AIC Exam Flashcards QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Formal Business Letter - ANS ✔✔Which of the following documents is utilized for
correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor?
Memorandum - ANS ✔✔Which of the following documents is used for correspondence
between the home office
and the job site?
About one day prior to the meeting - ANS ✔✔What is the best time to distribute the Working
Agenda to the Participants?
General Requirements - ANS ✔✔Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the
Preconstruction Meeting?
About one day after the meeting - ANS ✔✔What is the best time to distribute the Meeting
Minutes to the Participants?
Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion - ANS
✔✔Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes?
Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role - ANS ✔✔Which
of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?
,Spectrum Approach - ANS ✔✔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?
Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring - ANS ✔✔What
are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during
the planning phase of a meeting?
Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching Decision
Making to the Situation - ANS ✔✔What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive
meeting?
Words - ANS ✔✔Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another?
10 - ANS ✔✔What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation?
90 - ANS ✔✔What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say
and do?
You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak - ANS ✔✔Which of the
following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has
been understood?
What steps are you going to take to complete the activity? - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is
the best example of an open-ended question?
Construction Specifications Institute - ANS ✔✔Which source or organization promotes a
uniform organization system for organizing construction materials, specifications and
documentation into Divisions and Sections for
,projects?
Thomas' Register - ANS ✔✔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?
American Society for Testing Materials - ANS ✔✔Which organization is engaged in the
standardization of technical specifications and testing methods?
Underwriters Laboratories - ANS ✔✔Which organization investigates and tests materials,
products, equipment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against
hazards to life and property?
Riprap - ANS ✔✔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?
Impurities - ANS ✔✔What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand
called?
Permeability - ANS ✔✔What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an
aggregate's voids called?
Soundness - ANS ✔✔What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called?
Asphalt - ANS ✔✔What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the
pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic?
There are 40 openings per lineal inch - ANS ✔✔What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean?
, 4 inches - ANS ✔✔Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis?
Well-graded - ANS ✔✔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?
4050 pounds - ANS ✔✔What is the weight of a Cubic Yard of concrete?
Creep - ANS ✔✔What is the term for a material that strains slowly when a force is applied to it
for an extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a short
period of time?
Hydration - ANS ✔✔What is the chemical reaction called when Portland cement is mixed with
the water?
Gravel - ANS ✔✔Which of the following types of soil has high permeability?
Type III - ANS ✔✔Which type of Portland cement is used where an early strength gain is
important?
Freeze-thaw resistance - ANS ✔✔Which concrete characteristic is improved by air-entraining
the concrete?
Water/Cement Ratio - ANS ✔✔What is the most important parameter used to control the
strength of concrete?
Tension - ANS ✔✔What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in?
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Formal Business Letter - ANS ✔✔Which of the following documents is utilized for
correspondence between the A/E or
Owner and the Contractor?
Memorandum - ANS ✔✔Which of the following documents is used for correspondence
between the home office
and the job site?
About one day prior to the meeting - ANS ✔✔What is the best time to distribute the Working
Agenda to the Participants?
General Requirements - ANS ✔✔Which document describes the Suggested Agenda for the
Preconstruction Meeting?
About one day after the meeting - ANS ✔✔What is the best time to distribute the Meeting
Minutes to the Participants?
Attendance, topical headings with paragraph stating person assigned, completion - ANS
✔✔Which of the following descriptions are the primary content items for the meeting
minutes?
Purpose, specific objectives, time frame, topical headings with paragraph, role - ANS ✔✔Which
of the following descriptions are the content items for the working agenda?
,Spectrum Approach - ANS ✔✔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?
Goals, Gathering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Action Plan & Monitoring - ANS ✔✔What
are the mental activities that must be taken into consideration for each topic during
the planning phase of a meeting?
Listening Attentively, Responding Constructively, Soliciting All Ideas, and Matching Decision
Making to the Situation - ANS ✔✔What are the leadership skills needed to conduct a productive
meeting?
Words - ANS ✔✔Which one of the following is transferred from one mind to another?
10 - ANS ✔✔What is the retention percentage of a listener in an oral conversation?
90 - ANS ✔✔What percentage of a conversation does the sender remember of what they say
and do?
You the sender should ask open-ended questions and make them speak - ANS ✔✔Which of the
following communication methods is the most effective in knowing that the communication has
been understood?
What steps are you going to take to complete the activity? - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is
the best example of an open-ended question?
Construction Specifications Institute - ANS ✔✔Which source or organization promotes a
uniform organization system for organizing construction materials, specifications and
documentation into Divisions and Sections for
,projects?
Thomas' Register - ANS ✔✔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?
American Society for Testing Materials - ANS ✔✔Which organization is engaged in the
standardization of technical specifications and testing methods?
Underwriters Laboratories - ANS ✔✔Which organization investigates and tests materials,
products, equipment, construction methods and construction systems to safeguard against
hazards to life and property?
Riprap - ANS ✔✔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?
Impurities - ANS ✔✔What are aggregate particles smaller than the size of a grain of sand
called?
Permeability - ANS ✔✔What is a measure of the ease with which water will flow through an
aggregate's voids called?
Soundness - ANS ✔✔What is the aggregate quality of resisting weathering called?
Asphalt - ANS ✔✔What type of pavement system is subject to abrasion throughout because the
pavement continuously flexes under the weight of traffic?
There are 40 openings per lineal inch - ANS ✔✔What does a sieve size of No. 40 mean?
, 4 inches - ANS ✔✔Which sieve size are the aggregates initially placed into for analysis?
Well-graded - ANS ✔✔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?
4050 pounds - ANS ✔✔What is the weight of a Cubic Yard of concrete?
Creep - ANS ✔✔What is the term for a material that strains slowly when a force is applied to it
for an extended period of years, even though the force is too small to cause failure in a short
period of time?
Hydration - ANS ✔✔What is the chemical reaction called when Portland cement is mixed with
the water?
Gravel - ANS ✔✔Which of the following types of soil has high permeability?
Type III - ANS ✔✔Which type of Portland cement is used where an early strength gain is
important?
Freeze-thaw resistance - ANS ✔✔Which concrete characteristic is improved by air-entraining
the concrete?
Water/Cement Ratio - ANS ✔✔What is the most important parameter used to control the
strength of concrete?
Tension - ANS ✔✔What is Air-entrained Portland cement Concrete quite weak in?
