SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Construction Basics Exam
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
industries
,
construction
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
The Term Tendons includes...
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
2. Noncohesive Soils
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
3. Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
CMU is _____
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
PT concrete is Also known as _______
4. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Built-up sections are made by _____
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
A tube is referred to as a ____
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
5. Snap Tie
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Camber refers to...
6. Concave
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
What does HHS stand for?
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
The most water tight joint is ____
7. Roof and Floor
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
The Slag is what?
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
The Term Tendons includes...
8. Steel fabricator
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Frame Structure is defined by ________
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Retempering of motar means...
9. Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Cast Iron is formed when _______
10. Basic Oxygen Furnace
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Precast is where____
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
BOF full name is _______
11. To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Girder is...
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Frame Structure is defined by ________
12. Gauge number
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
DLH series has a depth range of...
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
13. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Working is the process by which____
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
EAF full name is?
14. Floor decks
A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
A pour stop is generally used with
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
15. Depth of the joist in inches
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Built-up sections are made by _____
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
The term FLying form refers to...
16. Carbon steel
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
LH series has a depth range of...
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
Unfinished bolts are made from
17. SJI
Stirrups are generally made of...
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
18. False
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
19. Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Formwork is refereed to as
Mechanical couplers are used
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
20. Cinder Block
CMU is _____
High-strength bolts are made from
The Term Tendons includes...
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
21. Chairs
A vapor retarder is required under
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
HSS can be what Shape?
22. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Semirigid Connection is also called...
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
23. Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Bricks and Blocks are called ____
A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
24. Gauge number
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
Frame Structure is defined by ________
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
25. Cohesive
S-Shape is also called ____
Ferrous Metals
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
26. 2
What does HHS stand for?
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
27. Steel
A slip-critical connection is...
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
28. Metals that contain Iron
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
In an English-bonded Wall
Ferrous Metals
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
29. Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
A Blast Furnace is a ______
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
High-strength bolts are made from
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
30. True
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Most of the cost comes from _____
31. As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
S-Shape is also called ____
The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Frame Structure is defined by ________
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
32. 3000 PSI
Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
33. Zinc
Precast is where____
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
34. Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
PT concrete is Also known as _______
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
35. 8 in to 30 in
K-series has a depth range of?
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
OHF full name is?
If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
36. High-treated carbon steel
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column
A snape Tie consits of...
High-strength bolts are made from
Mechanical couplers are used
37. 50
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Site-cast is when ____
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
A snug-Tight condition is _____
38. 8 and 30 in
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
39. Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
A vapor retarder is required under
LH series has a depth range of...
40. Snap Tie
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Most of the cost comes from _____
41. Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
Precast is where____
Galvanizing is...
The most common used size of brick is...
42. Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Built-up sections are made by _____
Cast Iron is formed when _______
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
43. The concrete is cast at the site
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Site-cast is when ____
Twist-off Bolt method is...
44. Sloped - thinner
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
45. Wide-Flange section
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
W-Shape is also called _____
46. 50
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
What does HHS stand for?
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Site-cast is when ____
47. Grade 50 steel
EAF full name is?
What is Core Holes?
Twist-off Bolt method is...
A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
48. K-series - LH series - DHL series
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
BOF full name is _______
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
49. Cinder Block
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
CMU is _____
Site-cast is when ____
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
50. G30 - G60 - G120
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...