TESTING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
-Clay/Earth/Soil -Wood/Timber -Sand/Fine Aggregate -Rock - ANSWERS--
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Naturally available materials 8l 8l
-Cement -Bricks -Steel -Tiles -Ceramic -Paints and Varnishes -Glass -Plastic -Stone -
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Lime - ANSWERS--Artificial or industrial materials
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks -Stratified, unstratified, foliated -
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Siliceous, Argillaceous, Calcareous - ANSWERS--Types of stone
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Siliceous rocks - ANSWERS-- 8l 8l 8l
Hard and durable; not easily affected by weathering actions
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Argillaceous rocks - ANSWERS--Dense and compact; soft
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Calcareous rocks - ANSWERS--Its durability depends upon the atmosphere
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Conventional/Traditional -Standard/Modular - ANSWERS--Types of bricks 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Fat lime -Hydraulic lime -Poor lime - ANSWERS--Types of lime
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Ordinary Portland Cement -Rapid hardening cement -Quick Setting cement -
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Pozzuolana portland cement -Low heat cement -Blast furnace cement -
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
White cement -Sulphate resisting cement -Colored cement - ANSWERS--
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Types of cement8l 8l
-Ferrous metal -Nonferrous metal - ANSWERS--Types of metal
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Crystalline -Noncrystalline -Glass bonded - ANSWERS--Types of ceramic
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-Natural timber -Industrial timber - ANSWERS--Types of timber
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-natural -artificial - ANSWERS--Types of sand
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-fine aggregates -coarse aggregates - ANSWERS--Types of aggregates
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Fine aggregates - ANSWERS--The size is 4.75mm or less
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Coarse aggregates - ANSWERS--The size is 4.75mm to 80mm
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
-binding material -nature of application -density -special mortar - ANSWERS--
8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l 8l
Types of mortar8l 8l