LADOTD Structural Concrete Inspection
Test 1 Practice Guide 2026
1. What is the portion of a bridge substructure
formed below ground to the caps?
2. What is the portion of a bridge superstructure
formed above the caps?
3. What term best describes the ba- bents
sic support structures of a bridge?
4. A bent that consists of a piling & a pile bent
cap is called what?
5. What term describes piles that are battered
driven at an angle?
6. What is the portion of the bent that footing
transmits the load to surrounding
soils?
7. What do girders rest on? risers
8. What term describes a bent con- drilled shaft
structed by boring a hole, then fill-
ing it with a cage of reinforcing
steel and cast-in-place concrete?
9. What is a solid, vertical support pier
member of a bridge that forms a
bent?
10. Sash and sway bracing is used with timber
what type of piles?
11. deck
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, LADOTD Structural Concrete Inspection
Test 1 Practice Guide 2026
What is the roadway over a bridge
known as?
12. What is the distance between 2 span
support points of a deck?
13. What is the part of the pavement approach slab
that provides a transition from
roadway grade to deck grade?
14. What are the 3 types of movable bascule, swing span, & vertical lift
bridges?
15. What type of bridge does not have slab span
girders?
16. What parts of a bridge would the falsework, electrical bridge parts, steel erection, & me-
PE receive shop drawings for? chanical bridge parts
17. What book will generally not be re- shot record book
quired for a bridge project?
18. What is the elevation of the top of pile cut ott
a pile called?
19. What is the elevation of the bot- pile tip elevation
tom of a pile below ground called?
20. Subtracting the thickness of the top of riser
deck slab, girder & haunch, and
bearing pad from finish grade ele-
vation would provide the elevation
at what point?
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Test 1 Practice Guide 2026
1. What is the portion of a bridge substructure
formed below ground to the caps?
2. What is the portion of a bridge superstructure
formed above the caps?
3. What term best describes the ba- bents
sic support structures of a bridge?
4. A bent that consists of a piling & a pile bent
cap is called what?
5. What term describes piles that are battered
driven at an angle?
6. What is the portion of the bent that footing
transmits the load to surrounding
soils?
7. What do girders rest on? risers
8. What term describes a bent con- drilled shaft
structed by boring a hole, then fill-
ing it with a cage of reinforcing
steel and cast-in-place concrete?
9. What is a solid, vertical support pier
member of a bridge that forms a
bent?
10. Sash and sway bracing is used with timber
what type of piles?
11. deck
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, LADOTD Structural Concrete Inspection
Test 1 Practice Guide 2026
What is the roadway over a bridge
known as?
12. What is the distance between 2 span
support points of a deck?
13. What is the part of the pavement approach slab
that provides a transition from
roadway grade to deck grade?
14. What are the 3 types of movable bascule, swing span, & vertical lift
bridges?
15. What type of bridge does not have slab span
girders?
16. What parts of a bridge would the falsework, electrical bridge parts, steel erection, & me-
PE receive shop drawings for? chanical bridge parts
17. What book will generally not be re- shot record book
quired for a bridge project?
18. What is the elevation of the top of pile cut ott
a pile called?
19. What is the elevation of the bot- pile tip elevation
tom of a pile below ground called?
20. Subtracting the thickness of the top of riser
deck slab, girder & haunch, and
bearing pad from finish grade ele-
vation would provide the elevation
at what point?
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