CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND
TESTING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
-Clay/Earth/Soil -Wood/Timber -Sand/Fine Aggregate -Rock - ANSWERS--
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Naturally available materials
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-Cement -Bricks -Steel -Tiles -Ceramic -Paints and Varnishes -Glass -Plastic -
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Stone -Lime - ANSWERS--Artificial or industrial materials
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-Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks -Stratified, unstratified, foliated -
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Siliceous, Argillaceous, Calcareous - ANSWERS--Types of stone
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Siliceous rocks - ANSWERS--
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Hard and durable; not easily affected by weathering actions
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Argillaceous rocks - ANSWERS--Dense and compact; soft
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Calcareous rocks - ANSWERS--Its durability depends upon the atmosphere
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-Conventional/Traditional -Standard/Modular - ANSWERS--Types of bricks 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




-Fat lime -Hydraulic lime -Poor lime - ANSWERS--Types of lime
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-Ordinary Portland Cement -Rapid hardening cement -Quick Setting cement -
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Pozzuolana portland cement -Low heat cement -Blast furnace cement -
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White cement -Sulphate resisting cement -Colored cement - ANSWERS--
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Types of cement
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-Ferrous metal -Nonferrous metal - ANSWERS--Types of metal
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-Crystalline -Noncrystalline -Glass bonded - ANSWERS--Types of ceramic
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-Natural timber -Industrial timber - ANSWERS--Types of timber
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-natural -artificial - ANSWERS--Types of sand
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-fine aggregates -coarse aggregates - ANSWERS--Types of aggregates
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Fine aggregates - ANSWERS--The size is 4.75mm or less
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Coarse aggregates - ANSWERS--The size is 4.75mm to 80mm
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-binding material -nature of application -density -special mortar - ANSWERS--
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Types of mortar
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