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
How many samples should be taken for every
75 cu.m fresh concrete?
Ans: 1 set consist of 3-pcs sample
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
For how long or how many hours shall a
bituminous prime coat be left undisturbed?
Ans: 24 hours
What is the rate of application of bituminous
tack coat?
Ans: 0.2 to 0.7 L/sq.m
What is the penetration grade of blown
asphalt?
Ans: 0 to 30 penetration grade
 What kind of sample is taken for flexural
test?
Ans: Concrete beam sample
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 standard specification for LL and
PI of Item 201?
Ans: maximum of 25% and maximum of 6%
respectively
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 is Item 311 of the DPWH Specification
(Blue Book)?
Ans: Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
What is the machine used for abrasion test?
Ans: Los Angeles Abrasion Machine
How to determine the degree of compaction
of Items 104, 200, & 201?
Ans: by Field Density Test
What is the formula in obtaining the value of
PI?
Ans: Liquid Limit minus Plastic Limit
What are the other terms for sieve analysis?
Ans: Grading Test, Particle Size Distribution
Test, Mechanical Analysis
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%
How many concrete cores shall be taken for
one (1) kilometer concrete pavement?
Ans: 5 holes/km/lane
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%
 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.
For how many bags of cement does a 10 kgs.
sample represents?
Ans: 2000 bags
32. For 15, 000 kgs RSB, how many samples
shall be submitted for Quality Test?
Ans: 2 pcs – 1 m sample
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
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%
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
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%
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