EARTHWORK PRACTICE EXAM 2024-2025
LATEST 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) |
EARTHWORK PRACTICE EXAM 2025(NEW)
Earthwork practice exam
Constructed layer of select material installed to furnish strength to the base
under a road or airfield pavement. Often necessary in marshy, swampy, or
unstable land.
Select one:
a. Stripping
b. Subgrade
c. Subbase
d. Pavement - ANSWER-subbase
In contract documents, excavation is typically categorized as common, rock,
muck, or unclassified.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
The instrument required for the nuclear compaction test is hard to transport to
the fill.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-false.
The instrument required for the nuclear compaction test is EASY to transport to
the fill
Weather conditions substantially affect soil moisture content.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
There is a limit to the weight that can be added to the wheel-type dozer and still
have a machine with a speed and mobility advantage over track dozers.
,Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
The larger the difference between the line-of-force transmission from the
machine and the line-of-resisting force, the more effective the use of developed
power.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-false
The larger the difference between the line-of-force transmission from the
machine and the line-of-resisting force, the LESS effective the use of developed
power.
What type of compactor is used for compacting granular soils, crushed
aggregate, and asphalt concrete in locations where large compactors could not
operate?
Select one:
a. Compaction wheels
b. Manually operated rammer compactors
c. Manually operated vibratory-plate compactors - ANSWER-manually
operated vibratory-plate compactors
What compacting equipment produces a kneading action and pressure to mix
and compact soil from the bottom to top layer?
Select one:
a. Vibrating compactors
b. Pneumatic-tired rollers
c. Smooth-drum vibratory soil compactors
d. Tamping rollers
e. Pad-drum vibratory soil compactors - ANSWER-tamping rollers
Soil whose particle sizes and shaped are such that they do not stick together.
Select one:
a. Aggregate, course
b. Aggregate, fine
c. Granular Materials
d. Cohesive materials - ANSWER-granular materials
Loose surface material on earth's crust, created naturally from the disintegration
of rocks or decay of vegetation.
Select one:
, a. Cohesive materials
b. Base
c. Aggregate, course
d. Soil - ANSWER-soil
The volume of material that a truck will haul when it is filled to the top of the
body sides.
Select one:
a. Struck Capacity
b. Load Ratio
c. Blade-to-Blade Dozing
d. Slot Dozing - ANSWER-struck capacity
The ratio of the loose dry weight per unit volume to the bank dry weight per
unit volume.
Select one:
a. Optimum moisture content
b. Swell Factor
c. Scarifying
d. Average End Area - ANSWER-swell factor
Plastic materials, such as clay-gravels that contain at least 50% coarse material
retained on a No. 40 mesh screen.
Select one:
a. Muck
b. Backfill
c. Binder
d. Base Stabilization - ANSWER-base stabilization
What compacting equipment applies kneading action to affect compaction
below the surface?
Select one:
a. Pad-drum vibratory soil compactors
b. Smooth-drum vibratory soil compactors
c. Vibrating compactors
d. Pneumatic-tired rollers
e. Tamping rollers - ANSWER-pneumatic tired rollers
What compacting equipment generates compactive forces such as pressure,
impact, and vibration and are most effective on granular materials?
Select one:
a. Tamping rollers
LATEST 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) |
EARTHWORK PRACTICE EXAM 2025(NEW)
Earthwork practice exam
Constructed layer of select material installed to furnish strength to the base
under a road or airfield pavement. Often necessary in marshy, swampy, or
unstable land.
Select one:
a. Stripping
b. Subgrade
c. Subbase
d. Pavement - ANSWER-subbase
In contract documents, excavation is typically categorized as common, rock,
muck, or unclassified.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
The instrument required for the nuclear compaction test is hard to transport to
the fill.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-false.
The instrument required for the nuclear compaction test is EASY to transport to
the fill
Weather conditions substantially affect soil moisture content.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
There is a limit to the weight that can be added to the wheel-type dozer and still
have a machine with a speed and mobility advantage over track dozers.
,Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-true
The larger the difference between the line-of-force transmission from the
machine and the line-of-resisting force, the more effective the use of developed
power.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER-false
The larger the difference between the line-of-force transmission from the
machine and the line-of-resisting force, the LESS effective the use of developed
power.
What type of compactor is used for compacting granular soils, crushed
aggregate, and asphalt concrete in locations where large compactors could not
operate?
Select one:
a. Compaction wheels
b. Manually operated rammer compactors
c. Manually operated vibratory-plate compactors - ANSWER-manually
operated vibratory-plate compactors
What compacting equipment produces a kneading action and pressure to mix
and compact soil from the bottom to top layer?
Select one:
a. Vibrating compactors
b. Pneumatic-tired rollers
c. Smooth-drum vibratory soil compactors
d. Tamping rollers
e. Pad-drum vibratory soil compactors - ANSWER-tamping rollers
Soil whose particle sizes and shaped are such that they do not stick together.
Select one:
a. Aggregate, course
b. Aggregate, fine
c. Granular Materials
d. Cohesive materials - ANSWER-granular materials
Loose surface material on earth's crust, created naturally from the disintegration
of rocks or decay of vegetation.
Select one:
, a. Cohesive materials
b. Base
c. Aggregate, course
d. Soil - ANSWER-soil
The volume of material that a truck will haul when it is filled to the top of the
body sides.
Select one:
a. Struck Capacity
b. Load Ratio
c. Blade-to-Blade Dozing
d. Slot Dozing - ANSWER-struck capacity
The ratio of the loose dry weight per unit volume to the bank dry weight per
unit volume.
Select one:
a. Optimum moisture content
b. Swell Factor
c. Scarifying
d. Average End Area - ANSWER-swell factor
Plastic materials, such as clay-gravels that contain at least 50% coarse material
retained on a No. 40 mesh screen.
Select one:
a. Muck
b. Backfill
c. Binder
d. Base Stabilization - ANSWER-base stabilization
What compacting equipment applies kneading action to affect compaction
below the surface?
Select one:
a. Pad-drum vibratory soil compactors
b. Smooth-drum vibratory soil compactors
c. Vibrating compactors
d. Pneumatic-tired rollers
e. Tamping rollers - ANSWER-pneumatic tired rollers
What compacting equipment generates compactive forces such as pressure,
impact, and vibration and are most effective on granular materials?
Select one:
a. Tamping rollers
