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PCI QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN LEVEL 1
EXAM, CHAPTER 1- 4 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2024-2025 WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ASSURED PASS!!!
CHAPTER 1
A commitment to quality starts where in the organization? - ANSWER: The
commitment to quality begins with a company's top management.
Each plant should have a written QA program. What is this program called and
what are the minimum items to be addressed by it. - ANSWER: Minimum items to
be addressed by the QSM are:
-Management commitment
-Definition of organization structure
-Management review of the QA program
-Plant facilities layout and definition
-Purchasing procedures for QC compliance
-Uniform methods for reporting, reviewing, and maintaining records
-identification of training needs
-Control, calibration, and paintenance of necessary equipment
-Standards for shop drawings to ensure accuracy and uniform interpretation of
instructions for manufacturing handling
-Procedures for review and dissemination of project-specific requirements to
production and quality control personell.
There are several categories of shop drawings. Definte at least two types. -
ANSWER: Categories of shop drawings:
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-ERECTION DRAWINGS: Show an overall layout of products for a particular
area. May be a wall layout (elevation) for architerctural concrete cladding panels or
a plan layout for double-tee floor members in a garage
-INDIVIDUAL PIECE DRAWINGS (Shop Ticket): Piece drawings are prepared
to detail the internal reinforcement to be cast in a particular unit. Also shown are
embedded items and connection assemblies.
-ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS: These drawings show special embedments that are
manufactured by the plant or a supplier for use within a product.
Project samples should be used for what project conditions? - ANSWER: Project
samples should be used when required by the project specifications and when
special finishes are involved.
A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter.
Name four of these. - ANSWER: Principal factors in quality control include:
-Management commitment to quality
-Qualified personnel for all stages of design and production
-Testing and inspection of the various materials selected for use as well as product
storage and handling
-Clear and complete shop drawings
-Accurate testing procedures
-Control of dimensions and tolerances
-Proper position of all embedded items
-Correct size and positioning of reinforcing steel
Proper handling, placing, and consolidation of concrete
Proper proportioning and adequate mixing of concrete
-Appropriate and controlled curing
-Proper procedure for de-tensioning and striping
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-Proper handling, storing, ransporting, and erecting of members
-Complete and accurate production documentation
Inspection and recordkeeping should cover many areas in production. List four of
the areas mentioned in this chapter. - ANSWER: Inspection and record keeping
should cover the following areas:
-identification, examination, acceptance, and plant testing of materials and
subassemblies
-Inspecting and recording of tensioning
-Inspection of beds and forms prior to concreting
-Checking of dimensions of members, numbers, size, and positions of tendons,
reinforcing steel, other incorporated materials, openings, blockouts, and the like
-Regular inspection of batching mixing, conveying, placing, compacting, finishing,
and curing concrete
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of
concrete tests
-Inspecting operations of detensioning, product removal from beds, handling, and
storing
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of
concrete tests
-Final inspection of finished product prior to shipment. Monitoring dimensions,
camber, blockouts, embedments, and finishes
-General observation of plant equipment, working conditions, weather, and other
items that have the potential for affecting the products
-Products purchased from suppliers shall comply with requirements for in-plant
prodcution as outlined in PCI's quality control manuals MNL-116 & 117
-To establish evidence of proper manufactureing and monitoring as outlined, a
system of records shall be utilized in each plant for the procedures outlined
PCI QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN LEVEL 1
EXAM, CHAPTER 1- 4 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2024-2025 WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ASSURED PASS!!!
CHAPTER 1
A commitment to quality starts where in the organization? - ANSWER: The
commitment to quality begins with a company's top management.
Each plant should have a written QA program. What is this program called and
what are the minimum items to be addressed by it. - ANSWER: Minimum items to
be addressed by the QSM are:
-Management commitment
-Definition of organization structure
-Management review of the QA program
-Plant facilities layout and definition
-Purchasing procedures for QC compliance
-Uniform methods for reporting, reviewing, and maintaining records
-identification of training needs
-Control, calibration, and paintenance of necessary equipment
-Standards for shop drawings to ensure accuracy and uniform interpretation of
instructions for manufacturing handling
-Procedures for review and dissemination of project-specific requirements to
production and quality control personell.
There are several categories of shop drawings. Definte at least two types. -
ANSWER: Categories of shop drawings:
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-ERECTION DRAWINGS: Show an overall layout of products for a particular
area. May be a wall layout (elevation) for architerctural concrete cladding panels or
a plan layout for double-tee floor members in a garage
-INDIVIDUAL PIECE DRAWINGS (Shop Ticket): Piece drawings are prepared
to detail the internal reinforcement to be cast in a particular unit. Also shown are
embedded items and connection assemblies.
-ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS: These drawings show special embedments that are
manufactured by the plant or a supplier for use within a product.
Project samples should be used for what project conditions? - ANSWER: Project
samples should be used when required by the project specifications and when
special finishes are involved.
A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter.
Name four of these. - ANSWER: Principal factors in quality control include:
-Management commitment to quality
-Qualified personnel for all stages of design and production
-Testing and inspection of the various materials selected for use as well as product
storage and handling
-Clear and complete shop drawings
-Accurate testing procedures
-Control of dimensions and tolerances
-Proper position of all embedded items
-Correct size and positioning of reinforcing steel
Proper handling, placing, and consolidation of concrete
Proper proportioning and adequate mixing of concrete
-Appropriate and controlled curing
-Proper procedure for de-tensioning and striping
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-Proper handling, storing, ransporting, and erecting of members
-Complete and accurate production documentation
Inspection and recordkeeping should cover many areas in production. List four of
the areas mentioned in this chapter. - ANSWER: Inspection and record keeping
should cover the following areas:
-identification, examination, acceptance, and plant testing of materials and
subassemblies
-Inspecting and recording of tensioning
-Inspection of beds and forms prior to concreting
-Checking of dimensions of members, numbers, size, and positions of tendons,
reinforcing steel, other incorporated materials, openings, blockouts, and the like
-Regular inspection of batching mixing, conveying, placing, compacting, finishing,
and curing concrete
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of
concrete tests
-Inspecting operations of detensioning, product removal from beds, handling, and
storing
-Preparation of concrete specimens for strength testing and performance of
concrete tests
-Final inspection of finished product prior to shipment. Monitoring dimensions,
camber, blockouts, embedments, and finishes
-General observation of plant equipment, working conditions, weather, and other
items that have the potential for affecting the products
-Products purchased from suppliers shall comply with requirements for in-plant
prodcution as outlined in PCI's quality control manuals MNL-116 & 117
-To establish evidence of proper manufactureing and monitoring as outlined, a
system of records shall be utilized in each plant for the procedures outlined
