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    A Department order tells that no acceptance and final payment shall be made on completed concrete and Asphalt pavement unless core test for thickness determination and density is conducted.

    • Do No. 119
    • Do. No. 48
    • Do.No. 80
    • DO No. 52
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Materials engineers are responsible for the research, specification, design, and development of materials to advance technologies and products of many kinds. Their expertise lies in understanding the properties and behaviors of different substances, from raw materials to finished products. Take the quiz review to gauge your understanding so far. All the best!

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  • 2. 

    This is a new method of soil stabilization being introduced to improved the properties of soil which is effective and at the same time cheaper

    • Stabilization by the use of Geotextiles

    • Cement stabilization

    • Bituminous stabilization

    • Lime stabilization

    Correct Answer
    A. Stabilization by the use of Geotextiles
  • 3. 

    When concrete must be placed in a sloping surface, placing should start at the __________.                    

    • bottom

    • Top

    • Middle

    • Can be top or bottom

    Correct Answer
    A. bottom
  • 4. 

    The trial section for compaction for each type of fill materials and type of equipment to be used in the work should have an area of__________.                                                                                       

    • 500 sq. m.

    • 335 sq. m.

    • 600 sq. m.

    • 400 sq. m.

    Correct Answer
    A. 500 sq. m.
  • 5. 

    A type of cement that sets and hardens by chemical interaction with water and is capable of doing so underwater

    • Portland Cement

    • Hydraulic Cement

    • Air-Retaining Portland Cement

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Hydraulic Cement
  • 6. 

    1. What test determined the crushing of strength of aggregates to ensure that course aggregates will not degrade to smaller ones.

    • Abrasion

    • Grading Test

    • Density

    • Plasticity test

    Correct Answer
    A. Abrasion
  • 7. 

    All asphalt are _______, they became harder as temperature decreases and  softer as their temperature increases

    • thermoplastic

    • Brittle

    • hyrophobic

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. thermoplastic
  • 8. 

    Oversanded and undersanded concrete mixtures require more water in order to be workable but will only result to ______________.                                                                                                             

    • Good surface texture

    • Water tightens

    • Weak strength

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Weak strength
  • 9. 

    Problems regarding quality of construction materials shall be reported directly by the Contractor’s Materials Engineer to the ____________.                                                                                  

    • Contractor

    • DPWH Materials Engineer

    • Contractor’s Project Engineer

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. DPWH Materials Engineer
  • 10. 

    The component of bituminous mixes which range from 92 to 96% is called __________.                    

    • Sand

    • Concrete Aggregate

    • Bituminous Blended Aggregate

    Correct Answer
    A. Bituminous Blended Aggregate
  • 11. 

    For major interchanges and busy intersection, PCCP will be allowed to open on the ________ to minimize occurrence of road congestion.                                                                                                  

    • 14th day

    • 12th day

    • 10th day

    • 7th day

    Correct Answer
    A. 14th day
  • 12. 

    How is the consistency of liquid asphalt determined?                                                                                

    • Viscometer

    • Tag open cup

    • penetrometer

    • Thermometer

    Correct Answer
    A. Viscometer
  • 13. 

    The design of concrete mix specified by the blue book is based on ________________.                    

    • Absolute Volume Method

    • Area Method

    • American Method

    Correct Answer
    A. Absolute Volume Method
  • 14. 

    A department order hereby directed that the only test report issued by the regional/district laboratories of department and other testing laboratories accredited by DPWH shall be allowed to be used in acceptance or rejection of construction materials

    • Do No. 80

    • DO No. 52

    • Do. No. 48

    • Do.No. 135

    Correct Answer
    A. Do.No. 135
  • 15. 

    In direct shear test, the soil is sheared to failure by moving one part of the soil sample relatively to the other part along a pre-determined plane. When several test are made on a soil under different normal loads and the results are plotted in arithmetic scales, the resulting line is made in the form of ____________.                                                                                                         

    • Straight line

    • Parabola

    • Semi-elliptical

    • Hyperbola

    Correct Answer
    A. Parabola
  • 16. 

    Shringkage factor test is _______________.                                                                                       

    • test to determine pay volume

    • Test to determine strength characteristic

    • Test to determine volume change

    • Test to determine maximum density

    Correct Answer
    A. Test to determine volume change
  • 17. 

