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

Answer: concrete cylinder sample

2.) What is the test to determine the consistency of concrete?

Ans: Slump test

3.) What is the length required for RSB sample for quality test?

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

4.) How many samples should be taken for every 75 cu.m fresh concrete?

Ans: 1 set consist of 3-pcs sample

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

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

6.) What kind of paint that has a reflectance or beads?

Ans: Reflectorized Paint

7.) 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

8.) For how long or how many hours shall a bituminous prime coat be left undisturbed?

Ans: 24 hours

9.) What is the rate of application of bituminous tack coat?

Ans: 0.2 to 0.7 L/sq.m.

10.) What is the penetration grade of blown asphalt?

Ans: 0 to 30 penetration grade

11.) What kind of sample is taken for flexural test?

Ans: Concrete beam sample

12.) What are the tests needed for the 2.650 cu.m Item 201 (Aggregate Base Course)?

Ans: CBR, abrasion, GPCD

13.) How many grading tests are required for a 3,200 cu.m selected borrow topping (Item 104)?

Ans: 3 grading tests

14.) 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

15.) What is the CBR requirement for Item 201?

80% maximum

Ans: CBR, abrasion, GPCD

16.) What asphalt is used for sealing weaken plane joint of concrete pavement?

Ans: Blown Asphalt

17.) What is Item 311 of the DPWH Specification (Blue Book)?

Ans: Portland cement Concrete Pavement

18.) What is the machine used for abrasion test?

Ans: Los Angeles Abrasion Machine

19.) How to determine the degree of compaction of Items 104, 200, & 201?

Ans: by Field Density Test

20.) What is the formula in obtaining the value of PI?

Ans: Liquid Limit minus Plastic Limit

21.) What are the other terms for sieve analysis?

Ans: Grading Test, Particle Size Distribution Test, Mechanical Analysis

22.) What is the degree of compaction of the soil if the wet density is 2,200 kg/m3, with an actual
moisture content of 10.2% and a maximum dry density of 1,960 kg/m3?

Ans: 101.23%

23.) How many concrete cores shall be taken for one (1) kilometer concrete pavement?

Ans: 5 holes/km/lane

24.) What is the moisture content of the soil having an original weight of 162.5 grams and an oven –
dried weight of 138.2 grams?

Ans: 17.58%

25.) If the group index of a soil is high, what indication does it mean?

Ans: the soil is clayey

26.) 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

27.) In oven drying a sample for test, what temperature shall be maintained?

Ans: 110 ± 5oC

28.) Why is it that cooling an oven dried sample before weighing is advisable?

Ans: because it can affect its weight

29.) 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.

30.) For how many bags of cement does a 10 kgs. Sample represents?

Ans: 2000 bags

31.) For 15, 000 kgs RSB, how many samples shall be submitted for Quality Test?

Ans: 2 pcs – 1 m sample

32.) 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

33.) What is the use of blown asphalt?

Ans: as joint filler and water proofing

34.) What asphalt is commonly known as hot asphalt or penetration grade asphalt?

Ans: Asphalt Cement

35.) How many days does the sample for Immersion – Compression Test be soaked in water?

Ans: 4 days @ 50 oC

36.) If ductility test is for asphalt, _____ is for cement? Consistency

Ans: Magnesium Oxide, Insoluble Residue, Loss on Ignition

37.) Paint is composed of _____

Ans: 35% vehicle, 50% pigment, 15% beads

38.) What is the size of tamping rod used in tamping concrete sample?

Ans: 16 mm Ø and 610 mm long with hemispherical tip

39.) What is the temperature to be maintained when curing sample after its initial curing?

Ans: 23o C ± 1.7o C

40.) 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)

41.) 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)

42.) High plasticity index means _____ of a soil?

Ans: high degree of compressibility

43.) Sample to be used for liquid limit and plastic limit tests should pass to what sieve?

Ans: No. 40 (0.425 mm)

44.) 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

45.) 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

46.) If asphalt mix having a weight of 3,020g and an aggregate weighing 2,865.98g, what is the %
asphalt by weight of mix?

Ans: 5.10%

47.) What is the material used for Bituminous Prime Coat?

Ans: Cut-back asphalt

48.) 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

49.) Applying the tolerance of 0.4% for asphalt content to your answer in prob. 47, what is the
acceptable range of asphalt content?

Ans: 4.7% to 5.5%