. fog seal.
C. leveling seal.
D. tar seal.

7. Which of the following ferrous metals typically has the
highest percentage of phosphorus in its
composition?
A. Wrought iron
B. White cast iron
C. Gray cast iron
D. Malleable cast iron
8. Low viscosity can cause an asphalt surface to become
compacted. This problem can be corrected by
A. increasing the temperature and using a light roller.
B. decreasing the temperature and using a light roller.
C. decreasing the temperature and using a heavy roller.
D. increasing the temperature and using a heavy roller.
9. If you were building pavement over an average clay loam soil
to make a parking lot for heavy trucks, the
pavement must be _______ inches thick.
A. five to six
B. two to four
C. four to six
D. six to eight

10. Which Superpave binder test measures strain and fracture
strength at the point of failure?
A. MSCR
B. BBR
C. DTT
D. COC
11. Adding ______ will remove excess sulfur from iron ore.
A. phosphorus
B. manganese
C. silicon
D. carbon
12. When an asphalt load appears to be flat, this indicates a mix
A. is too hot.
B. has too little asphalt.
C. has too much asphalt.
D. is too cold.
13. The process of heating steel to a temperature slightly lower
than 1500 degrees F and then using a
furnace to slowly reduce its temperature several hundred

degrees is called
A. annealing.
B. tempering.
C. quenching.
D. normalizing.
14. A large rectangular paving project has planned dimensions
of 200 by 300 feet. Also, the project
requires 6 inches of pavement thickness if the unit weight of the
product is equal to 145 lbs per cubic foot.
Using this information, how many tons of asphalt concrete will
be needed?
A. 2250
B. 1087.5
C. 1125
D. 2175
15. What is the compaction percentage of an asphalt concrete
mix where the density of the field core is
145.3 and the density in laboratory tests was 150.2?
A. 96.6
B. 97.6

C. 97.7
D. 96.7
16. A No. 6 rebar is subjected to a tensile load of 12,500 lbs.
What is the total stress in the rebar?
A. 28,345 psi
B. 7078 psi
C. 20,799 psi
D. 14,286 psi
17. Which of the following Superpave binder grades does not
require modification of the asphalt binder?
A. PG 72-22
B. PG 64-32
C. PG 62-32
D. PG 64-22
18. Which of the following is an acceptable air-void percentage
of a hot-mix asphalt mixture (HMA)?
A. 4.2
B. 2.4
C. 2.6
D. 6.2

19. When building in areas where resistance to corrosion is
necessary, it's better to use
A. pig iron.
End of exam
B. white cast iron.
C. wrought iron.
D. gray cast iron.
20. Which of the following ferrous metals typically has the
lowest percentage of carbon in its composition?
A. Steel
B. Temporary cast iron
C. Pig iron
D. Firm cast iron
Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note
that a question and its answers may be split across a page
break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all
the answers before choosing an answer.
1. Each of the following elements are used to make cement
except

A. silica.
B. iron.
C. lime.
D. phosphate.
2. Clay, limestone, and sand are raw material sources used in
the production of
A. alumina.
B. calcium.
C. silica.
D. sulfate.
3. A standard 6 × 12 inch concrete specimen has a calculated
splitting tensile strength of 398 psi. The
maximum load allowable for this specimen would be
A. 4500 lbs.
B. 45,000 lbs.
C. 9000 lbs.
D. 90,000 lbs.
4. A concrete mix has a unit weight of 146.2 and batch weights
composed of the following substances: 625
lbs of water, 1150 lbs of cement, 5400 lbs of C/A, and 3235 of

lbs F/A. Using this information, what is the
yield of the concrete mix?
A. 71.20 cubic yards
B. 2.64 cubic yards
C. 26.4 cubic yards
D. 38.5 cubic yards
5. What is the required mixing time for 10 cubic yards of
concrete when using a stationary mixer for a job
such as building a dam?
A. 2 minutes 15 seconds
B. 4 minutes 15 seconds
C. 1 minute 15 seconds
D. 3 minutes 15 seconds
6. A dusting floor on a flat concrete slab is often caused by
A. low cement content.
B. carbon dioxide.
C. high cement content.
D. insufficient water.
7. A six-inch-diameter concrete cylinder fails at a load of

95,000 lbs. What is the calculated compressive
strength?
A. 23.17 psi
B. 23.17 MPa
C. 3360 MPa
D. 336 psi
8. When building a cold-weather sidewalk that will be exposed
to salts and chemicals used for ice removal,
the preferred type of Portland cement is
A. ASTM C 150 Type I.
B. ASTM C 175 Type II.
C. ASTM C 150 Type III.
D. ASTM C175 Type I.
9. The concrete producer for a construction project has a
standard deviation of 575 psi and a mean of
3550. The control level for this coefficient of variation would
be described as
A. poor.
B. excellent.
C. good.

D. fair.
10. _______ is the chemical compound that hardens slowly and
adds strength later during the curing
process of concrete.
A. Tricalcium silicate
B. Dicalcium silicate
C. Tricalcium aluminate
D. Tetracalcium aluminate
11. The transportation of concrete to the job site will normally
result in a(n)
A. slight increase in air content.
B. negligible effect on the air content.
C. air loss of 1–2%.
D. air loss of 2–3%.
12. Concrete consists of 20 to 40 percent of a material called
paste, which is created by mixing
A. sand, cement and water.
B. sand, stone, and water.
C. water and cement.

