AIC REVIEW PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor? - CORRECT ANSWER Formal Business Letter
Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office
and the j...
AIC REVIEW PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor? - CORRECT ANSWER Formal Business Letter
Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office
and the job site? - CORRECT ANSWER Memorandum
What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Participants? - CORRECT ANSWER About
one day prior to the meeting
Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting? - CORRECT ANSWER
General Requirements
What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants? - CORRECT ANSWER About
one day after the meeting
Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes? - CORRECT ANSWER Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned,
completion
Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda? - CORRECT ANSWER
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? - CORRECT ANSWER Spectrum
Approach
What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during
,the planning phase of a meeting? - CORRECT ANSWER Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision
Making, Action Plan & Monitoring
What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive meeting? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER Words
What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation? - CORRECT ANSWER 10
What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and do? - CORRECT
ANSWER 90
Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the
communication has been understood? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas' Register
Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical specifications and testing methods? -
CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER
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? - CORRECT ANSWER Riprap
What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand called? - CORRECT ANSWER
Impurities
What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an aggregate's voids called? -
CORRECT ANSWER Permeability
What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called? - CORRECT ANSWER Soundness
What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the pavement continuously
flexes under the weight of traffic? - CORRECT ANSWER Asphalt
What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER There are 40 openings per lineal inch
Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER Well-graded
What is the weight of a Cubic Yard of concrete? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER Creep
, What is the chemical reaction called when Portland cement is mixed with the water? - CORRECT
ANSWER Hydration
Which of the following types of soil has high permeability? - CORRECT ANSWER Gravel
Which type of Portland cement is used where an early strength gain is important? - CORRECT ANSWER
Type III
Which concrete characteristic is improved by air-entraining the concrete? - CORRECT ANSWER Freeze-
thaw resistance
What is the most important parameter used to control the strength of concrete? - CORRECT ANSWER
Water/Cement Ratio
What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in? - CORRECT ANSWER Tension
Which technical resource must be consulted to determine the bar support spacing for a Concrete Bridge
deck? - CORRECT ANSWER Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
What is the diameter in inches of a #8 bar? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.0
What is the weight of a bag of Portland Cement in pounds? - CORRECT ANSWER 90
What is the weight of a #5 deformed bar in pounds? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.043
Which materials are incorporated by reference and not normally shown on the plans or in the Technical
Specifications? - CORRECT ANSWER Bar Supports
Which type of masonry cement is used where bond and lateral strength are important? - CORRECT
ANSWER Type S
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