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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. Cohesive






2. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall






3. Pieces sticking out away from the columes






4. Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches






5. Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating






6. The concrete is cast at the site






7. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it






8. 90 to 180 degress






9. The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.






10. W-shaped beams - Steel joints






11. Electric Arc Furnace






12. Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber






13. Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches






14. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature






15. Hollow structural section






16. A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand






17. Wide-Flange section






18. Cohesive






19. False






20. Henry Bessemer in 1855






21. Strands






22. Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor






23. A plastic cone and a loop at each end.






24. Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms






25. Highly Crosive - Extreme






26. Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace






27. Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members






28. Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.






29. Steel






30. 40 ft






31. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.






32. AISC Type III Connection






33. A plastic cone and a loop at each end.






34. Grade 50 steel






35. 24






36. Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars






37. False






38. 2






39. False






40. True






41. Live ends






42. A large formwork assembly for concrete walls






43. True






44. 2 1/2 in






45. Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness






46. Live end






47. As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.






48. Steel






49. Each course consists of Strechers






50. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.