D. water and sand.
13. Concrete applied to a surface using high-velocity
compressed air is known as
A. slurry.
B. air-entrained.
C. oxyconcrete.
D. shortcrete.
14. All the following common materials may have harmful
effects on hardened and unprotected concrete
except
A. milk.
B. oxalic acid.
C. iron sulfate.
D. calcium chloride.
15. A concrete mix has a yield of 120 cubic feet and contains
the following batch weights: 1520 lbs of
water, 2500 lbs of cement, 8120 lbs of C/A, and 5900 lbs of
F/A. Using this information, what is the unit
weight of the concrete mix?
A. 55.6 lbs/cubic yard

B. 150.3 lb/cubic yard
C. 55.6 lbs/cubic ft
D. 150.3 lb/cubic ft
16. The concrete mix ratio is 5.8 water to 4.5 concrete. If you
were to change the ratio to 5.6 water to 4.5
concrete, the strength at 28 days will be
A. increased by 100 psi.
B. increased by 400 psi.
C. decreased by 200 psi.
D. unaffected.
17. Common guidelines for placing contraction joints in a
concrete slab would require spacing for a 4-inchthick
slab to be done at _______-foot intervals.
A. 10
B. 8
C. 6
D. 12
18. A 10-foot-square decorative flag pole area requires the
construction of a 9-inch-thick nonreinforcedconcrete
slab. What is the maximum aggregate size that can be used in

the mix?
A. 1 inch
B. 3 inch
End of exam
C. 2 inch
D. Any workable size aggregate can be used.
19. During the placement process, concrete should typically not
be placed at temperatures exceeding
A. 85 degrees F.
B. 90 degrees F.
C. 80 degrees F.
D. 75 degrees F.
20. When the air content of concrete
A. increases, its strength increases.
B. changes, there's little change in durability or strength.
C. decreases, its durability increases.
D. decreases, its durability decreases.
1.

_______ stress is induced by longitudinal pressure.
A.
Tension parallel to grain
B.
Compression parallel to grain
C.
Compression perpendicular to grain
D.
Horizontal shear
2.
Rift-cut hardwood lumber is known as
A.
flat grain.
B.
plain sawed.
C.
quarter sawed.
D.
edge grain.
3.
Which of the following materials has the
greatest

R-value per inch?
A.
Perlite
B.
Vermiculite
C.
Wood
D.
Mortar
4.
When grading wood, an unevenness between springwood and
summerwood on the surface of dressed
lumber would be classified as
A.
torn grain.
B.
splits.
C.
skips.
D.
raised grain.

5.
To which classification of tree species does the Western Red
Cedar belong?
A.
Group 1
B.
Group 2
C.
Group 4
D.
Group 3
6.
Two boards have the following measurements: ¾ inches thick
by 6 inches wide by 12 feet long. Using
this information, how many total board feet are contained in the
two boards?
A.
108
B.
12
C.
144
D.
9

7.
The
most common
preservation treatment for pressure-treated wood is
A.
creosote.
B.
chromated copper arsenate.
C.
ammonium copper quaternary.
D.
copper napthenate.
8.
_______ would be an allowable span distance for a #2 Spruce-
Pine-Fir 2 × 6 ceiling joist placed 24
inches on center.
A.
10' 4"
B.
12' 8"
C.
11' 11"

D.
9' 8"
9.
The _______ method is the
most common
type of brick-forming method.
A.
wet-press
B.
dry-press
C.
stiff-mud
D.
soft-mud
10.
You're constructing an 8-foot-high-by-24-foot-long wall with a
3-foot-by-3-foot window opening using
8-inch-by-8-inch-by-16-inch CMUs. How much mortar would be
required to build this wall?
A.
13.7 cubic feet
B.

15.45 cubic feet
C.
16.25 cubic feet
D.
20.6 cubic feet
11.
Aggregates used in the production of CMUs are typically
_______ of an inch or smaller.
A.
3
/
4
B.
5
/
8
C.
3/
/
8
D.
1
/
2

12.
A piece of lumber measuring six-inches-by-seven-inches would
be graded as a
A.
post.
B.
dimension lumber.
C.
beam.
D.
stringer.
13.
You're trying to construct a 9-foot-high wall that's 64 feet long
and has two 4-foot-by-4 foot window
openings. For this project, how many 8-by-8-by-16 inch CMUs
would you need?
A.
612
B.
540
C.
630
D.
571

14.
The
most common
load on the wood of a nailed joint is a
A.
lateral load in end grain.
B.
withdrawal from side grain.
C.
withdrawal from end grain.
D.
lateral load in side grain.
15.
All of the following wood-destroying pests damage lumber by
eating it
except
A.
marine borers.
B.
subterranean termites.
C.
carpenter ants.
D.
nonsubterranean termites.

16.
The strength of a steam cured CMU block is _______ that of a
moist cured block.
A.
more than double
B.
the same as
C.
slightly less than
D.
significantly less than
17.
The following condition has a White fir stud grade of 2 × 6 and
repetitive framing with a 10-year
normal load. Using this information, the allowable fb value is
_______ psi.
A.
854
B.
776
C.
697

D.
768
18.
Retempering a mortar mix will
A.
increase the compressive strength and decrease the bond
strength.
B.
increase the compressive strength and increase the bond
strength.
C.
reduce the compressive strength and increase the bond strength.
D.
reduce the compressive strength and decrease the bond strength.
19.
The layer of the tree that contains the
most
resins and gums is the
A.
hardwood.
End of exam
B.

heartwood.
C.
cambium.
D.
sapwood.
20.
Which of the following tree species has the
greatest
modulus of elasticity?
A.
Standard-grade Western Larch
B.
Construction-grade Douglas Fir South
C.
No.1 grade Western Hemlock
D.
No. 1 grade Spruce-Pine-Fir

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