    The minimum testing requirement for every project is indicated in a duly approved________.       

    • Quality Control Program

    • Program of Work

    • Work Schedule

    • Minimum Testing Requirement

    Correct Answer
    A. Quality Control Program
  • 18. 

     ____________ is a property of bituminous mixes in pavement adjust itself to settlement                      

    • Flexibility

    • Rigidity

    • Hardness

    • Ductility

    Correct Answer
    A. Flexibility
  • 19. 

    The wearing away of the pavement surface caused by the dislodging of aggregate particle is called ______________.                                                                                                                          

    • Alligator crack

    • raveling

    • Rutting

    • Bleeding

    Correct Answer
    A. raveling
  • 20. 

    ___________ is a reflector which shall be the short base type having a maximum base area of 180 mm x 140 mm.                                                                                                                               

    • Flash surface reflective stud

    • Traffic Cone

    • Brinnell

    • Vicat

    Correct Answer
    A. Flash surface reflective stud
  • 21. 

    In conducting soil exploration survey, what equipment you will use in obtaining undisturbed samples

    • Thin-walled sampler

    • Split spoon sampler

    • Screw type soil auger sampler

    • Post-hole auger sampler

    Correct Answer
    A. Thin-walled sampler
  • 22. 

    What is the minimum number of representative cores that shall be taken from each member area of concrete in place that is considered deficient?                                                                             

    • 3 cores

    • 4 cores

    • 5 cores

    • Core must be taken at 5 meter interval backward & forward of the designed sta.

    Correct Answer
    A. 3 cores
  • 23. 

    It is a period wherein the asphalt begins to melt.                                                                                        

    • Boiling Point

    • Fire Point

    • Softening Point

    • Burning Point

    Correct Answer
    A. Softening Point
  • 24. 

    No contractor shall start any concreting without a pouring permit duly approved and issued by Proj. Engr

    • Do No. 211

    • DO No. 221

    • Do.No. 230

    • Do. No. 212

    Correct Answer
    A. Do No. 211
  • 25. 

    As per guidelines on submission of samples, laboratory trial mixes should be made on aggregates which are proposed tube used for the first time, in this case what is the weight of fine aggregates to be submitted for testing?                                                                                             

    • 100 kgs.

    • 70 kgs.

    • 80 kgs.

    • 50 kgs.

    Correct Answer
    A. 50 kgs.
  • 26. 

    For small contract project of the DPWH located in remote areas where the quality of cement to be used is too small and where there are no accessible testing laboratory to check the quality of materials, exception in the requirements for performance of laboratory test in cement prior to use may be allowed provided that the trial mixes be done for every ___________.                                

    • Deformation characteristic of soil

    • Engineering properties of the underlying soils

    • Arrangement of soil strata

    • Field Density of soil

    Correct Answer
    A. Field Density of soil
  • 27. 

    Where to determine the amount of mixing water to use when compacting the soil in the field to attain maximum density

    • Lab. Compaction Test

    • Field Density Test

    • Control Strip

    • Trial Section

    Correct Answer
    A. Lab. Compaction Test
  • 28. 

    This is the characteristic generally used for calculation of the volume occupied by the aggregate in various mixture containing aggregates including Portland Cement concrete, bituminous concrete, and other mixtures that are proportioned or analyzed on an absolute volume basis: 

    • Bulk Specific Gravity

    • Dry Specific Gravity

    • Apparent Specific Gravity

    • Wet Specific Gravity

    Correct Answer
    A. Bulk Specific Gravity
  • 29. 

    Correcting projects with noted defects/deficients prior to partial full payment

    • DO No. 40

    • Do. No. 125

    • Do.No. 200

    • Do No. 139

    Correct Answer
    A. Do No. 139
  • 30. 

     The higher the ________, the lower the penetration.                                                                           

    • Specific gravity

    • Durability

    • Viscosity

    • Solubility

    Correct Answer
    A. Viscosity
  • 31. 

    ____________ is a property of bituminous mixes in pavement to resist disintegration or deterioration due to the action of water, traffic and changing climate                                                    

    • Flexibility

    • Durability

    • Ductility

    • Rigidity

    Correct Answer
    A. Durability
  • 32. 

