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Construction Basics Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Strip Footing






2. Strip Footing






3. Square - rectangular or round






4. Hot Rolling






5. True






6. FBX






7. Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs






8. True






9. 18 to 48 in






10. A36






11. Length - L - of unit






12. Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion






13. Metals that do not contain Metals






14. 240 in =20ft






15. Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks






16. Mildly






17. 40 ft






18. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection






19. Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer






20. Grade 50 steel






21. Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.






22. posttensioned concret






23. G30 - G60 - G120






24. EAF - OHF - BOF






25. Metals that contain Iron






26. Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.






27. Gas or arc






28. Pieces sticking out away from the columes






29. G30 - G60 - G120






30. Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly






31. Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks






32. The concrete is cast at the site






33. Metals that contain Iron






34. 2






35. Each course consists of Strechers






36. Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location






37. False






38. Concrete masonry Units






39. AISC Type I Connection






40. Bed Joints






41. Steel fabricator






42. Beams and Columns






43. The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers






44. 2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar






45. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals






46. The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms






47. False






48. Wide-Flange section






49. The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms






50. Concave