PCI Level 1 & 2 with correct answers
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(Ch. 1) A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter. Name four
- Correct Answers 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
Answers 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 Answers 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
Answers 1. Cracked welds
2. Abutment movement/damage
3. Bent plates
4. Loose clamps
5. Offset form joints.
, Minimum concrete temp during initial curing? - Correct Answers 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 Answers Gradation
Check visually and with monthly gradation tests from supplier
Particle size distribution and FM
(3) Applicable ASTM for headed steel stud material? - Correct Answers 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
Answers Gradation, SG, absorption, abrasion, reactivity, soundness, organics, and deleterious.
(3) Name the types of admixtures identified as HRWA, what is the general spec? - Correct
Answers Type F and G superplasticizers
ASTM C-494
(3) Name five advantages of pozzolans - Correct Answers 1. Reduce cement content
2. Lowers heat of hydration
3. Permeability
4. Reactivity
5. Plasticity
(4) Name five procedures to prevent plastic shrinkage - Correct Answers 1. Cover/shade
aggregates
2. Replace mix water with ice
100% 2026
(Ch. 1) A number of principal factors in quality control are mentioned in this chapter. Name four
- Correct Answers 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
Answers 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 Answers 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
Answers 1. Cracked welds
2. Abutment movement/damage
3. Bent plates
4. Loose clamps
5. Offset form joints.
, Minimum concrete temp during initial curing? - Correct Answers 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 Answers Gradation
Check visually and with monthly gradation tests from supplier
Particle size distribution and FM
(3) Applicable ASTM for headed steel stud material? - Correct Answers 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
Answers Gradation, SG, absorption, abrasion, reactivity, soundness, organics, and deleterious.
(3) Name the types of admixtures identified as HRWA, what is the general spec? - Correct
Answers Type F and G superplasticizers
ASTM C-494
(3) Name five advantages of pozzolans - Correct Answers 1. Reduce cement content
2. Lowers heat of hydration
3. Permeability
4. Reactivity
5. Plasticity
(4) Name five procedures to prevent plastic shrinkage - Correct Answers 1. Cover/shade
aggregates
2. Replace mix water with ice