    Retempering of concrete or mortar, which has partially hardened, will be permitted with the addition of cement, aggregate or water

    • Yes

    • No

    • It depends on the condition of concrete

    • Check the slump

    Correct Answer
    A. No
  • 33. 

    A process of volatilization test  which measures the relative proportion of asphalt to oil

    • Distillation

    • Extraction

    • Float Test

    • Slump test

    Correct Answer
    A. Distillation
  • 34. 

    Amendment to DO 184, series of 1999, re-Guidelines on the Accreditation of Contractoors & Consultant's Materials Engineer.

    • Do No. 52

    • DO No. 206

    • Do. No. 48

    • Do.No. 200

    Correct Answer
    A. DO No. 206
  • 35. 

    The phosphorous content of reinforcing steel bars bigger than 9.0 mm shall not exceed 

    • 0.18%

    • 0.06%

    • 0.05%

    • 0.08%

    Correct Answer
    A. 0.06%
  • 36. 

    Control slip shall have an area of approximately ____________.                                                           

    • 500 sq. m.

    • 335 sq. m.

    • 600 sq. m.

    • 400 sq. m.

    Correct Answer
    A. 335 sq. m.
  • 37. 

     What control during the mixing and compaction of the bituminous pavement is of great significance in the resulting pavement

    • Compaction

    • Density

    • Temperature

    • Grading of aggregates

    Correct Answer
    A. Temperature
  • 38. 

    The __________ material shall be of such quality that it will not darken or become yellow when a thin section is exposed to sunlight.                                                                                        

    • Non-volatile

    • coarse

    • Deleterious

    • Solvent

    Correct Answer
    A. Non-volatile
  • 39. 

    Reactivation of the quality assurance unit regional office

    • Do.No. 80

    • Do No. 155

    • DO No. 52

    • Do. No. 04

    Correct Answer
    A. Do No. 155
  • 40. 

    This is the empirical indicator of the clay fraction of a binder material in a stabilized soil mixture.                                                                                                                                                       

    • Group Index

    • Liquid Limit

    • Plasticity Index

    • Plastic Limit

    Correct Answer
    A. Plasticity Index
  • 41. 

    The quality of paving concrete is usually measured by its _____________.                                          

    • Compressive

    • Flexural

    • tensile

    • Bond strength

    Correct Answer
    A. Flexural
  • 42. 

     As Materials Engineer, what would you recommend in order to check the suitability and efficiency of the equipment to used prior to subbase construction for item 310, Bituminous Concrete Surface Course?                                                                                                                        

    • Make a trial section

    • Make trial mix

    • Establish control strips

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Make a trial section
  • 43. 

    The apparatus used to determine the initial and final setting of cement in the laboratory is _________.

    • Gillmore needles

    • Bailey needle

    • Vicat apparatus

    • Blaine Air Permeability Apparatus

    Correct Answer
    A. Vicat apparatus
  • 44. 

    A departmnet order memorandum circular, a revised method for FDT.

    • DM No. 52

    • DM. No. 20

    • DM No. 48

    • DM.No. 80

    Correct Answer
    A. DM No. 48
  • 45. 

    Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete?

    • DMC No. 03

    • DMC No. 25

    • DMC No. 200

    • DMC No. 40

    Correct Answer
    A. DMC No. 03
  • 46. 

    Job-mix formula submitted for approval shall propose definite single values for, except _____.               

    • % of aggregate passing each specified sieve

    • Temperature of the mixture delivered on the road

    • Percent of bituminous materials to be added

    • Mixing time of the mixture in the batching plant

    Correct Answer
    A. Mixing time of the mixture in the batching plant
  • 47. 

    Generally speaking, batching of concrete aggregates by volume is preferable than weight.                      

    • True

    • False

    • They are the same

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 48. 

    Quality of factor – produced reinforced concrete pipes may be best established through what?     

    • Compressive strength test

    • Flexural strength test

    • Core test

    • Crushing strength test

    Correct Answer
    A. Compressive strength test
  • 49. 

    The apparatus used in determining the consistency of asphalt cement is ___________.                        

    • Penetrometer

    • Viscometer

    • thermometer

    • Tag open cup

    Correct Answer
    A. Penetrometer

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