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FDOT Earthwork Questions and Answers 100%Correct | 2024-2025
AASHO - ANSWER American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
Aggregate - ANSWER Stone or gravel that was crushed and screened to various
sizes for use in concrete, asphalt or road surfaces.
Adhesion - ANSWER A property of soil which causes the particles to stick
together.
ASTM - ANSWER American Society for Testing Materials.
Backfill - ANSWER Materials used in refilling a cut or other excavation, or the
act of such refilling.
Ballast - ANSWER Heavy material, such as water, sand or metal which has no
function in a machine except to increase its weight.
Bank - ANSWER A mass of soil rising above an average level. Generally, any soil
which is to be dug from its natural position.
Bank Gravel - ANSWER A natural mixture of cobbles, gravel, sand and fines.
Bank Yards - ANSWER Soil or rock measured in its original position before
digging.
, Base - ANSWER The course or layer of materials in a roadway section on which
the actual pavement is placed. It may be of different types of materials ranging
from selected soils to crushed stone or gravel.
Berm - ANSWER An artificial ridge of earth, generally side- slopes of a roadbed.
Binder - ANSWER Fines which fill voids or hold gravel together when dry.
Borrow pit - ANSWER An excavation from which fill material is taken.
Capillary - ANSWER A phenomenon of soil which allows water to be absorbed
either upward or laterally.
Clearing - ANSWER The removal and disposal of all unwanted natural material
from the ground surface such as trees, brush, and downed timber by manual,
mechanical, or chemical methods.
Clay - ANSWER A fine-grained, firm earthy material typically yellow, red, or
bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It is plastic
when wet and hardens when heated.
Cohesion - ANSWER A property of soil which holds the particles together by
sticking. Also, the soil's ability to resist shear is determined by its degree of
cohesiveness.
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