PCI Quality Control Technician Level 1 Chapter
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A commitment to quality starts where in the organization? - CORRECT ANSWER: The
commitment to quality begins with a company's top management.
A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter. Name four
of these. - CORRECT ANSWER: Principal factors in quality control include:
-Management commitment to quality
-Qualified personnel for all stages of design and production
-Testing and inspection of the various materials selected for use as well as product
storage and handling
-Clear and complete shop drawings
-Accurate testing procedures
-Control of dimensions and tolerances
-Proper position of all embedded items
-Correct size and positioning of reinforcing steel
Proper handling, placing, and consolidation of concrete
Proper proportioning and adequate mixing of concrete
-Appropriate and controlled curing
-Proper procedure for de-tensioning and striping
-Proper handling, storing, ransporting, and erecting of members
-Complete and accurate production documentation
A plant producing architectural concrete products must have:
a. At least one Level III technician
b. At least one level I and one level II technician
c. at least one Level II technician
,d. at least one Level I technician - CORRECT ANSWER: D. At least a level 1 Technician
Each plant should have a written QA program. What is this program called and what are
the minimum items to be addressed by it. - CORRECT ANSWER: Minimum items to be
addressed by the QSM are:
-Management commitment
-Definition of organization structure
-Management review of the QA program
-Plant facilities layout and definition
-Purchasing procedures for QC compliance
-Uniform methods for reporting, reviewing, and maintaining records
-identification of training needs
-Control, calibration, and paintenance of necessary equipment
-Standards for shop drawings to ensure accuracy and uniform interpretation of
instructions for manufacturing handling
-Procedures for review and dissemination of project-specific requirements to production
and quality control personell.
Inspection and recordkeeping should cover many areas in production. List four of the
areas mentioned in this chapter. - CORRECT ANSWER: Inspection and record keeping
should cover the following areas:
-identification, examination, acceptance, and plant testing of materials and
subassemblies
-Inspecting and recording of tensioning
-Inspection of beds and forms prior to concreting
-Checking of dimensions of members, numbers, size, and positions of tendons,
reinforcing steel, other incorporated materials, openings, blockouts, and the like
-Regular inspection of batching mixing, conveying, placing, compacting, finishing, and
curing concrete
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of concrete
tests
, -Inspecting operations of detensioning, product removal from beds, handling, and
storing
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of concrete
tests
-Final inspection of finished product prior to shipment. Monitoring dimensions, camber,
blockouts, embedments, and finishes
-General observation of plant equipment, working conditions, weather, and other items
that have the potential for affecting the products
-Products purchased from suppliers shall comply with requirements for in-plant
prodcution as outlined in PCI's quality control manuals MNL-116 & 117
-To establish evidence of proper manufactureing and monitoring as outlined, a system
of records shall be utilized in each plant for the procedures outlined
Post-pour inspection covers many areas that need to be checked. Name three from this
chapter. - CORRECT ANSWER: Post-pour inspections should include
-Product identification
-Visual inspection of product
-Product dimensional verification
-Strand slippage
-Camber
-Product storage
-Product finish
Production personnel may be involved in quality control activities in practices where
they were directly involved - true or false? - CORRECT ANSWER: False
Project samples should be used for what project conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Project samples should be used when required by the project specifications and when
special finishes are involved.
The flag shown on the weld symbol indicates what? - CORRECT ANSWER: Field Weld
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