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Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor? ANS✔✔ Formal Business Letter
Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home
office
and the job site? ANS✔✔ Memorandum
What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Participants? ANS✔✔
About one day prior to the meeting
Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting?
ANS✔✔ General Requirements
What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants? ANS✔✔
About one day after the meeting
Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes? ANS✔✔ Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person
assigned, completion
Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?
ANS✔✔ Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph,
role
,What is the name of the approach designed to encourage group members to build
on the
contributions of their peers when responding to an idea in a meeting? ANS✔✔
Spectrum Approach
What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic
during
the planning phase of a meeting? ANS✔✔ Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving,
Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring
What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive meeting? ANS✔✔
Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching
Decision Making to the Situation
Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another? ANS✔✔ Words
What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation? ANS✔✔ 10
What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and
do? ANS✔✔ 90
Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing
that the communication has been understood? ANS✔✔ You the sender should ask
open-ended questions and make them speak
Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question? ANS✔✔
What steps are you going to take to complete the activity?
Which source or organization promotes a uniform organization system for
organizing construction materials, specifications and documentation into Divisions
and Sections for
,projects? ANS✔✔ Construction Specifications Institute
You are interested in finding all of the manufacturers technical lifting data for a
permanent overhead crane that the Contractor will install in a manufacturing
facility.
What is the name of the Reference source? ANS✔✔ Thomas' Register
Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical specifications and
testing methods? ANS✔✔ American Society for Testing Materials
Which organization investigates and tests materials, products, equipment,
construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against hazards to life
and property? ANS✔✔ Underwriters Laboratories
What are large stones that are placed at the end of culverts or along the edge of a
body of water to prevent erosion called? ANS✔✔ Riprap
What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand called? ANS✔✔
Impurities
What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an aggregate's
voids called? ANS✔✔ Permeability
What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called? ANS✔✔ Soundness
What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the
pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic? ANS✔✔ Asphalt
What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean? ANS✔✔ There are 40 openings per lineal
inch
, Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis? ANS✔✔ 4
inches
A gradation chart shows a line with a constant slope which indicates that
approximately the same amount of material is retained on each successive sieve.
What is this gradation called? ANS✔✔ Well-graded
What is the weight of a Cubic Yard of concrete? ANS✔✔ 4050 pounds
What is the term for a material that strains slowly when a force is applied to it for an
extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a
short
period of time? ANS✔✔ Creep
What is the chemical reaction called when Portland cement is mixed with the water?
ANS✔✔ Hydration
Which of the following types of soil has high permeability? ANS✔✔ Gravel
Which type of Portland cement is used where an early strength gain is important?
ANS✔✔ Type III
Which concrete characteristic is improved by air-entraining the concrete? ANS✔✔
Freeze-thaw resistance
What is the most important parameter used to control the strength of concrete?
ANS✔✔ Water/Cement Ratio
What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in? ANS✔✔ Tension
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