PCI Level 1 & 2 Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(Ch. 1) A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter. Name four -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Commitment of management to quality
2. Qualified personnel for design, production, and inspection
3. Testing and Inspection of all materials
4. Accurate, clear, and complete shop DWGs.
(Ch. 1) Inspection and recordkeeping cover many areas in production. Name four - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Tensioning
2. ID, Examine, Accept, and plant testing of materials and sub assemblies.
3. Beds and forms prior to concreting
4. Member dimensions and strand/rebar position and type.
(Ch. 2) Embedments made with headed studs should be reviewed and checked when placed for four
different items or conditions: - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Stud diameter/size
2. Ceramic ferrules removed to inspect weld
3. Plate orientation
4. Security to form
5. Coating
(Ch. 2) Quality control should routinely inspect beds for several things. Name four: - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Cracked welds
2. Abutment movement/damage
3. Bent plates
4. Loose clamps
5. Offset form joints.
Minimum concrete temp during initial curing? - CORRECT ANSWER 50 deg. F
, (Ch. 3) How are fine and coarse aggregates defined by the standard (ASTM C33) and how does a
plant check these criteria - CORRECT ANSWER Gradation
Check visually and with monthly gradation tests from supplier
Particle size distribution and FM
(3) Applicable ASTM for headed steel stud material? - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM A-108
(3) When evaluating a new source for coarse aggregate or if your supplier is changing his particular
source, what testing should be performed, if any, on the aggregate material? - CORRECT ANSWER
Gradation, SG, absorption, abrasion, reactivity, soundness, organics, and deleterious.
(3) Name the types of admixtures identified as HRWA, what is the general spec? - CORRECT
ANSWER Type F and G superplasticizers
ASTM C-494
(3) Name five advantages of pozzolans - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reduce cement content
2. Lowers heat of hydration
3. Permeability
4. Reactivity
5. Plasticity
(4) Name five procedures to prevent plastic shrinkage - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Cover/shade
aggregates
2. Replace mix water with ice
3. Moist/cool burlap
4. Set-retarding admixtures
5. Shade product surfaces
(4) The maximum concrete temperature at placement should be - CORRECT ANSWER 95
deg. F
(4) ASTM C-403 is what - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM C-403:
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(Ch. 1) A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter. Name four -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Commitment of management to quality
2. Qualified personnel for design, production, and inspection
3. Testing and Inspection of all materials
4. Accurate, clear, and complete shop DWGs.
(Ch. 1) Inspection and recordkeeping cover many areas in production. Name four - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Tensioning
2. ID, Examine, Accept, and plant testing of materials and sub assemblies.
3. Beds and forms prior to concreting
4. Member dimensions and strand/rebar position and type.
(Ch. 2) Embedments made with headed studs should be reviewed and checked when placed for four
different items or conditions: - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Stud diameter/size
2. Ceramic ferrules removed to inspect weld
3. Plate orientation
4. Security to form
5. Coating
(Ch. 2) Quality control should routinely inspect beds for several things. Name four: - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Cracked welds
2. Abutment movement/damage
3. Bent plates
4. Loose clamps
5. Offset form joints.
Minimum concrete temp during initial curing? - CORRECT ANSWER 50 deg. F
, (Ch. 3) How are fine and coarse aggregates defined by the standard (ASTM C33) and how does a
plant check these criteria - CORRECT ANSWER Gradation
Check visually and with monthly gradation tests from supplier
Particle size distribution and FM
(3) Applicable ASTM for headed steel stud material? - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM A-108
(3) When evaluating a new source for coarse aggregate or if your supplier is changing his particular
source, what testing should be performed, if any, on the aggregate material? - CORRECT ANSWER
Gradation, SG, absorption, abrasion, reactivity, soundness, organics, and deleterious.
(3) Name the types of admixtures identified as HRWA, what is the general spec? - CORRECT
ANSWER Type F and G superplasticizers
ASTM C-494
(3) Name five advantages of pozzolans - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reduce cement content
2. Lowers heat of hydration
3. Permeability
4. Reactivity
5. Plasticity
(4) Name five procedures to prevent plastic shrinkage - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Cover/shade
aggregates
2. Replace mix water with ice
3. Moist/cool burlap
4. Set-retarding admixtures
5. Shade product surfaces
(4) The maximum concrete temperature at placement should be - CORRECT ANSWER 95
deg. F
(4) ASTM C-403 is what - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM C-403:
