ACI Concrete Strength Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Planeness and Perpendicularity - Answer -These procedures for capping enable
concrete cylinders and cores to meet the standard practice's requirements for ....
plates alignment, melting - Answer -Equipment needed for the capping process
includes capping ..... devices, and ...... pots.
glass, metal, granite, or diabase - Answer -Plates for neat cement and high-strength
gypsum plaster caps should be made of ..........(4 things)
metal or granite - Answer -Sulfur mortar cap plates should be formed against
.......... or .........plates.
True - Answer -The purpose of the guide bar or bull's eye level is to ensure that
caps remain perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder within 0.5 degrees. T/F
peripheral heating - Answer -To avoid accidents during reheating of cooled sulfer,
use melting pots that have..........
Neat, cement paste, high strength gypsum, mortar sulfur - Answer -Hardened
concrete cylinders should be capped with ......... (4 answers)
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, False - Answer -Plaster of paris and mixtures of plaster of paris and portland
cement are examples of suitable high-strength plasters. T/F
5,000 , the cylinder strength - Answer -Sulfur mortars and high-strength gypsum
cement cubes must demonstrate a minimum compressive strength of ...... or .......,
which is greater.
2-4 , settling - Answer -The cement paste should be applied to the freshly molded
cylinder from .......... hours after molding. This is to allow for .......... of the concrete
specimen.
Water-cement ratio, Curing time/age of cap, type of cement - Answer -The strength
of the nest cement paste depends on: (3 answers)
excess paste , voids - Answer -A slight twisting action will help eliminate ...........
and air ............ when the capping plate is placed onto the mound of neat cement
paste.
shrink , crack - Answer -Neat cement paste caps should not be used on dry
specimens because the caps may ........ and .......... when dry.
oily , waxy - Answer -The technician should remove all ......... or ......... materials
from the ends of hardened concrete cylinders before caping.
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Questions and Answers
Planeness and Perpendicularity - Answer -These procedures for capping enable
concrete cylinders and cores to meet the standard practice's requirements for ....
plates alignment, melting - Answer -Equipment needed for the capping process
includes capping ..... devices, and ...... pots.
glass, metal, granite, or diabase - Answer -Plates for neat cement and high-strength
gypsum plaster caps should be made of ..........(4 things)
metal or granite - Answer -Sulfur mortar cap plates should be formed against
.......... or .........plates.
True - Answer -The purpose of the guide bar or bull's eye level is to ensure that
caps remain perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder within 0.5 degrees. T/F
peripheral heating - Answer -To avoid accidents during reheating of cooled sulfer,
use melting pots that have..........
Neat, cement paste, high strength gypsum, mortar sulfur - Answer -Hardened
concrete cylinders should be capped with ......... (4 answers)
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, False - Answer -Plaster of paris and mixtures of plaster of paris and portland
cement are examples of suitable high-strength plasters. T/F
5,000 , the cylinder strength - Answer -Sulfur mortars and high-strength gypsum
cement cubes must demonstrate a minimum compressive strength of ...... or .......,
which is greater.
2-4 , settling - Answer -The cement paste should be applied to the freshly molded
cylinder from .......... hours after molding. This is to allow for .......... of the concrete
specimen.
Water-cement ratio, Curing time/age of cap, type of cement - Answer -The strength
of the nest cement paste depends on: (3 answers)
excess paste , voids - Answer -A slight twisting action will help eliminate ...........
and air ............ when the capping plate is placed onto the mound of neat cement
paste.
shrink , crack - Answer -Neat cement paste caps should not be used on dry
specimens because the caps may ........ and .......... when dry.
oily , waxy - Answer -The technician should remove all ......... or ......... materials
from the ends of hardened concrete cylinders before caping.
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