AIC Exam Flashcards
1.Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor?: Formal Business Letter
2.Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office
and the job site?: Memorandum
3.What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Partici-
pants?: About one day prior to the meeting
4.Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting?: General Requirements
5.What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants?-
: About one day after the meeting
6.Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes?: Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion
7.Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?: Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with para- graph, role
8.What is the name of the approach designed to encourage group members to build on the
contributions of their peers when responding to an idea in a meeting?: Spec- trum Approach
9.What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during
the planning phase of a meeting?: Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving,
Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring
10.What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive
meeting?: - Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting
All Ideas, and Matching Decision Making to the Situation
11.Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another?: -
Words .What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation?: 10
13.What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and do?: 90 .Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has been understood?: You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak
15.Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question?-
: What steps are you going to take to complete the activity?
16.Which source or organization promotes a uniform organization system for organizing construction materials, specifications and documentation into Divisions and Sections for
projects?: Construction Specifications Institute
17.You are interested in finding all of the manufacturers technical lifting data for a permanent overhead crane that the Contractor will install in a manufacturing facility.
What is the name of the Reference source?: Thomas' Register
18.Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical speci- fications and testing methods?: American Society for Testing Materials
19.Which organization investigates and tests materials, products, equip- ment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against hazards to life and property?: Underwriters Laboratories
20.What are large stones that are placed at the end of culverts or along the
edge of a body of water to prevent erosion called?: Riprap
21.What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand called?: Impurities
22.What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an aggregate's voids called?: Permeability
23.What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called?: Soundness
24.What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic?: Asphalt
25.What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean?: There are 40 openings per lineal inch
26.Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis?:
4 inches
27.A gradation chart shows a line with a constant slope which indicates that approximately the same amount of material is retained on each
successive sieve. What is this gradation called?: Well-graded
1.Which of the following documents is utilized for correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor?: Formal Business Letter
2.Which of the following documents is used for correspondence between the home office
and the job site?: Memorandum
3.What is the best time to distribute the Working Agenda to the Partici-
pants?: About one day prior to the meeting
4.Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the Preconstruction Meeting?: General Requirements
5.What is the best time to distribute the Meeting Minutes to the Participants?-
: About one day after the meeting
6.Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes?: Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion
7.Which of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?: Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with para- graph, role
8.What is the name of the approach designed to encourage group members to build on the
contributions of their peers when responding to an idea in a meeting?: Spec- trum Approach
9.What are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during
the planning phase of a meeting?: Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving,
Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring
10.What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive
meeting?: - Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting
All Ideas, and Matching Decision Making to the Situation
11.Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another?: -
Words .What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation?: 10
13.What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say and do?: 90 .Which of the following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has been understood?: You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak
15.Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question?-
: What steps are you going to take to complete the activity?
16.Which source or organization promotes a uniform organization system for organizing construction materials, specifications and documentation into Divisions and Sections for
projects?: Construction Specifications Institute
17.You are interested in finding all of the manufacturers technical lifting data for a permanent overhead crane that the Contractor will install in a manufacturing facility.
What is the name of the Reference source?: Thomas' Register
18.Which organization is engaged in the standardization of technical speci- fications and testing methods?: American Society for Testing Materials
19.Which organization investigates and tests materials, products, equip- ment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against hazards to life and property?: Underwriters Laboratories
20.What are large stones that are placed at the end of culverts or along the
edge of a body of water to prevent erosion called?: Riprap
21.What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand called?: Impurities
22.What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an aggregate's voids called?: Permeability
23.What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called?: Soundness
24.What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic?: Asphalt
25.What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean?: There are 40 openings per lineal inch
26.Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis?:
4 inches
27.A gradation chart shows a line with a constant slope which indicates that approximately the same amount of material is retained on each
successive sieve. What is this gradation called?: Well-graded
