PCI LEVEL I & II EXAM QUESTIONS
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
ASTM - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ American Society for Testing and
Materials
ASTM C31/C31M - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Making and Curing
Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
Granular materials used with cementing medium to form hydraulic-
cement, concrete, or mortar are called? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Aggregates
ASTM C138 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This test method covers
determination of the density of freshly mixed concrete and gives
formulas for calculating the unit weight, yield or relative yield, cement
content, and air content of the concrete.
Water that rises to the surface of a freshly placed concrete is called? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bleed Water
A condition where two parallel edges of the panel are in the same plane
and the portions of the panel between the edges is out of plane is called?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bowing
,The finish of concrete cast without forms that usually requires manual or
machine finish is called - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Unformed
Surface Finish
The finish of concrete cast directly against a form is called -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ As-Cast Formed Finish
ASTM C143 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
A substance placed on a material to prevent it from bonding to the
concrete or between a face material and the concrete backup is called? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bond Breaker
ASTM C172 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Practice for
Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
Material other than water, aggregates, cement, or fiber used in concrete,
mortar, or grout added to batch immediately before or during mixing to
modify concrete properties is called _______________ - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Admixture
ASTM C173 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
, ASTM C231 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C1064 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
PCI MNL-130 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ GFRC
QSM - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Quality System Manual
AWS D1.1 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Structural Welding Code
Steel
ASTM A706 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Reinforcing Steel does
include weldability as a required property
For aggregates predominantly retained on the #4 sieve, the portion
retained are called? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Coarse Aggregates
Cements must conform to - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ ASTM C150
Lightweight Concrete must conform to - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
ASTM C330
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
ASTM - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ American Society for Testing and
Materials
ASTM C31/C31M - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Making and Curing
Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
Granular materials used with cementing medium to form hydraulic-
cement, concrete, or mortar are called? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Aggregates
ASTM C138 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ This test method covers
determination of the density of freshly mixed concrete and gives
formulas for calculating the unit weight, yield or relative yield, cement
content, and air content of the concrete.
Water that rises to the surface of a freshly placed concrete is called? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bleed Water
A condition where two parallel edges of the panel are in the same plane
and the portions of the panel between the edges is out of plane is called?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bowing
,The finish of concrete cast without forms that usually requires manual or
machine finish is called - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Unformed
Surface Finish
The finish of concrete cast directly against a form is called -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ As-Cast Formed Finish
ASTM C143 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
A substance placed on a material to prevent it from bonding to the
concrete or between a face material and the concrete backup is called? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bond Breaker
ASTM C172 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Practice for
Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
Material other than water, aggregates, cement, or fiber used in concrete,
mortar, or grout added to batch immediately before or during mixing to
modify concrete properties is called _______________ - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Admixture
ASTM C173 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
, ASTM C231 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C1064 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Standard Test Method for
Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
PCI MNL-130 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ GFRC
QSM - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Quality System Manual
AWS D1.1 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Structural Welding Code
Steel
ASTM A706 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Reinforcing Steel does
include weldability as a required property
For aggregates predominantly retained on the #4 sieve, the portion
retained are called? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Coarse Aggregates
Cements must conform to - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ ASTM C150
Lightweight Concrete must conform to - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
ASTM C330
